Lesnes Abbey was founded in 1178 by Richard De Luci, Justicular of England as penance for his part in the…
Searching for Ivy
This week’s local walk had another purpose: I checked out all the patches of Ivy to look for Ivy Bees,…
A visit to Well Hall
A trip to the doctor was a good excuse to spend some time in Well Hall Pleasuance, a park in…
In search of Silver-Spotted Skipper
As the butterfly season comes to a close, I was looking at what species I hadn’t seen so far and…
Hornet Mimics
One of the most exciting things I have come across this summer has been how some insects seek to mimic…
Visit to Hutchinson’s Bank
We made our final visit of the summer to Hutchinsons Bank last Friday as the Butterfly season draws to a…
Brookwood Cemetery
On my trip last week in search of Grayling Butterfly (See last Tuesday’s post) I had to walk through Brookwood…
In search of Grayling
The Grayling is a large butterfly, which is a master at camouflage and you normally only know it is present…
Sun Fly
One of my great pleasures this summer has been sorting through the various insects in the estate gardens around where…
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…
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