Category: Butterflies

• Cardiff Bay in the Sunshine

  Last weekend the sun dragged the three of us down to Cardiff Bay. Since we first moved to South Wales over 20 years ago this once neglected corner of Cardiff has gone through a transformation. Then the bay was open to the huge tidal range at occurs in the Severn Estuary, leaving large expanses of…

  Paul Challinor

  July 26, 2014

  Butterflies, Wales, Wales Coastal Path, Wildlife

  Cardiff, Cardiff Barrage, Wales Coast Path

• Moths and Butterflies

  There was so much happening on Caldey Island last weekend it wasn’t possible to include it all into the last post. Those of you who know me will be aware that there weren’t any creepy crawlies included, as Aunty and Number 1 daughter would call them. The island was awash with Meadow Brown butterflies, (Maniola…

  Paul Challinor

  July 10, 2014

  Butterflies, Moths, Wales, Wales Coastal Path, Wildlife

  Anania hortulata, Cinnabar Moth, Lasiommata megera, Pagagevaegeria, Small Magpie Moth, Small Skipper, Speckled Wood, Tyrian jacobaeae, Wall Butterfly