Garden butterfly spotter
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Provide for bees and butterflies all year round by planting shrubs and plants that flower at different times.
Bring your favourite butterfly to life!
Small-spotted catsharks used to be called lesser-spotted dogfish - which might be what you know them best as. It's the same shark, just a different name!
A scarce tree of central and southern England, in particular, the small-leaved lime can be found in ancient woodland. It is has sweet-smelling flowers in summer and nut-like fruits in autumn.
One of the few moths that fly in winter, often seen in car headlights.
Golden banks of common rock-rose make a spectacular sight on our chalk and limestone grasslands in summer. A creeping shrub, it is good for bees, moths and butterflies.
A small, day-flying moth that can often be seen visiting garden herbs.
These pretty black and red moths are often confused for butterflies! Their black and yellow caterpillars are a common sight on ragwort plants. The caterpillar’s bright colours warn predators not…
These beloved spiny mammals come out at night to hoover up beetles, worms and other invertebrates.
Graham has been mad about butterflies all his life. He volunteers for Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and records them on a local nature reserve as well as nationally.