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Butterfly Monitoring and Recording
Volunteer recorder Dave Robinson shares his insights on butterfly recording in Leicestershire and Rutland, some of the species he has spotted and why it is important.
Greater butterfly-orchid
The Greater butterfly-orchid is a tall orchid of hay meadows, grasslands and ancient woodlands. It has whitish-green flowers that have spreading petals and sepals - a bit like the wings of a…
Wild Walk at Ketton Quarry - Butterfly Walk
Join us for an afternoon walk to search for summer butterflies at Ketton
Take Part & Learn
My discovery
Look – a boatman! Keira’s delight in learning about unusual creatures is even more special when she can find them herself.
Britain’s largest ‘Sea Dragon’ discovered in UK’s smallest county
Every day is different when you work on a nature reserve, but nothing could have prepared our reserves team at Rutland Water Nature Reserve for the day when they made the palaeontological…
Wild Walk - Members Only Birds and Butterflies at Charnwood Lodge
Exclusively for members - join us for a walk at Charnwood Lodge to discover and ID the birds and butterflies
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust provides free training to learn more about species in the Charnwood Forest
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust invite you to learn more about species identification and wildlife recording in the Charnwood Forest, made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund…
Wild Walk - Butterflies and Orchids at Cloud Wood
Join us for a morning walk around Cloud Wood seeking and identifying butterflies and orchids
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.
Survival strategies
Discover the different ways that moths and butterflies spend the winter