Lesnes Abbey

Lesnes Abbey was founded in 1178 by Richard De Luci, Justicular of England as penance for his part in the … 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 Grayling

The Grayling is a large butterfly, which is a master at camouflage and you normally only know it is present … 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

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

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

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

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

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