Striped Lychnis Shargacucullia lychnitis and Chalkhill Blue Lysandra coridon on the downs south of Winchester this evening. HantsIoW BC

Foxglove Tree Paulownia tomentosa and Hairy Finger-grass Digitaria sanguinalis at the office today. Havant, Hampshire. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Slender Hare's-ear Bupleurum tennuissimum. Portsmouth, Hampshire today. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Upright Spurge Euphorbia stricta has popped up in the village. Hampshire. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

A very productive local margin has finally been cultivated after four years. Glad to find Night-flowering Catchfly Silene noctiflora has reappeared. Hampshire. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Hungry Striped Lychnis Shargacucullia lychnitis caterpillars, this time in my village, Hampshire. HantsIoW BC

The quieter north of the New Forest is a fab place to see the Forest's special plants. The grazed lawns are awash with Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile right now. There are some funky black-faced (and bottomed) sheep too. #wildflowerhour #DaisyFamily BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

The star #DaisyFamily member in the New Forest is Small Fleabane Pulicaria vulgaris. It's at its peak now, and can be locally very frequent on the damper parts of tight-grazed lawns and verges. #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Trifid Bur-marigold Bidens tripartita is another great-looking #DaisyFamily member, here in a poached hollow at Cadnam Green, New Forest, Hampshire. #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Seems like a bumper year for Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium in the New Forest, Hampshire. I found swathes of flowering plants across Cadnam Green today. #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Two fantastic gentians from the New Forest, Hampshire today. Marsh Gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe, and Yellow Centaury Cicendia filiformis. #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Ivy-leaved Bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea still providing the wow factor across some of the New Forest's damp, shady spots. Newbridge. #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Marsh Clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata. A few plants found today at the southern end of Cadnam Common, New Forest. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland speciesrecoverytrust #wildflowerhour

Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus. Cadnam Common, New Forest, Hampshire. #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Wanted to test out my tent at long last before using it 'properly', so chose a local campsite... bus dropped me off, headed over to Calshot Creek and 'ooh, White-winged Tern!' 😄 Also Osprey, Peregrine, lots of waders & terns etc #HantsBirds BirdGuides 🚏

Wheatear Around the beach at Warsash awayfromfourmarks.blogspot.com Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust HBIC Hampshire Ornithological Society Hants Bird News BirdGuides

Just went out to look at the moth trap and there was a Convolvulous Hawk-moth feeding on the tobacco plants I planted in the slight hope of attracting one. It's great when a plan works. #moths Migrant Lepidoptera

The hornet robberfly may mimic a hornet but it is harmless to us. By mimicking a hornet it protects itself from predators, meaning it can be on a perch in the open looking for prey such as bung beetles, grasshoppers and bees. They can be seen between June and October

A great start to the day with sightings of a Wryneck (photo-Mark Francis), plus the first of the Eider seen here this season Hampshire County Council Hampshire Ornithological Society Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

Avoided the rain this morning by spending it in Ivy South hide at Blashford Lakes, definitely the right choice. Male Kingfishers and a Dog Otter. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust HBIC Nikon UK & Ireland BBCWildlifeMagazine PermaJet