Wild and Wonderful

We headed off to St Davids (no apostrophe in the name for some reason) in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, last Saturday in the hope that we migh...

Hummingbird Hawk-Moth at Methoni, Messenia, Greece David and I have occasionally seen the odd Hummingbird Hawk-Moth in the UK , but th...

Like Odysseus , the wanderer has returned . .. I have just spent a special holiday week in the Pylos area of the Western Peloponnese in Gr...

I was delighted to see Red Squirrels in Scotland back in June. There is a magnificent Fox Squirrel on Naquillity's blog (do take a look...

Having posted about a Grasshopper in my last post (also on our car windscreen), I thought it would make sense to post this creature here. It...

Due to my fractured arm, David took this 'arty' photograph for me of the Grasshopper on our windscreen yesterday at Laugharne. The r...

We had had a lovely day at Laugharne, and came back to find a relatively cloudless sunset over the saltmarsh at Llanrhidian on Gower. There ...

The weather was cool, blustery and grey, with the occasional sunny interval. It didn't seem particularly promising for Odonata. I was th...

We have heard many reports of the decline in numbers of this beautiful butterfly, (though it may be making a small comeback - see this new...

I thought back to last summer and the invasion of Painted Ladies . I have hardly seen any this year, but you can read about their mass migra...

The Peacock (or possibly Small Tortoiseshell?) caterpillars above were spotted on nettles beside the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path in August...