Jersey Tiger Moth

This summer has been an excellent year for the Jersey Tiger. Butterfly Conservation have recently announced that the number recorded … More

Shrewsbury Park

A Sunday morning trip to Shrewsbury Park with Sue and Jasper our dog. I was keen to look at this … More

The Gatekeeper is a member of the ‘Brown’ butterflies. It is usually found along hedgerows and field edges which gives … More

A visit to this lovely site in Surrey on a bright sunny day was full of promise. My research had … More

Seen quite a few of these around this week in different gardens I have visited. These moths fly in both … More

Last Friday I went down to Kent to meet up with my friend Keith and his wife Elaine, who live … More

Last week Keith and I made our annual trip to New Hythe and Leybourne in search of Nightingales. We started … More

Met Keith in Gravesend and we went for a walk along the riverfront up through the fort and the the … More

Having just got over a bout of Norovirus and then COVID (I don’t believe in doing things in half measure!) … More

The results coming in from various conservation bodies show it has been a very disappointing year for Butterflies. Even some … More