October 2026

It is that time of year when leaves are starting to fall. Very distracting, when a yellowed leaf flutters down ...

A lovely warm and sunny early afternoon on what is billed as our last day of summer temperatures. There are ...

The first morning with a truly autumnal feel to it. I put on a light sweater rather reluctantly, but it ...

Two new species added today, an ichneumon wasp and a lauxaniid fly. It was another sunny autumn day with very ...

I don’t see too many Orange Ladybird on the Downs, but today I found an Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) pupa ...

A surprising first photo of the day was a Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) butterfly. Flight season for the second (summer) ...

A moist morning on the Downs, with a heavy dew and water dripping from the trees, and in places just ...