Donegal Wildlife

The Buff Tip moth - Phalera bucephala - is instantly recognisable due to its astonishing similarity to a snapped twig. I hadn't seen i...

When I started to formally record wildlife about 7 years ago, everything was new to my species list. As I added more groups such as fungi an...

I truly hate the 22nd of June, because it means that we've turned the corner and the days will now get shorter for the next 6 months. :c...

The Dog Rose on my hedge has opened, making a large patch of dusky pink. Roses attract all kinds of wildlife from aphids and beetles to micr...

Volucella bombylans is another bumblebee mimic. This is the white-tailed variety: Volucella bombylans var. plumata , which is reckoned to ...

The burst of good weather has produced lots of new photographs (which bring associated research), and I have been working on a new project d...

Moths get a really bad name, but I think they easily rival our butterflies for beauty and certainly for diversity (and for difficulty of ide...