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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Woodland
Woodlands are magical places, full of wildlife and full of history. Great spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays flit between trees as butterflies dance in sunny glades. Badgers forage through…
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!
Wildlife Watch - Moths and butterflies (Family event)
This link will open on the Norfolk Wildlife Trust website.
Discover amazing moths and butterflies! Children learn why these insects matter and simple ways to help protect them.
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.
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.
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.
Butterflies without borders
Patrick Barkham reveals the secrets of how some butterflies, like the painted lady, are able to migrate from Africa to the UK.
Wet woodland
Wet woodlands in the UK can be wild, secretive places. Tangles of trailing creepers, tussocky sedges and lush tall-herbs conceal swampy pools and partially submerged fallen willow trunks, likely…
Grow a secret garden for butterflies!
• The Wildlife Trusts and RHS urge gardeners to help butterflies and moths for this year’s Wild About Gardens campaign
• Make a pledge for butterflies from 12th March!
• Campaign…
Bugs and Butterflies (4+)
This link will open on the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust website.
Join us this Summer for some outdoor fun!
Learn to survey series - Butterflies
This link will open on the Norfolk Wildlife Trust website.
Join us at Cley Marshes this summer to learn how to identify and survey butterflies, and support conservation