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

Sunday, 9 Nov 2025

Orange Bonnet mushroom

A glorious sunny morning with heavy dew on the grass. Unlike yesterday no insects on the wing, with not even a fly to be seen today.     I did though locate a single adult of the UK’s biggest shield bug, the Hawthorn Shield Bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale), sitting on a holly leaf. It is the […]