Slightly cooler today and the butterfly numbers continue to increase, although I did not see a single Brimstone. Even without ...

Four days since my last excursion onto the Downs, during which time there has been some much-welcomed rain. Hogweed flowers ...

After five days of very unseasonal weather, with gusty winds and intermittent showers (I don’t like being caught in a ...

The butterflies are back, in such large numbers that I counted species today, not individual butterflies. Meadow Brown and Marbled ...

Back to the overcast breezy conditions again this morning. Only butterflies on the wing were Meadow Brown and Marbled White, ...

Something different today. I spent a few hours at the London Wetland Centre, exactly a year to the day since ...

A very warm, humid start to the day (20°C feels like 23°C already at 09:00) with largely overcast skies and ...

Another scorcher, but a steady breeze just to take the edge off the heat. Not a cloud in the sky ...