A trip with Nicole and Andrew to the south-east coast of Kent and the weird and wonderful world of the … More
Category: Insects
Wessex Wildlife
A few days away from London in Early August and the chance to look for Butterflies and Dragonflies in Southern … More
A walk around the local patch
After the bad weather of the past few days it was a relief on Tuesday to see Blue skies and … More
This may be the last time
Following the news that the Gravesend -Tilbury ferry service was being withdrawn due to funding issues, Keith and I thought … More
Memories of Summer
As I sit here today, looking out over the gardens, it is a grey and miserable day and the rain … More
Searching for Ivy
This week’s local walk had another purpose: I checked out all the patches of Ivy to look for Ivy Bees, … More
In search of Silver-Spotted Skipper
As the butterfly season comes to a close, I was looking at what species I hadn’t seen so far and … More
Hornet Mimics
One of the most exciting things I have come across this summer has been how some insects seek to mimic … 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