Painted lady
A well-travelled migrant, the painted lady arrives here every summer from Europe and Africa. This beautiful orange-and-black butterfly regularly visits gardens.
A well-travelled migrant, the painted lady arrives here every summer from Europe and Africa. This beautiful orange-and-black butterfly regularly visits gardens.
Mike and Sue Garlick outline the butterflies to look out for following their butterfly transects at our Coombe Bissett Down nature reserve.
The beautiful pink and white bands of a Painted topshell make it easy to see where this little sea snail got its name!
The theme of this month's blog is blooming! This describes the habitat the best at this time of year. We see waves of wildflowers and minibeasts as the seasons progress.
This slim fish is usually found on gravelly parts of the seabed, close to shore, but can turn up in rockpools.
Blackmoor Copse is one of the most important woods in Wiltshire for wildlife, especially butterflies.
One of the prettiest hardy ferns, the lady fern is delicate and lacy, with ladder-like foliage. It makes a good garden fern, providing attractive cover for wildlife.
Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.