Butterfly walk
A guided walk at Horsey Gap in search of butterflies
A guided walk at Horsey Gap in search of butterflies
The comma has distinctively ragged wing edges, which help to camouflage it - at rest, it looks just like a dead leaf! It prefers woodland edges, but can be spotted feeding on fallen fruit in…
Explore butterflies at Toll's Meadow.
Explore butterflies at NWT Lower Wood, Ashwellthorpe.
Explore the contents of the moth trap with our guide, before heading out in search of butterflies, including the iconic swallowtail.
Often found basking on tall grasses, or buzzing between stems, the small skipper is a small, orange butterfly. It prefers rough grassland, verges and woodland edges.
The small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
A pale member of the violet family sometimes known as ‘milk violet’, the fen violet has a delicate and unassuming appearance. A real specialist of the wetland habitat, this species has seen a…
It may be small but Scarning Fen is home to large number of rare plants and insects. This precious site is sensitive to disturbance, so please tread carefully.
The small pearl-bordered fritillary is a pretty orange-and-brown butterfly of damp grassland, moorland, and open woodland. It gets its name from the row of 'pearls' on the underside of…
The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.