It was a real scorcher today and Warton Crag and Arnside Knott where alive with butterflies. It's impossible to positively identify ever...

A couple more photos of High Brown (left) and Dark Green Fritillaries (right), showing the diagnostic underwings.

It was a beautiful day on the Great Orme today, with lots of wildlife interests. Birds included 2 Choughs, Peregrine, Guillemots, Razorbills...

Our first stop today was the River Dee at Holt, to search for Club-tailed Dragonfly. This is a well known site for the species, but I was a ...

About 10 Avocets from the Sandgrounders hide today, and at least two small chicks. Also about 200 Black-tailed Godwits.

I called in at Havannah Flashes again on my way home from work today. There were masses of Banded Demoiselles on the wing, I counted at leas...

I biked it along the Sankey Valley this morning, on my way to work, from Carr Mill Dam to Mucky mountains at Earlestown. I didn't stop a...

There were lots of birds singing at Loggerheads this morning, but very few actually showing themselves. However we did see a singing male Pi...

The discovery on Thursday of a Marmora's Warbler, only the 5th for Britain, at Blorenge, near Blaenavon, Abergavenny set the wheels in m...

One of St Helens rarest and most beautiful species is now on the wing and should not be missed. Up until about 5 years ago there had only be...

Gait Barrows NR Duke of Burgandy Fritillary - this is the main flight period for this rare butterfly, and Gait Barrows is one of the few p...