Although the day started cloudy the sun  was shining by noon and it seemed a good opportunity to take a walk along Afton Down in search of A...

My first record of an Orange Tip this year was on the 29th April which is quite late. However numbers have now increased and I now expect to...

There was a bevy of butterflies today at the National Trust Viewpoint carpark  overlooking Freshwater Bay. A first of the year sighting of a...

The lack of sunshine  severely restricted the butterfly sightings at Bouldnor Forest ,Yarmouth today. When the sun did make a brief appearan...

Butterfly numbers are on the increase at the National Trust CP Afton where today several Green Hairstreak were seen along with at least thre...

Despite a strong and gusty wind today some butterflies were on show at the National Trust Viewpoint CP near to Freshwater Bay. The Grizzled ...

The National Trust viewpoint carpark at Freshwater has certainly come up trumps today with three new spring butterfly species on show. Immed...

The National Trust viewpoint carpark at the foot of Afton Down close to Freshwater Bay has always been a prime location for spring butterfli...

The excellent spring weather continues and today it was good to see a first  of the year Speckled Wood in my garden. It spent some time enjo...

Our evergreen shrub Berberis or Barberry is in full bloom at the end of March.It is always popular with bees and other pollinating insects. ...

The Phlomis plant in our garden at Freshwater has always been popular with white butterflies and today it was host to my first Small White o...

The almost summerlike weather continues and another spring butterfly was seen enjoying the warm sunshine in my garden today. A first sightin...

The mild spell continued today and the butterflies were tempted out into the warm sunshine. First of all a male Brimstone was seen flying ar...