Avoiding People – Getting Close to Nature
Another blog from Caroline who would normally be running events for the North Wales Wildlife Trust.
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Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
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The Little Orme audio trail
Join North Wales Wildlife Trust on an audio trail to explore the Little Orme, a coastal gem rich in history, geology, and wildlife. Once a Neolithic settlement and shaped by 19th-century quarrying, this headland is now home to vibrant limestone grasslands, delicate orchids, and fluttering butterflies during the spring and summer months.
Pisgah Quarry Nature Reserve
A charming pocket of woodland and limestone grassland with spectacular views over the Vale of Llangollen.
Gogarth Nature Reserve
A slice of limestone grassland and maritime heath on the western slopes of the famous Great Orme, teeming with butterflies and wildflowers.
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Red mullet
A strikingly beautiful fish, it is not hard to see where the ‘red’ mullet gets its name from!
Serrated wrack
This brown seaweed lives in the lower shore and gets its name from the serrated edges to its fronds.
Keyhole limpet
Found on rocky shores and seabeds, the Keyhole limpet gets its name from the little hole at the tip of its shell.
Pearl-bordered fritillary
The pearl-bordered fritillary is a striking orange-and-black butterfly of sunny woodland rides and clearings. It gets its name from the row of 'pearls' on the underside of its hindwings…
Green-winged orchid
A short, but pretty plant of unimproved grasslands, the Green-winged orchid gets its name from the green veins in the 'hood' of its flowers. Look for it in May and June.
White-letter hairstreak
The white-letter hairstreak gets its name from the white lines that form a 'W' shape on its underside. It is an elusive butterfly, spending much of its time in the treetops.
Ringlet
The ringlet gets its name from the small rings on the undersides of its wings. These rings show variation in the different forms of this species, even elongating into a teardrop shape.