Swollen-Thigh Beetle

Sometimes the names of creatures make you stop and wonder how they got them. But no problem with this beetle, … More

Autumn approaching

We are coming to the end of the Summer survey season, but sill a few more weeks on the local … More

So as we come to the end of the Butterfly season, I can look back on the ‘summer’ with disappointment. … More

Every year we get a few Common Darters visiting the Tarn. Strangely they all seem to be males and I … More

A trip to the London Wetland Centre in search of late summer dragonflies and butterflies last week. Lots of Migrant … More

August and it is time to seek out the elusive Grayling butterfly and so I made the trip to Brookwood … More

A walk through the RSPB reserve at Northward Hill in north Kent with Keith. We walked through the reserve from … More

A trip with Nicole and Andrew to the south-east coast of Kent and the weird and wonderful world of the … More

A few days away from London in Early August and the chance to look for Butterflies and Dragonflies in Southern … More

It had been some weeks now since our first visit to Hutchinson’s bank. We had intended going in early June, … More