Red admiral
The red admiral is an unmistakable garden visitor. This black-and-red beauty may be seen feeding on flowers on warm days all year-round. Adults are mostly migrants, but some do hibernate here.
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The red admiral is an unmistakable garden visitor. This black-and-red beauty may be seen feeding on flowers on warm days all year-round. Adults are mostly migrants, but some do hibernate here.
The white admiral is a striking black-and-white butterfly with a delicate flight that includes long glides. It prefers shady woodlands where it feeds on bramble.
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is celebrating a new season for swallowtail butterflies on the Norfolk Broads, with the iconic species flying once again at NWT Hickling Broad and Marshes nature reserve.…
The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.
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.
Reverend Martin Greenland, a Rector in the Diocese of Norwich who is currently on sabbatical, shares his experience of looking out for ladybirds hiding in Norfolk's churchyards.