I have never seen the Long-tailed Blue in the UK earlier than late August,so it was a surprise to have this female in my garden this morning...

Today was a cooler day than of late and more in the way of cloud which limited the activity of our summer butterflies. A lunchtime visit to ...

Another very warm and sunny day and in Bouldnor Forest  at Yarmouth I  came across a first White Admiral of the year. Four sightings were ma...

The recent settled warm and sunny weather has spurred on the emergence of our summer butterflies. A very common but nevertheless welcome sig...

Back on the Isle of Wight  the Glanville Fritillaries are now gracing the slopes of the Sea Cliff Landslip at Freshwater and all along the s...

A butterfly encountered on numerous occasions during my wanders along the tracks around our holiday base were skippers. All attracted to the...

The Aegean Meadow Brown Maniola telmessia, is found on the island of Rhodes and as similar species are not present  it is safe to say that i...

Over the last few years I have been lucky enough to encounter the impressive Two-tailed Pasha butterfly. Not only in the field but on severa...

Almost four years have passed since I last made a visit to the Greek Islands ,so  a holiday to the island of Rhodes was much anticipated. Th...

Following a cloudy start to the day ,this afternoon was sunny  and  warmer with a brisk breeze. And the butterflies responded with another n...

With the first appearance of the Green Hairstreak at Whiteway's on the 23rd of this month,I would have expected to see other spring spec...

Persistent visits to Whiteways at Freshwater Bay finally paid off today with a first spring butterfly sighting of the year. This single Gree...

Although not as memorable as the species in my last post a good number of  butterflies have visited my garden this summer, attracted mainly ...