A walk along the wooded banks of Shalfleet Stream today was rewarded with a sighting of the first Speckled Wood of the year.Alas it was onl...

With the spring weather warming up over the last few days and set to continue,I was very hopeful of seeing the first newly emerged butterfl...

The very mild weather continues and temperatures reached nearly 20 Celsius today.A first trip of the year to Walters Copse,Newtown owned by...

The mild temperatures of the last week have enticed  the Glanville Fritillary larvae out of their winter hibernacula to sun themselves on t...

At this time in late summer, the Clouded Yellow can sometimes be seen dashing around our fields and open woods.Most originate from mainland...

Today on the landslip beneath the coastal cliffs along the south west shore of the Isle of Wight there was a good selection of late summer...

Mottistone Down is one of several National Trust areas on the Isle of Wight's south west coast that supports a range of chalkland butte...

The scrub around the woodland ponds in Bouldnor Forest is now covered in drifts of Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica. These yellow flow...

Last years visit to Broughton Down in Hampshire was marred by  very changeable weather.However this year the sun was shining and temperatu...

Arguably the three major butterflies of New Forest Heathland are the Silver-studded Blue,the Grayling,and the Dark Green Fritillary.Yesterd...