Showing posts with label wild flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wild flowers. Show all posts
Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Searching for Birthwort with the Spanish Festoon Butterfly

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Searching for Birthwort with the Spanish Festoon Butterfly Spanish Festoon (Photo: Steve Andrews) The Spanish Festoon ( Zerynthia rum...
Monday, 28 October 2019

Grass growing after the rain is a help to some butterfly species

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After the rains in Portugal New grass blades - Photo: Steve Andrews Drought-stricken Portugal has at last had the autumn rains arr...
Sunday, 15 September 2019

What Do Butterflies Do In A Drought in Portugal When Their Food-plants Are Dead?

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How do Small Coppers and Meadow Browns survive a drought? Small Copper ( Lycaena phlaeas ) Photo in Public Domain/Pixabay As I walk ...
Saturday, 6 July 2019

Watching the Desertification of Portugal

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Climate Breakdown and Desertification Dried up pond (Photo: Steve Andrews) I have been living in Portugal since late 2014 and over the...
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Wednesday, 23 January 2019

Being a Butterfly

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The Trials and Tribulations in the Life of a Butterfly Speckled Wood (Photo: Pixabay) You may think that a butterfly has an easy lif...
Sunday, 13 January 2019

How A Council Estate Like Ely Can Be A Haven For Wildlife

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Gardens in Ely Small Tortoiseshells on Butterfly Bush (Photo: Pixabay) The Ely council estate in Cardiff can be a great place for w...
Monday, 16 July 2018

Salisbury Wildlife and the Avon Valley Nature Reserve

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Visiting Salisbury I recently had the pleasure of visiting the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire for a few days and fell in love with the ...