Vitrealis - A Wildlife Blog

Small Mottled Willow  (above) has probably been Britain's most ubiquitous migrant moth this year. The arrival of 19 more in my trap over...

Male Silver-studded Blue - Scotland Heath, Dorset Britain's resident butterflies can be divided into two main groups - the wider country...

  Purbeck Mason Wasp  Pseudepipona herrichii - Grange Heath, Dorset One of the joys of surveying for reptiles on the Dorset heathlands is th...

It has been a slow start to the year for moth recording, but everything changed last night (22 May 2026) with the arrival of warm air from t...

The Common Redstart (above) may be Britain's most attractive summer visitor, but it's getting increasingly difficult to track one do...