Squirrel Awareness month

I was surprised to read at the weekend that October is Squirrel Awareness Month. We have two types of squirrel … More

Dragonflies 2024

It does feel it has been a particularly good year for Dragonflies. the number of species I recorded in the … More

The Ivy Bee was first recorded in England in 2001 and has now spread across much of Southern England and … 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

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

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