Butterflies
Even common butterflies have lost out as hedges and field edges rich in wild flowers and grasses have gone under the plough. So what can we do to help?
Chwilio
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Chwilio
Butterflies
Even common butterflies have lost out as hedges and field edges rich in wild flowers and grasses have gone under the plough. So what can we do to help?
Woodland butterflies
Some searching may be needed for these specialists, but the reward makes the effort worthwhile!
Butterflies at Marford Quarry
Discover the 'Butterfly Transect' at Marfod Quarry Nature Reserve and be part of a vital citizen science project which has been carried out for over 30 years!
How to attract butterflies to your garden
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.
Hunting butterflies in magical meadows
Enjoy our showiest insects – and the flowers they depend on – at Cors Goch Nature Reserve
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.
Butterfly walk
Celebrate National Meadows Day by exploring the meadows at Aberduna Nature Reserve and help us record the butterflies we spot!
Our latest news and blogs
All the latest wildlife and nature news for North Wales.
Beguiled by blues
Butterfly expert Alan Sumnall offers a thorough guide to one of our most enchanting groups of butterflies – the blues.
Stop the Red Route - News update January 2021
Here is our latest update for our campaign to help save Leadbrook Woods and Meadows, Flintshire. The proposed 'Red Route' highway project is a 13km dual carriageway that would damage or…
Burnet companion
This day-flying moth is found on flowery meadows, often in the company of other moths and butterflies.