2019 Bumper Year for Butterflies
With the glorious bursts of spring sunshine last week it was not surprising that our gardens were receiving welcome visits from the first emerging butterflies.
With the glorious bursts of spring sunshine last week it was not surprising that our gardens were receiving welcome visits from the first emerging butterflies.
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.
Each year in conjunction with the British Dragonfly Society (BDS), county recorder and Durham Wildlife Trust Trustee, Michael Coates, publishes an annual report summarising sightings in our region…
In 2020, the Durham Wildlife Trust annual Odonata survey (that’s Dragonflies and Damselflies) was run in conjunction with the British Dragonfly Society, with DWT Trustee Michael Coates, now also…
A survey into numbers of dragonflies and damselflies in the Durham Wildlife Trust area has shown that the insects have bounced back spectacularly after a challenging 2018.
A survey into numbers of dragonflies and damselflies in the Durham Wildlife Trust area has shown that the insects have bounced back spectacularly after a challenging 2018.
This day-flying moth is found on flowery meadows, often in the company of other moths and butterflies.
An eight-year-old girl from County Durham has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to appeal for help in saving the water vole.
Golden banks of common rock-rose make a spectacular sight on our chalk and limestone grasslands in summer. A creeping shrub, it is good for bees, moths and butterflies.
Pupils from Abingdon Primary School in Middlesbrough, Jon and Abdul, really enjoy learning outside the classroom, especially sketching butterflies.