Marcus Coates

30/06 Elephant hawk-moths visit honeysuckle flowers for pollination.

29/06 Grass snakes deposit their eggs in sweltering dung hills.

28/06 Harbour porpoises are mating; their young are born eleven months later.

27/06 Peach blossom and grey arches moths on wing.

26/06 The dark green fritillary on wing with its black-orange chequered wings.

25/06 The cuckoo gradually stops calling its own name.

24/06 Great horse-flies, also known as gadflies, appear.

23/06 Stinkhorn funguses appear.

22/06 Small skipper butterflies on wing.

21/06 The first young toads get onto dry land.

20/06 Blackbirds stop brooding and stop their passionate singing.

19/06 The predatory emperor dragonfly appears.

18/06 The white admiral can be spotted flying.

17/06 Humming-bird hawk-moths on wing, looking for nectar.

16/06 The brooding season of goldcrests is almost at an end.

15/06 Brood of comma butterfly on wing.

14/06 Young swallows are big enough to leave their nest.

13/06 Dragonflies: western clubtails, four-spotted chasers and broad-bodied chasers on wing, their flight making a rustling sound.

12/06 Stag beetles are appearing.

11/06 Bladder campion and bee orchids in flower.