Common Darter

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

Of Dragonflies and Butterflies….and a Hobby!

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

This week’s local walk had another purpose: I checked out all the patches of Ivy to look for Ivy Bees, … More

A bright and sunny morning, but rather breezy for last week’s local survey walk. Strangely I only saw 7 butterflies … More

A lovely day dawned as Nicole, Andrew and I made our way to the Kent Wildlife Trust reserve at Oare … More

A chance to visit a copy of local sites in Greenwich last week. My first stop was the Ecology Park … More

The Common Darter is one of our commonest Dragonflies and can be easily seen as it has the habit on … More

A bright sunny morning so we headed towards the RSPB reserve at Titchwell. Our first stop was at Island … More

A bright sunny morning found Keith and me at the RSPB Cliffe Pools reserve in North Kent. August can be … More

Having a couple of hours to spare after an appointment in central London and having the previous day failed to … More