I was doing some gardening before it got too hot one morning and I was distracted by a Painted Lady Butterfly on the Statice flowers, I had to get my camera to get a picture and so I spent a couple of hours watching all the visitors in the garden

On Thursday 19th January we were still in the middle of the heatwave. Getting a bit fed up with staying indoors because of the heat I decided to take an early morning trip to Martin Down. Martin Down Nature Reserve is a large area of unspoiled chalk downland just off

July is certainly starting out hot, during the afternoon it is better to stay indoors, I don’t like the heat so it suits me that I go out with Tilly first thing sort out a few jobs in the morning and then stay indoors. Anyway on the 5th July Judy

Rod, Tilly and myself took a few hours away from gardening (me), restoring a Chevrolet (Rod) and Tilly sleeping, and went up to Badbury Rings in the morning for a walk. As it was mid June we were hoping to see plenty of Butterflies, unfortunately it was a little windy

It’s now early June and I have my garden under control at last, always something to do but I decided that it could wait while I went for a trip to Alner’s Gorse Butterfly Reserve. It’s only about 20 minutes drive away from home so it was worth a visit

On Tuesday 7th June in the morning the weather looked a little promising although rain was forecast for later in the day and then very changeable for the week ahead so my friend Judy and myself decided to take a look for Butterflies at RSPB Garston Woods. I had heard