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

Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025

Common Banded Hoverfly larva on a Common Dogwood leaf

I reached the Downs this morning with a song bouncing round in my head from the year I graduated from university – this will give away my age. I was hearing Maddie Prior singing the opening line from a 1973 Steeleye Span song, “One misty, moisty morning, when cloudy was the weather”. It just described […]