May 2026

The month of May began with the hottest day of the year so far and the grass on the Downs ...

Yet another warm sunny day and hardly a breath of wind. The Brimstone butterflies were out by the dozen, but ...

A warm but very overcast day. Not a single butterfly seen in almost 3 hours. In fact not too much ...

A bit more sunshine today, so the butterflies are back, but not many. Just a handful of Brimstone, Speckled Wood, ...

A rather cloudy afternoon and a much-shortened timeframe for my walk today. I stuck to a route that kept me ...

Despite it being a warm, sunny day with only light winds there were still not many butterflies to be seen ...

A largely overcast, cool day with a fresh breeze, not boding too well for insects on the wing. Nor did ...

With weather conditions the same as yesterday I was again expecting to see very few insects on the wing. Unsurprisingly ...

Rain was forecast for lunchtime, so I headed for the Downs early. Perhaps too early. Another cool morning, largely cloudy ...

A much hotter day today, increasingly sunny through the morning, but still very windy. While still not present in large ...

A much hotter day today, which even as I started my walk was already close to being the hottest day ...

With the temperature already hitting 20°C by 09:00, I returned from my walk today around the time I’d normally be ...

Like yesterday, an early start with the temperature over 20°C by 09:00. Bright sunshine and only a light breeze too, ...

I headed out this morning at 08:45 with the temperature already 24°C and probably heading for a new UK record ...

The record May temperatures continued, with a slightly stronger breeze to take the edge off the heat. Not that the ...

As the hot weather continues unabated there has been a dramatic increase in butterfly numbers today. For once Brimstone was ...