Huge congratulations to our fabulous friend @commonbynature.bsky.social! His #UrbanFlora of Newcastle and North Tyneside will be out on Monday. Essential reading for everyone interested in #UrbanBotany. It'll be interesting to read it alongside @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social's #UrbanPlants book!

Picture postcards from our ongoing 'Cyprus in Spring' tour.. Endemic Crocus cyprius, carpets of Anemone coronaria, Oleander Hawkmoth, Holly Blue on endemic Arabis purpurea.

'Cyprus in Spring' Global issues aside, the #orchids have been lovely on our tour, as has all the other diverse & beautiful flora & fauna. Our groups very happy with all they’ve seen & done & just as importantly, with each other’s company as kindred spirits, enjoying a wildlife holiday together 🙏

Ophrys lucis / Ophrys argolica subsp. lucis Rhodian Horseshoe #Orchid Kalo mina / Καλό μήνα / Good month #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

Another Ophrys tenthredinifera #RhodesOrchidOdyssey #orchids

Ophrys tenthredinifera in 'Cherry Coke' colours... 2 places available to join me here too, on the one & only... #RhodesOrchidOdyssey greenwings.co/our-holidays... A donation goes to @bsbibotany.bsky.social from this & all the @greenwingstours.bsky.social botany tours.

Still time to grab a spot on this superb trip. It makes for a lovely way to begin your spring butterfly watching campaign... greenwings.co/our-holidays... A donation from this and *all* our butterfly tours also goes to support the conservation work of @europebutterfly.bsky.social too.

It’s official! The 'Urban Flora of Newcastle and North Tyneside' will be published on Monday 9 March 🌿 📖 I’m hugely proud of this, and ever so grateful to @nenature.bsky.social and @bsbibotany.bsky.social for their support in making it happen. #botany #urbanflora

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It has been a very successful day, so here is one more #orchid pic - another Ophrys tenthredinifera. They're simply irresistible! If you agree, you might like to join me on my island home, for the tour I set up & launched nearly 15 years ago.. greenwings.co/our-holidays... #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

Always a popular #orchid on our exclusive Rhodes tour. As is Ophrys speculum subsp. regis-ferdinandii (& the hybrid between the two). There is still time to join us this spring.. greenwings.co/our-holidays... A donation goes to @bsbibotany.bsky.social from this tour too! #BSBICorporateSupporter

Brazil butterfly phone pic today. The scenery isn't bad either! New & very exciting new tour on the way... #BrazilButterflyTour2027

📢 2 places have become available on our Gargano orchid tour. Our guide first visited in 1980 in search of orchids and has returned almost 60 times since. What we offer: • Small group (6–7 people) • Sites checked in advance • Decades of local knowledge • Close collaboration with Italian friends

Best wishes for #ValentinesDay Sharing butterflies & botany with our guests is what we love 💚

Due to a late cancellation a place has become available to join our unique Uganda butterfly tour in May. Beautiful butterflies & a fascinating adventure guaranteed - you may even get to see the prehistoric looking Shoebill (yes we like birds too!). greenwings.co/our-holidays...

We've all made it to another weekend, that's worth celebrating! Here's Caria mantinea, photographed in Bolivia by Adrian Hoskins. Book your next butterfly tour from our extensive worldwide range of destinations... greenwings.co/our-holidays...

A few shots of Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum), taken by @matthewberry.bsky.social on his regular site checks & exploration trips, carried out as part of the thorough preparation we always do ahead of our #RhodesOrchidOdyssey tour.

Milky Orchid (Neotinea lactea) & Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina). Two #orchids that can be seen now & on our #RhodesOrchidOdyssey tour. 2 places are available if you fancy joining us... greenwings.co/our-holidays... A donation from every botanical tour goes to @bsbibotany.bsky.social too!

'Morpho Monday' Our time in Colombia has come to an end, but what a beautiful pair of butterflies to finish with on our final day in the field!

A few phone pics from today on our Butterflies of Colombia tour. A blue kind of day it seems, but not the mood - our group are having a ball with so many beautiful species to see & photograph! 💙🦋🇨🇴

Good morning from Greece - Lake Kerkini in the north to be more precise. Our guests are currently enjoying a chilly boat trip on the lake - keeping warm being mesmerised by the Dalmatian Pelicans they're there to see & photograph.

'Iberian Lynx in the Lens' Our group had a great time in Spain with lots of Lynx sightings & behaviour to observe from these beautiful cats! They enjoyed a wide variety of other wildlife too. We can't to return - and we'll be launching another new Spanish tour soon as well.

Ophrys sitiaca. One of the early flowering #orchids here.

Good morning! A snippet of Heliconius cydno in Colombia from our ongoing butterfly tour...

Good signs of spring and for our annual #RhodesOrchidOdyssey tour. Our preparation starts early and goes deep; benefitting our guests who we can't wait to show around & share the island with 😊

We've begun the year with a cracker of a tour, in Colombia - megadiverse country & capital of the butterfly world! Here's a few phone pics sent back to us from the first couple of days of fun! 🦋 And more funds generated that we'll be able to donate to @europebutterfly.bsky.social too!

Happy New Year to everyone! 🥂🎉 📸 Dalmatian Pelicans in winter, on Lake Kerkini in Greece 🇬🇷

One of the many orchids to enjoy on our tour in spring... greenwings.co/our-holidays... #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

Roll on spring and our next #RhodesOrchidOdyssey tour!

📢 NEW #orchid discovered on our 2025 #RhodesOrchidOdyssey tour! 🌟Ophrys chiosica was found by us this April. A species that was previously thought to be endemic to Chios Island. 🌟It’s the 2nd orchid we’ve added to the island list from our tours, Ophrys samia being the other one.

Christmas is all bright colours & bling & we can find ourselves drawn to the colourful in the butterfly world too. But lets not forget the subtle beauty of the less coloured species! Here is Russian Heath in Greece by Yealand K & White-bordered Grayling in Türkiye by Markus D. #AdventCalendar

Colossus Orchid (Ophrys colossaea). A more apt #orchid for my Rhodes #AdventCalendar would be hard to find! Join me on my Greek island home in April for orchids & a whole lot more! More info & booking on the @greenwingstours.bsky.social site: greenwings.co/our-holidays... #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) for day 19 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar Always nice to get some bonus beasties with the botany! Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) and Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi). #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

'A Fantastic Four for Friday' Common Glider (Neptis sappho) in Romania by Adrian Hoskins Striped Hawk-moth (Hyles livornica) in Bulgaria by Neil M Little Tiger Blues (Tarucus balkanicus) in Turkey by Ben G Blues puddling in Turkey by Ingo D Days 15 - 20 of our #adventcalendar

Cristina is our wonderful co-ordinator of the European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. Under her guidance the scheme is expanding rapidly and more and more people are getting involved. Do join in and help us monitor butterflies

Good morning from Greece. Ophrys rhodia for day 15 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

Good morning from Greece. Ophrys umbilicata as a belated offering for day 14 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

For day 14 of our butterfly #AdventCalendar a Grecian Copper (Lycaena ottomana) by Anthony J, a guest on one of butterfly tours in Greece.

Day 13 of our #AdventCalendar A female Southern Swallowtail (Papilio alexanor) egg-laying. Taken on our very popular Italian Alps tour by guest Michael C this year. Every butterfly tour we run = a donation to support the valuable work of @europebutterfly.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

Milky Orchid (Neotinea lactea) is my #orchid for day 13 Already in bloom in some parts of the mainland. And other species are out in Crete too. The season has started. #AdventCalendar

For day 12 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar I'm going with this nice red-flowered variety of Violet Limodore or Violet Bird's-nest Orchid (Limodorum abortivum var. rubrum). #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

For today (& yesterday that we missed) here's some mud-puddling Black-veined Whites on our Croatia tour by Mike L & a Cardinal Fritillary flight sequence in Serbia by Gillian E. 2 more 2025 tours which generated funds for us to donate to @europebutterfly.bsky.social #AdventCalendar

Day 10 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar Anacamptis collina, the Fan-lipped Orchid. Last shot features a hunting Heldreich's Dwarf Mantis (Ameles heldreichi). #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

For day 10 of our #AdventCalendar we're in the beautiful Norfolk Broads, UK, with the endemic race of Swallowtail (Papilio machaon ssp. britannicus). Photo by Anna G, a guest on our tour with @patrickbarkham.bsky.social All our butterfly tours include a donation to @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Cheers! from Corfu 🍷 Day 9 #AdventCalendar Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius) by guest Allan F on our joint @butterflycorfu.bsky.social tour. They are partial to a drop of wine, fermenting fruit too. As well as glasses, another tour that also raised funds for @europebutterfly.bsky.social

A memorable moment from our longest running orchid tour. Standby for more #orchid news coming soon...

How about this to brighten up your Monday? A 'flock' of Rajah Brookes' Birdwings (Trogonoptera brookiana). They were photographed on our Malay Peninsula tour this year by leader Adrian Hoskins. This tour also helped us raise funds to donate to @europebutterfly.bsky.social #AdventCalendar

This is another fun element of our orchid tour; we always find various hybrids and new discoveries are sometimes made too, which also adds a scientific value to what we and our guests are doing.

Always popular on our #orchid tour and even though we've been showing it to people for over 10 years now we experience the same excitement for this & all the other plants we see 🪻😊

A female False Apollo (Archon apollinus) for our #AdventCalendar post today. Taken by guest Sheila A.W on our unique spring tour in northern Greece. Another from the 20+ tours from which a donation was made to @europebutterfly.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @sbbtrust.bsky.social