Ivy Bee

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

Autumn arrives and Memories of Summer

Having just got over a bout of Norovirus and then COVID (I don’t believe in doing things in half measure!)…

The results coming in from various conservation bodies show it has been a very disappointing year for Butterflies. Even some…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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