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Dragonflies and damselflies

Find the best places to see dragonflies and damselflies, where to look, and how to tell the difference between the two.
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Dragonflies of Amwell

This link will open on the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust website.

Enjoy a dragonfly walk around Amwell Nature Reserve...

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Lower Test Nature Reserve

This link will open on the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust website.

Just a stone's throw from Southampton Water and the docks, Lower Test is a patchwork of floodplain meadows, marshes and reedbeds that host a huge variety of wildlife.

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NWT Ponteland Group: dragonflies

This link will open on the Northumberland Wildlife Trust website.

Michael Coates, County Recorder for dragonflies, will provide an update on the current status of these wonderful insects.

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Beautiful Butterflies (Watch Event)

This link will open on the Isle of Man Wildlife Trust website.

Navigate wildflowers in search of the Island’s most beautiful, winged friends!

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Blue butterflies

See blue butterflies around the UK this summer! Marvel at the once extinct, still rare large blue at a handful of locations, or the more widespread common blue can be found throughout the country.
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Woodland butterflies

Head to the woods to enjoy some of Britain’s most dramatic and endangered butterflies. Caterpillars have particular plant requirements which restricts species to handful of special spots. Find one near you this summer.
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Learn to identify Butterflies

This link will open on the Shropshire Wildlife Trust website.

Butterfly expert Dr Simon Spencer will show how to identify a variety of butterflies through their markings, flight patterns, and other behaviours.

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Identify British butterflies

Spotted a butterfly but not sure what it is? Here are some common British butterflies you might see in your garden, and how to identify them.