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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.
Bee and Butterfly Bonanza at Slievenacloy
Join Katy Bell, our Senior Conservation Officer, to find out more about the amazing array of bees and butterflies found at our Slievenacloy Nature Reserve.
Ospreys breed in Ireland for the first time in over 200 years
A pair of ospreys have bred at a confidential nest site in County Fermanagh – a first in Ireland for more than 200 years.
Ulster Wildlife expresses concern over badger cull plans
Ulster Wildlife has expressed concern about the strategy on bovine TB (bTB) eradication for Northern Ireland which was launched last week by the TB Strategic Partnership Group. This could see…
Yellow-browed warbler
This charming little warbler is an increasingly common sight in autumn, when migrants pass through the UK.
News
Keep up to date with the latest stories, research, projects and challenges as we work to tackle the climate and nature crisis.
Burnet companion
This day-flying moth is found on flowery meadows, often in the company of other moths and butterflies.
My classroom
Pupils from Abingdon Primary School in Middlesbrough, Jon and Abdul, really enjoy learning outside the classroom, especially sketching butterflies.
Green-veined white
The green-veined white is a common butterfly of hedgerows, woodlands, gardens and parks. It is similar to other white butterflies, but has prominent green stripes on the undersides of its wings.…
Meadow brown
One of our most common butterflies, the meadow brown can be spotted on grasslands, and in gardens and parks, often in large numbers. There are four subspecies of meadow brown.
Buddleia
Buddleia is a familiar shrub, well-known for its attractiveness to butterflies. It is actually an introduced species, however, that has become naturalised on waste ground, railway cuttings and in…