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Category: Insects

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

Bees of Chiswick

Spent last Saturday on the grounds of Chiswick House surveying the local bee population. The day was a joint effort … More

Chiswick House, Mining Bees

Tilbury…Butterflies and an unexpected sighting.

Keith and I decided to head off last week to Tilbury Fort in the hope of some early butterflies. We … More

Green Veined White, Orange Tip, Peacock Butterfly, Tilbury

And still the Nightingales sang on… not that we saw them!

A trip out with Andrew and Nicole to the RSPB reserves at Cliffe and Northward Hill in North Kent. Our … More

Common Whitethroat, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Redshank, RSPB CLiffe, RSPB Northwood Hill

Spring has sprung, maybe?

A bright sunny morning for my weekly recording walk around the local patch. Despite the bright sunshine, there is still … More

Black-tailed Aphid Eater, Dark edged Bee-fly, Orange Tip, Tarn

Spring Flowers and a Hairy-footed Bee

The season on my local Butterfly and Dragonfly survey doesn’t start till next week, but I thought, given Monday was … More

Tarn Park

Searching for Spring

Yesterday Keith and I went to Tilbury and Gravesend in search of spring migrants and early Butterflies and Bees. We … More

Gravesend, Tilbury

Wildlife Diary 2022

January Started the year with a lot of local birding and it was a local bird which took the highlight … More

2022 Wildlife Review

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