Butterflies & Insects
We have been having some brighter days recently and that’s when I’ve seen some Butterflies, the start of the season! There have been quite a few Peacocks and Brimstones about and I’ve also seen a Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White and an Orange Tip in very good condition that was trapped
Last burst of Summer!
This diary entry is for the first half of October, I haven’t had much time to keep up with my posts, we are still working on the kitchen and by the end of the day we both want to put our feet up. I have still been out on my
White Butterflies
The two Butterflies that have faired better than nearly all of the Butterflies in the Big Butterfly Count this year have been particularly the Large White and then the Small White to a lesser extent. I’ve certainly noticed them in my garden and across the Maize crop at the back of
Around Home, Early September
I was beginning to think there was nothing about as it has been very quiet on my morning walks, the small birds have been keeping a low profile but slowly I’m seeing more around the village. I’ve spotted Jays and Magpies squabbling, Buzzards around the hill and I also hear
Duncliffe and Fontmell Down
Still in my mind of the season moving on I decided on 1st September to go out looking for Butterflies early in the morning so I went over to Duncliffe to see what was about. I was really disappointed as I couldn’t find any roosting Butterflies and insects and I
Common Blue Butterflies
A week into August already and on Friday 7th August I decided to take a trip over to Duncliffe in the early morning Around dawn with Tilly. I still had a mind to take some images of roosting Butterflies. There is a wildflower meadow in front of Duncliffe wood and
Okeford Hill
I went up Okeford hill on the 1st August for a change in the morning from walks close to home to look for roosting Butterflies again, particularly blues, last summer there were plenty up there so I hoped I’d have a chance.The large fields on the top of the hill near
Fontmell Down again
I was on a mission on the 29th July, getting up at 5.30am and going up Fontmell Down to see if I could see some roosting Butterflies, hopefully with dew on them. I searched with Tilly, my long suffering companion and I wasn’t having any luck at all. I am