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Swallowtail butterfly

The Norfolk broads are home to the UK's largest butterfly, the rare swallowtail. On a still summer's day, the swallowtail can be seen flying fast and feeding mainly on yellow and purple flowers, while its caterpillars hide among the milk parsley leaves they feed on.
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Butterfly Appeal

Help the large blue have a larger home by supporting our work in connecting up crucial grasslands vital for butterfly survival.

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Volunteer Opportunity

Bird / Butterfly Survey Volunteer

This link will open on the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust website.

We're looking for volunteer bird and butterfly surveyors in the Wolston/Ryton area. We also need a bird surveyor in the Snitterfield area.

Nature Reserve

New Ferry Butterfly Park

This link will open on the Cheshire Wildlife Trust website.

An urban nature reserve developed on a former railway coal yard, goods yard and water softening plant.

Species

Small white

The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.

Species

Greater butterfly-orchid

The Greater butterfly-orchid is a tall orchid of hay meadows, grasslands and ancient woodlands. It has whitish-green flowers that have spreading petals and sepals - a bit like the wings of a…

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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.
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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.