

Treecreeper, Robin and Large White
A pleasant Saturday morning with intermittent sunshine brought out a few of the usual suspects including a treecreeper, robin and a few...


Great Spotted Woodpecker and Small Tortoiseshell
The sunny warm weather continued today before the forecast of a steady, wet decline towards the weekend. A great spotted woodpecker and...


Orange Tip and Me!
Another flying after-work visit just to feed the birds and spot a butterfly or two including an orange tip. Butterfly watch - comma,...


Blue Tit and Peacock
A glorious, warm sunny day with butterflies aplenty, particularly peacocks. Six different species were spotted today including my first...


Comma
Just a quick flying visit after work today, reported to be the warmest day of the year so far, saw a comma sunning itself on a fence....


Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Brimstone and Wren
In stark contrast to Good Friday, Easter Bank Holiday Monday was a boster! The warm sunshine brought out plenty of obliging subjects...


Red Admiral
Red Admiral, one of our commonest and most widespread butterflies, seen in the wood Fun fact - individuals can become 'drunk' while...


Common Blue
A pair of mating common blue butterflies seen on tabletop #butterflies #saltwells


Purple Hairstreak
A hard to spot purple hairstreak butterfly seen in an oak tree on tabletop. But look high among the oaks and you might just see one or...


White-letter Hairstreak
Although seemingly in decline nationally due to loss of habitat from Dutch Elm DIsease, the small colony of white-letter hairstreaks is...