It may be autumn but I can still add some new insects to the year list. This morning’s sighting was ...

It looks like ‘Fall’ has started. After some rain and very strong winds in the last few days the ground ...

Common Banded Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii) and Batman Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) are still the most numerous hoverflies, but I managed to ...

Still managing to see some new insects. Today it is the Birch Shieldbug (Elasmostethus interstinctus) and it is my first ...

It is becoming more difficult to find something new. I will turn my attention to the leaf mines that are ...

I reached the Downs this morning with a song bouncing round in my head from the year I graduated from ...

The day dawned looking much the same as yesterday. Since my objective today was to get better photos of the ...

Another new species for me this morning on an Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) leaf, the Ash Whitefly (Siphoninus phillyreae). I located ...

Another new insect this morning with a Banded Winter Gnat (Trichocera annulata). It belongs to the Diptera family Trichoceridae, the ...

We may be well into October but the new insects keep on coming. I use the term ‘insect’ loosely here, ...

Jays, usually quite secretive birds that remain unobtrusive skulking around the canopies of oak trees, are much more prominent now ...

There is a distinctly autumnal look to the Downs now. I encountered a large mixed bird foraging party this morning, ...

Leaves are getting yellower and the carpet of fallen leaves is getting thicker. Another bird foraging party today, but this ...

A very quiet day, not even many flies to be seen. Jays still very active. I concentrated on looking at ...