Home sweet home for white-faced darter
There is excitement at Cheshire Wildlife Trust as they have just seen what they believe to be their first ‘true Delamere’ white-faced darters emerge.
There is excitement at Cheshire Wildlife Trust as they have just seen what they believe to be their first ‘true Delamere’ white-faced darters emerge.
The Common darter is a red, narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen throughout summer and autumn. It is hovers around all kinds of waterbodies, darting out to surprise its prey.
The Black darter is a black, narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen throughout summer and autumn. It is hovers around damp moors, heaths and bogs, darting out to surprise its prey.
The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.
Look for the White water-lily in still and slow-moving water, such as ponds, ditches, lakes and canals. Its lily pads and massive, white flowers float at the water's surface.
The large white is a common garden visitor - look out for its brilliant white wings, tipped with black.
At night, the pretty, white blooms of white campion produce a heady scent, attracting feeding moths. Look for this wildflower along hedgerows and roadside verges, and on waste ground.
The White admiral is a striking black-and-white butterfly with a delicate flight that includes long glides. It prefers shady woodlands where it feeds on Bramble.
The striking black-and-white checks of the marbled white are unmistakeable. Watch out for it alighting on purple flowers, such as field scabious, on chalk and limestone grasslands and along…
So-named for the silvery-white appearance of its leaves, the White willow can be seen along riverbanks, around lakes and in wet woodlands. Like other willows, it produces catkins in spring.
This dainty white butterfly is now only found in a few parts of Britain, where it flutters slowly through woodland clearings.
A climbing plant of hedgerows and woodlands, White bryony produces greenish flowers in summer and red, shiny berries in winter. It is a poisonous plant.