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

Wednesday, 19 Aug 2026

Harlequin Ladybird larva

Hardly drought-breaking rain, but a few light showers overnight end exactly 8 weeks without rain. Apart from a few water drops still sitting on the upper surfaces of some leaves you wouldn’t know it had rained, so well has the little rain that did fall been absorbed into the parched surface. On a cooler, yet […]