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Category: Butterflies and Moths

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

Brookwood Cemetery, Grayling, Pirbright Common

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

Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Hornet Hoverfly, Sun Fly, Tarn Park

Tilbury delights

A lovely sunny day found Keith and I crossing the Thames to one of our favourite sites at Tilbury Fort. … More

Beewolf, Tilbury, Yellowjacket

Butterflies galore in between the rain.

On Monday I visited the RSPB reserve at Broadwater Warren with Nicole and Andrew. I have not visited this reserve … More

beautiful Demoiselle, Broadwater Warren, Purple and Gold Moth, Silver Washed Fritillary, White Admiral

In search of an American Bonaparte

A lovely day dawned as Nicole, Andrew and I made our way to the Kent Wildlife Trust reserve at Oare … More

7-spot ladybird, Bees, Bonaparte's Gull, Common Darter, Oare Marshes

Butterflies and Dragonflies in Greenwich

A chance to visit a copy of local sites in Greenwich last week. My first stop was the Ecology Park … More

Black-Tailed Skimmer, Common Darter, Common Tern, Greenwich Ecology Park, Marbled White, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Vanbrugh Pits

Patch walk: 6 July

Having been away from home for over 2 weeks, it was with some anticipation that I did the local patch … More

Azure Damselfly, Common Carder Bee, Little Grebe, Marmalade Hoverfly, Meadow Brown, Tarn, Tarnwood park

And the wind blew, but the butterflies still flew.

A cool, windy, overcast day did not bode well for a visit to Hutchinson’s Bank in search of butterflies. In … More

Hutchinsons Bank NR, Marbled White, Meadow Brown

Revisiting the Picos

Here are some more pictures of my trip to Northern Spain in 2019

A trip to Hutchinsons Bank

Due to unforeseen circumstances and the rail strike my trip to Portland didn’t happen. Still, I was determined to make … More

Glanville Fritillary, Hutchinsons Bank NR, Small Blue

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