As the butterfly season comes to a close, I was looking at what species I hadn’t seen so far and … More
Author: Pete
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
Hornet Mimics
One of the most exciting things I have come across this summer has been how some insects seek to mimic … More
Visit to Hutchinson’s Bank
We made our final visit of the summer to Hutchinsons Bank last Friday as the Butterfly season draws to a … More
Brookwood Cemetery
On my trip last week in search of Grayling Butterfly (See last Tuesday’s post) I had to walk through Brookwood … More
In search of Grayling
The Grayling is a large butterfly, which is a master at camouflage and you normally only know it is present … More
Sun Fly
One of my great pleasures this summer has been sorting through the various insects in the estate gardens around where … More
An interesting variety of Insects
A bright and sunny morning, but rather breezy for last week’s local survey walk. Strangely I only saw 7 butterflies … More
Tilbury delights
A lovely sunny day found Keith and I crossing the Thames to one of our favourite sites at Tilbury Fort. … More
Normal service will be resumed
Apologies for the lack of posts over the past couple of weeks but I have been unwell. Feeling better now … More
4771 Green Arrow
4771 Green Arrow was built is in 1936 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster. It is a … More
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