Explore the diverse flora and fauna on the Downs from season to season through personal observations and photographs

Sunday, 10 Aug 2025

European Hornet hovering above White Bryony leaves

Although I have seen it before, at Warnham Nature Reserve in West Sussex and on Park Downs only 2 miles from here, this morning I recorded European Hornet (Vespa crabro) on the Downs for the first time. Although I watched it darting round for a few minutes, it did not land anywhere so I was […]