Trevor - I just love all those shots of The Wall. I only have one pic in my collection so I admit to being a bit envious. Your pic of the Waverley brings back memories. A few years ago, my wife and I had a trip on this very boat. It was great. of course you have to go and see the engines while its s...

David - Not only have I not been to a Butterfly House in years I haven't been to a Hawk display for ages either. As you say its really exciting at times. I remember when they made the birds fly right over the audience's heads. One of them was a Peregrine who stooped and then crashed past us at break...

Dave - although its sad to see all those tatty butterflies, nevertheless its a good record of the season changing.

Its amazing how frayed they can get and yet still be able to fly!

Broxhead - 25th Sep 2018 Here again as it’s probably the best location near me at this time of year. As per yesterday there was a bundle of Small Coppers, 3 Brown Argus and 2 Speckled Wood, plus a White of some kind flew by fleetingly. I saw three Small Coppers up by the lay-by where so far this yea...

Wurzel - It wouldn't surprise me if that Fly Agaric was deformed for some reason. Its not the first time I have seen mushrooms in the wild not performing to standard and it won't be the last.

Broxhead - 24th Sep 2018 I was last here three days ago. On that occasion I found 7 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus and no Speckled Wood. Between then and now we have had 40 mph winds, persistent rain and last night the temperature plummeted to 2 degrees. You would I hope forgive me for thinking all thi...

Thanks, Guys - It sure is an amazing fungus. There is a distribution map on the internet which shows this family of parasitic fungi popping up all over the world.

Its a rotten rainy day in the south of England so my post today is historic and not strictly about butterflies although it is related (rather it does affect some of them in an awful and somewhat macabre way). The Scarlet Caterpillarclub I mentioned in a previous post that there is a fungus that brid...

Thanks, Guys. I do like just about anything in nature and no matter what the time of year or where I have lived, there has always been something of interest. I have only just found out about the Ivy Bees at Noar Hill (my closest nature reserve) this year. What will I find on my doorstep next year th...

I think the shots you got of the pearly heath are wonderful. Its makes a change to see a different version of the small heath.

The "legless" frog" is amazing too. (There is a joke in there somewhere but I don't think its politically correct).

Callum - Love the Owl pics. I have not seen an owl for ages so your shots are very welcome. Like you I have heard them though. At our house we usually hear the Tawny hoot from nearby trees but a couple of weeks ago I am sure we heard Little Owl too. Last year I was lucky enough to get pics of the Sh...

Noar Hill 21st Sep 2018 pm The wind gusted at 40 MPH+ at times. Bracing I think is the best description of this afternoon at Noar Hill. I saw only one butterfly and that is one more than I expected to see given the conditions. This was a Small Heath. It was hiding in amongst the bramble trying despa...

Goldie - the fungi do fascinate me (but not as much as butterflies it must be said). There is at least one fungus that crosses the boundary into the world of butterflies. I have found it many times in the past and have pics but it does not appear to have sprung up yet in the places I know about. Whe...

Maybe not an Indian Summer, Wurzel but there are still a few warmer, sunnier days forecast.

But first we have to get through this weekend.

Broxhead - 21st Sep 2018 The butterfly season is certainly closing around here. I only counted 7 Small Coppers here today but one was in a new area where I had never seen any before so can count to my annual record of 188. The following pic is of one showing a vast range of colours including that oi...

Thank you all for your very welcome comments. I'm glad you like my fungi reports. Another one is on its way......

Sleaford - 19th Sep 2018 My wife wanted to go to the garden centre so after I dropped her off I had 30 minutes at Sleaford Common nearby. This location had been excellent recently for both Small Copper and Brown Argus but we had blustery winds and a morning of rain. Luckily the sun broke out for a s...

Wurzel - Glad you like the fungi. As the butterflies slowly decline its likely there will be more fungi in my non-butterfly section.
The next one is no exception!

Kingsley - 18th Sep 2018 A short trip today but in the 30 mins I was there I saw three Speckled Woods, 2 Small Coppers and a Common Blue. They were all in reasonably fine fettle for the 3rd week of September after a night of strong winds and a dousing of rain. P1020760.JPG P1020771.JPG P1020768.JPG ...

Wurzel - Nice to see you found a Copper do a wing-roll and (almost) a Turkey Trot. Quentin - Thanks for the ID of those web-weavers. I wondered why I could see no tell-tale larvae inside. David - Thanks re my Copper Count. I am rather pleased about it. Goldie - Thanks for your enthusiasm about my re...