New Ferry Butterfly Park
An urban nature reserve developed on a former railway coal yard, goods yard and water softening plant.
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New Ferry Butterfly Park open day success
A record number of visitors attended this year’s New Ferry Butterfly Park Open Day, which by the end of the day had received just over a 1,000 visitors.
New Ferry Butterfly Park Opening Day 2025 season
New Ferry Butterfly Park Opening Day 2025 season
New Ferry Butterfly Park Open Day Success
Over 850 people visited New Ferry Butterfly Park Open Day on the sunny bank holiday Monday. The glorious warm weather meant there was a record-breaking number of butterflies on the wing for…
New Ferry Butterfly receives Green Flag Community Award
New Ferry Butterfly Park, in Wirral, has been recognised as one of the UK’s very best green spaces. On Saturday 11th August volunteers at the park celebrated when Chris Koral, Chairman of Cheshire…
New Ferry Butterfly Park 10th opening day 'Emerging from Hibernation'
New Ferry Butterfly Park has recently received a Liverpool Echo Community Impact Award appropriately sponsored by Merseyrail and Arriva who both provide public transport services to the park.
Small white
The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.
Hatch Mere butterfly survey - July 2018
This month's butterfly survey results at Hatch Mere Nature Reserve
Hatch Mere butterfly survey - 2019
This yearly summary report covers the 26 week butterfly monitoring period from April 1st 2019 to September 29th 2019 (as determined by the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme managed by Butterfly…
Wildlife organisations take action for declining coastal butterfly on Wirral
Cheshire Wildlife Trust have planted sea holly on Red Rocks Nature Reserve with support from Chester Zoo and Butterfly Conservation Cheshire and Wirral Branch.
Educational visits to our nature reserves
We offer wilder learning opportunities for educational settings at our awe-inspiring nature reserves, or we can come to you.
Greater butterfly-orchid
The Greater butterfly-orchid is a tall orchid of hay meadows, grasslands and ancient woodlands. It has whitish-green flowers that have spreading petals and sepals - a bit like the wings of a…