August on our nature reserves
Reserves Officer Robert Morgan shares his August musings, and reports on rare sights from the broads and the North Norfolk coast.
Reserves Officer Robert Morgan shares his August musings, and reports on rare sights from the broads and the North Norfolk coast.
One of the joys of a spring day is watching a fluttering, lemon-yellow brimstone alight on a flower - an early sign that the seasons are changing. It is commonly spotted in gardens, woodland and…
The brimstone moth is a yellow, night-flying moth with distinctive brown-and-white spots on its angular forewings. It frequently visits gardens, but also likes woods, scrub and grasslands.
The Brown argus favours open, chalk and limestone grasslands, but can also be spotted on coastal dunes, in woodland clearings and along disused railways.
As the name suggests, this beautiful brown butterfly is most common in Scotland, though it can also be seen in northern England.
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This large, fluffy-looking moth is on the wing in July and August, but you might spot a caterpillar at almost any time of year.
Considered to be one of the prettiest gentians, the Chiltern gentian is a rare plant in the UK. It likes chalk grasslands, its purple, trumpet-shaped flowers blooming from August.
The emperor dragonfly is an impressively large and colourful dragonfly of ponds, lakes, canals and flooded gravel pits. It flies between June and August and even eats its prey on the wing.
The Black-tailed skimmer is a narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen flying low over the bare gravel and mud around flooded gravel pits and reservoirs. It is on the wing from May to August.