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

Saturday, 21 Mar 2026

Small Sallow Mining Bee

Another day of glorious sunshine, but the temperature yet another 1° cooler. While butterflies were all but absent again it was a good day for flies and bees. I had to look no further than the now fully developed catkins of the Goat Willow (Salix caprea). This was where I found the only butterfly of […]