During the past 3 weeks or so I have watched the spring flowers coming into bloom on my regular walks ...

Although another warm and bright cloudless day today there was a very strong wind keeping insect sightings to a bare ...

Despite that first flurry of butterflies two weeks ago there are still no great numbers of butterflies about, but large ...

A few more butterfly species around today, with one sighting each of Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) ...

Little to add to yesterday but I have seen the first European Peacock butterfly (Aglais io) of the year as ...

I thought perhaps that after the rain showers yesterday afternoon and evening I might see a little more insect activity ...

A few more rain showers in the past two days but still not enough to coax any new flowers into ...

What a difference 5 days makes. The trees on the Downs have all leafed and the visual impact of all ...

The first few Common Field Speedwell (Veronica persica), Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) and Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus) have made an ...

Only one new sighting today, a rove beetle scuttled across the path right in front of me. No photo as ...

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni), Peacock (Aglais io) and Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) butterflies are all now present in large numbers, as ...

Latest addition to the butterfly list is Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages), while I saw my first ever Common Heath (Ematurga ...