Read this new blog post by Matt Doogue, macro master and leader of our Mediterranean Macro photo holiday in Greece in June 2019. In his post he provides a short summary of the 2018 tour. Click the banner below to open the blog post on Matt’s site.
Read more →We’re at the Rutland Birdfair this weekend, a fabulous annual event we always enjoy attending. For anyone not able to come please see download a PDF copy of our Greenwings Birdfair leaflet 2017 with some great special offers here. Best wishes, The Greenwings team
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Thanks to the ongoing support of our wonderful holiday guests we’ve recently been able to donate £1,500 to Butterfly Conservation to help fund their ongoing landscape-level conservation project in the Norfolk Brecks. Read more about it here!
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Here are a few comments from guests who’ve been on holiday with us this summer. It is feedback like this which makes us happy as our guests enjoying themselves is always our number 1 objective! Butterflies of The French Alps 2016: We have just returned from our
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If you fancy a great general wildlife holiday this September, focusing largely on things with wings – moths, butterflies, birds, dragonflies etc – then check out our week in Spanish Catalonia this September with Tristan Lafranchis. Read the report from 2015 (under the Holiday Reports tab) to
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In the UK the winter can last several months. That is more than long enough for us humans to endure, but what about butterflies? Beautiful, yet considered to be ethereal summer sprites and often perceived of as fragile creatures. Well it might surprise a few people to
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Butterfly Safari in South Africa We’re delighted to announce a unique opportunity to go butterflying with the leading expert and author on South African butterflies Steve Woodhall! Think of South African wildlife and the first animals that spring to mind probably include lions, elephants, Leopards and zebras.
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The word chrysalis derives from the ancient Greek word χρυσός (chrysos) which means gold. When you view some butterfly pupae, such as this Small Tortoiseshell, you can see how well suited the etymology (another Greek word!) of chrysalis can be. Out of interest, the term Aurelian was
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We’re pleased to announce a brand new butterfly watching holiday to Mexico! During a 2 week tour in March you’ll be able to witness one of the wonders of the natural world – the millions of Monarch butterflies that overwinter there. We’ll also spend a week exploring
Read more →Roger Gibbons, who leads on our French Alps butterfly tour, also has his own website – Butterflies of France. It is a great resource for anyone interested in the butterflies of France and provides species photos and information, gleaned from Rogers many years of study. We’ve got
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