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Expert-led & enjoyable butterfly & botany holidays worldwide. Established 2010.
We are conservationists & proudly support Butterfly Conservation Europe & the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland.
@greenwingstours.bsky.socialA blast of colour from Bolivia for #SkipperSaturday
There's about 3,500 members of the Hesperiidae family of butterflies. Here's a few of them, photographed today by one of our guides that we felt were worth sharing.
@europebutterfly.bsky.socialReposted by @greenwingstours.bsky.socialThe new (slightly revised) Red List of European Moths has been published by the EU. A summary and links to downloads can be found on our website. Moths play a vital role in ecosystems and there is also an important new document on how to plan for their conservation
www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
@greenwingstours.bsky.social86 Great Bustards and 166,000 Common Cranes on Day 1 of our Hungarian autumn tour. Watching thousands of cranes come in to roost across the Puszta never gets old. A fine & fulfilling start for our guests! 🇭🇺🪶
@greenwingstours.bsky.socialBringing some mesmerizing nature to your Friday feed! 🇧🇹💧
Our local guide in Bhutan captured this beautiful video of a dragonfly laying her eggs in a mountain stream.
Have a wonderful weekend!
@greenwingstours.bsky.social🦋 Why do butterflies gather on damp ground? Mud-puddling allows butterflies to take up moisture, salts & other nutrients. Sometimes hundreds gather together - spectacular behaviour we’re fortunate to encounter on many of our butterfly holidays.
@sarahlonges.bsky.socialReposted by @greenwingstours.bsky.socialDarter Delight #ShareMondays2026
A vibrantly coloured, immature #red-veined #darter #dragonfly seen in the #ruins of the #AncientAgora of #KosTown last week 🇬🇷💙 #nature #wildlife @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @greenwingstours.bsky.social @dailykos.com #Greece #KosIsland #FujifilmUK #odonata
@greenwingstours.bsky.social🌿 Greenwings Guest Gallery
A new regular feature sharing some of the wonderful wildlife photographed by guests on our holidays.
First up: a male Meleager’s Blue (Polyommatus daphnis), photographed by Gillian E. in Romania, June 2026. 🦋
@greenwingstours.bsky.social🦋 There’s more to a butterfly than the butterfly! On Greenwings holidays, our guides look beyond the adults to find caterpillars, food plants and other life stages, revealing more about their ecology to our guests. Apollo (Parnassius apollo), Italian Alps 🇮🇹
@greenwingstours.bsky.socialThe False Apollo (Archon apollinus). One of Europe’s rarest & most beautiful butterflies.
Photos show eggs (laid on Aristolochia), the striking caterpillar, and both sexes of the adult (female top, male bottom).
📸 All taken on our spring holiday in northern Greece.
@greenwingstours.bsky.social🐈⬛ Iberian Lynx in the Lens 🇪🇸
Imagine having an Iberian Lynx appear in front of your camera like this…
Join us in Andalucía for an intimate photography experience in the Sierra de Andújar
📅 18–22 January 2027
📷 Just 2–3 guests
@greenwingstours.bsky.socialSome larva love for #Leptember
@greenwingstours.bsky.socialSomething different for a #Leptember image today.
Can you name this European species?
@matthewberry.bsky.socialReposted by @greenwingstours.bsky.socialA good old-fashioned Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) for a #Leptember post!
@greenwingstours.bsky.social🦋 For 19th of #Leptember, a beautiful Euphaedra janetta, photographed by Adrian Hoskins in Ghana.
📋 Euphaedra is a large and colourful genus of African butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, particularly associated with the forests and woodland habitats of tropical Africa.
@greenwingstours.bsky.socialHow about one of the worlds most iconic & beautiful butterflies for a #Leptember post today? The Rajah Brooke's Birdwing (Trogonoptera brookiana). This video was shot in Malaysia & we can't wait to go back there next year for more!
@ukbutterflies.bsky.socialReposted by @greenwingstours.bsky.socialAnother foodplant first! This time, of Holly Blue using Kidney Vetch as a larval foodplant, with an egg followed through to final instar larva by Maggie Zebroski. This is, I believe, the first record of the use of Kidney Vetch, not just for the UK, but for the whole of Europe! Well done Maggie!
@greenwingstours.bsky.socialHere's a #leptember shot taken today in Bhutan, by our good friend Sonam. The stunning Bhutan Glory (Bhutanitis lidderdalii). Sonam actively monitors & researches these and lots of other wildlife & we're working on a second itinerary to complement our regular butterfly holiday - watch this space!
@matthewberry.bsky.socialReposted by @greenwingstours.bsky.socialA Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) for #Leptember
@greenwingstours.bsky.socialTwo years we launched #Leptember - a month long celebration of moths & butterflies. Watch out for daily uploads throughout September - and please share some of your own too! 🦋
Today is this unusual pic of a pair of Apollo butterflies, taken by @petereeles.bsky.social this June in Italy.
@greenwingstours.bsky.socialNot large, not small, just right - for ensuring a high quality and intimate experience for our guests whilst protecting the sensitive environments they'll be visiting.
