The Butterfly Isles: A Summer In Search Of Our Emperors And Admirals from the Hebrides to Devon

from the Hebrides to Devon and from Anglo-Saxon times to today

and song writing

summer visitors

she has undertaken an ambitious rewilding project

The Butterfly Isles: A Summer In Search Of Our Emperors And Admirals from the Hebrides to Devon"A beguiling book Wonderfully catching the spirit of these ethereal creatures" Richard Mabey Butterflies animate our summers but the fifty nine species found in the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk at the bottom of damp bogs in Scotland. A few survive for months, while other ephemeral creatures only fly for three days. Several are virtually extinct. This bewitching book charts