Explore the diverse flora and fauna on the Downs from season to season through personal observations and photographs

ARACHNIDS, COLLEMBOLA, DERMAPTERA, ISOPODS, MYRIAPODS & GASTROPODS

spiders, harvestmen, ticks, mites, springtails, earwigs, woodlice, millipedes, slugs and snails ...

COLEOPTERA

beetles and weevils ...

DIPTERA 2 – other flies

true flies (excluding hoverflies) ...

FUNGI, SLIME MOULDS, LICHENS & MOSSES

mushrooms, mildews and other fungi, slime moulds, lichens and mosses ...

GALLS & LEAF MINES

galls, leaf mines, leaf rolls, etc ...

HEMIPTERA 1 – Bugs

plant bugs, stink bugs, shield bugs, etc ...

HEMIPTERA 2 – others

aphids, whiteflies, plant lice, scale insects, planthoppers, froghoppers and leafhoppers ...

HYMENOPTERA 1 – Bees

honey bee, bumblebees, solitary bees, etc ...

OTHER INSECTS

dragonflies, grasshoppers, lacewings, scorpionflies, thrips and springtails ...

ROE DEER

one of the shyest and seldom seen residents of the Downs ...

TREES & SHRUBS

Do you know your trees and shrubs from their leaves, flowers or fruit? ...

What have I seen on Asteraceae?

including knapweeds, thistles, yellow composites and ragwort ...

What have I seen on Brambles?

a catch-all term for the many blackberry species in the Rubus fructicosus species aggregate ...