I’ve reduced the half-dozen books I used to have on British butterflies to just three: Butterflies of the West Midlands, which has good local information including walks and likely sites for spotting various species; Peter Eeles’ excellent Life Cycles of … Continued
I like to post at least one photo of a Meadow Brown each summer, and at least one photo of something or other feeding on our blue hebe. This year, in the interests of efficiency, I’ve combined them. Efficiency was … Continued
While I knew in theory that butterflies will go into trees to take shelter when bad weather is on its way, this was the first time I’ve ever watched one actually do it. I was snapping a record shot of … Continued
I was walking around the village late this afternoon, dodging rain showers, and as I made my way home through a wheat field the sun came out, and a little cloud of Meadow Brown butterflies left the hedgerow and settled … Continued
