August 2025

Good numbers of Brown Argus and Small Copper around this morning. Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown are increasing, and the large ...

New insects added today were Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria) moth, a possible Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum?) and Parent Bug ...

Only one new insect today, one of those tricky to identify ichneumon wasps, a pimpline ichneumon which I believe might ...

Two new insects today, a female Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly (Tenthredo thompsoni) and a Red Bartsia Bee (Melitta tricincta). These bees stay ...

Latest insect added to the year list is the Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), several of which were seen at different ...

Another two insects added today with Acorn Weevil (Curculio glandium) and Wall Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus parietum). I also added a ...

Although I have seen it before, at Warnham Nature Reserve in West Sussex and on Park Downs only 2 miles ...

Butterfly numbers generally are dwindling, although Small Copper numbers have increased again. Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown still dominate, but there ...

Having been alerted to the presence of several Silver-spotted Skipper butterflies at Park Downs, another of the Banstead Commons Conservators ...

Butterfly numbers greatly reduced. Small Copper is now the dominant species. A few Brown Argus (Aricia agestis), Small White (Pieris ...

New insect today another one of those very confusing ichneumon wasp males that all look very similar. My best guess ...

New insects added were the caterpillar of the Fox Moth (Macrothylacia rubi) and a female Willow Emerald Damselfly (Chalcolestes viridis) ...

A migrating Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) spent a good part of the day searching for insects, spiders and worms from ...

Today I was invited to take part in a search with someone from Butterfly Conservation UK and from the Banstead ...

Two new insects today, a Mother of Pearl (Patania ruralis) moth and a Silver Birch Aphid (Euceraphis betulae), as well ...

There are two reliable locations for seeing the Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) dragonfly and I was fortunate to see it ...

Very few butterflies on the wing. A few Gatekeeper and Speckled Wood, a single Large White and some distant unidentified ...

Butterfly numbers are dwindling. Just a few Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) and Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) to be seen ...

Only Speckled Wood and Small Copper butterflies to be seen today. Some of the Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) took a ...

A surprisingly large number of Small Copper still, which is by far the dominant butterfly, with a few Small White ...