Greenwings Wildlife Tours
@greenwingstours.bsky.social
Expert-led butterfly & botany tours worldwide. Established 2010.
We are conservationists & proudly support charities such as Butterfly Conservation Europe & the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland.
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We are conservationists & proudly support charities such as Butterfly Conservation Europe & the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland.
https://linktr.ee/greenwingstours
Pinned
📢 Just 2 places are left on our Butterflies of the French Pyrenees tour, 27 May - 3 June 2026.
A classic GW tour which we designed & launched back in 2014, given a refresh for 2026!
Violet Copper, Spanish Fritillary, Spanish Festoon, Apollo, & many more butterfly highlights!
A classic GW tour which we designed & launched back in 2014, given a refresh for 2026!
Violet Copper, Spanish Fritillary, Spanish Festoon, Apollo, & many more butterfly highlights!
'Going great in Goa'
Here's a few more butterfly highlights from our ongoing tour of Goa in India.
Here's a few more butterfly highlights from our ongoing tour of Goa in India.
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
'Going great in Goa'
Here's a few more butterfly highlights from our ongoing tour of Goa in India.
Here's a few more butterfly highlights from our ongoing tour of Goa in India.
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I enjoy butterflies & orchids, so it is always nice when they come combined, such as this Black-veined White nectaring on a Lax-flowered Orchid.
Taken on the @greenwingstours.bsky.social Orchid Odyssey tour, which you can join this coming spring, 1 - 8 April 2026.
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Taken on the @greenwingstours.bsky.social Orchid Odyssey tour, which you can join this coming spring, 1 - 8 April 2026.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I enjoy butterflies & orchids, so it is always nice when they come combined, such as this Black-veined White nectaring on a Lax-flowered Orchid.
Taken on the @greenwingstours.bsky.social Orchid Odyssey tour, which you can join this coming spring, 1 - 8 April 2026.
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Taken on the @greenwingstours.bsky.social Orchid Odyssey tour, which you can join this coming spring, 1 - 8 April 2026.
greenwings.co/our-holidays...
📢 Just 2 places are left on our Butterflies of the French Pyrenees tour, 27 May - 3 June 2026.
A classic GW tour which we designed & launched back in 2014, given a refresh for 2026!
Violet Copper, Spanish Fritillary, Spanish Festoon, Apollo, & many more butterfly highlights!
A classic GW tour which we designed & launched back in 2014, given a refresh for 2026!
Violet Copper, Spanish Fritillary, Spanish Festoon, Apollo, & many more butterfly highlights!
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
📢 Just 2 places are left on our Butterflies of the French Pyrenees tour, 27 May - 3 June 2026.
A classic GW tour which we designed & launched back in 2014, given a refresh for 2026!
Violet Copper, Spanish Fritillary, Spanish Festoon, Apollo, & many more butterfly highlights!
A classic GW tour which we designed & launched back in 2014, given a refresh for 2026!
Violet Copper, Spanish Fritillary, Spanish Festoon, Apollo, & many more butterfly highlights!
🦋'Bolivian Butterfly Brilliance'🦋
Our happy group just saw over 60 fresh Anteros butterflies of at least 5 different species.
There's about 16 species in the genus, part of the Riodinidae (metalmark) family.
Pictured below is Anteros formosus by tour leader Adrian Hoskins.
Our happy group just saw over 60 fresh Anteros butterflies of at least 5 different species.
There's about 16 species in the genus, part of the Riodinidae (metalmark) family.
Pictured below is Anteros formosus by tour leader Adrian Hoskins.
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🦋'Bolivian Butterfly Brilliance'🦋
Our happy group just saw over 60 fresh Anteros butterflies of at least 5 different species.
There's about 16 species in the genus, part of the Riodinidae (metalmark) family.
Pictured below is Anteros formosus by tour leader Adrian Hoskins.
Our happy group just saw over 60 fresh Anteros butterflies of at least 5 different species.
There's about 16 species in the genus, part of the Riodinidae (metalmark) family.
Pictured below is Anteros formosus by tour leader Adrian Hoskins.
It's all go in Goa! We've just begun yet another butterfly tour, this time in India.
Here's an early highlight, the Malabar Tree Nymph (Idea malabarica), state butterfly for Goa & endemic of the Western Ghats.
Here's an early highlight, the Malabar Tree Nymph (Idea malabarica), state butterfly for Goa & endemic of the Western Ghats.
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
It's all go in Goa! We've just begun yet another butterfly tour, this time in India.
Here's an early highlight, the Malabar Tree Nymph (Idea malabarica), state butterfly for Goa & endemic of the Western Ghats.
Here's an early highlight, the Malabar Tree Nymph (Idea malabarica), state butterfly for Goa & endemic of the Western Ghats.
'Global Greenwingers'
We currently have groups butterflying in India & Bolivia and recently completed a very successful trip in South Africa.
Hutchinson’s Highflier was a top target there & our guests got unrivalled views of this stunner!
📸 Nigel P
We currently have groups butterflying in India & Bolivia and recently completed a very successful trip in South Africa.
Hutchinson’s Highflier was a top target there & our guests got unrivalled views of this stunner!
📸 Nigel P
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
'Global Greenwingers'
We currently have groups butterflying in India & Bolivia and recently completed a very successful trip in South Africa.
Hutchinson’s Highflier was a top target there & our guests got unrivalled views of this stunner!
📸 Nigel P
We currently have groups butterflying in India & Bolivia and recently completed a very successful trip in South Africa.
Hutchinson’s Highflier was a top target there & our guests got unrivalled views of this stunner!
📸 Nigel P
A beautiful Morpho butterfly from Bolivia today - a different kind of 'Monday blues'!
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A beautiful Morpho butterfly from Bolivia today - a different kind of 'Monday blues'!
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Good morning from Greece!
Ophrys lucis, our orchid of light.
A popular one on the exclusive @greenwingstours.bsky.social tour too, which I designed & launched way back in 2013.
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Ophrys lucis, our orchid of light.
A popular one on the exclusive @greenwingstours.bsky.social tour too, which I designed & launched way back in 2013.
greenwings.co/our-holidays...
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Good morning from Greece!
Ophrys lucis, our orchid of light.
A popular one on the exclusive @greenwingstours.bsky.social tour too, which I designed & launched way back in 2013.
greenwings.co/our-holidays...
Ophrys lucis, our orchid of light.
A popular one on the exclusive @greenwingstours.bsky.social tour too, which I designed & launched way back in 2013.
greenwings.co/our-holidays...
Good evening from butterfly brilliant Bolivia 🇧🇴
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Good evening from butterfly brilliant Bolivia 🇧🇴
Bolivia keeps delivering beautiful butterflies for our group. Here's another phone pic just sent back of a lovely Firetip.
One for #SkipperSaturday
One for #SkipperSaturday
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Bolivia keeps delivering beautiful butterflies for our group. Here's another phone pic just sent back of a lovely Firetip.
One for #SkipperSaturday
One for #SkipperSaturday
🚨1 place left on an amazing butterfly tour in Colombia this January! 🦋🇨🇴
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨1 place left on an amazing butterfly tour in Colombia this January! 🦋🇨🇴
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Goodnight from Greece!
Orchid of the moment here is Spiranthes spiralis.
Orchids of spring are a whole different story, and a fantastic one at that! Join me & friends to share it, on the original & ultimate Orchid Odyssey tour.
greenwings.co/our-holidays...
Orchid of the moment here is Spiranthes spiralis.
Orchids of spring are a whole different story, and a fantastic one at that! Join me & friends to share it, on the original & ultimate Orchid Odyssey tour.
greenwings.co/our-holidays...
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Goodnight from Greece!
Orchid of the moment here is Spiranthes spiralis.
Orchids of spring are a whole different story, and a fantastic one at that! Join me & friends to share it, on the original & ultimate Orchid Odyssey tour.
greenwings.co/our-holidays...
Orchid of the moment here is Spiranthes spiralis.
Orchids of spring are a whole different story, and a fantastic one at that! Join me & friends to share it, on the original & ultimate Orchid Odyssey tour.
greenwings.co/our-holidays...
The incredibly lovely Iberian Lynx, seen through the lens of our expert Spanish guide Juan, last January. We have 1 place left to go there & see & photograph it for yourself, 13th - 17th Jan 2026.
Find out more & book the last spot here...
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Find out more & book the last spot here...
greenwings.co/our-holidays...
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The incredibly lovely Iberian Lynx, seen through the lens of our expert Spanish guide Juan, last January. We have 1 place left to go there & see & photograph it for yourself, 13th - 17th Jan 2026.
Find out more & book the last spot here...
greenwings.co/our-holidays...
Find out more & book the last spot here...
greenwings.co/our-holidays...
Another pair of phone pics sent back from our group in Bolivia. Looks like they're having a blast! An incredible bonanza of both butterflies & moths & the tour has only just begun! 🦋
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Another pair of phone pics sent back from our group in Bolivia. Looks like they're having a blast! An incredible bonanza of both butterflies & moths & the tour has only just begun! 🦋
A couple of beauties from Bolivia. Phone pics sent back live from the field by our group enjoying a butterfly bonanza right now!
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A couple of beauties from Bolivia. Phone pics sent back live from the field by our group enjoying a butterfly bonanza right now!
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We have added two new pages to our website: habitat management principles for butterflies (and other pollinators) and causes of decline. Check them out here www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
Habitat Management for Butterflies
Habitat Management for Butterflies
www.bc-europe.eu
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We have added two new pages to our website: habitat management principles for butterflies (and other pollinators) and causes of decline. Check them out here www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
We're now in Bolivia for butterflies. First phone pic sent back looks promising!
November 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
We're now in Bolivia for butterflies. First phone pic sent back looks promising!
We interrupt this butterfly broadcast, for an orchid post...
Ophrys reinholdii from the @greenwingstours.bsky.social orchids of Rhodes tour in April.
Ophrys reinholdii from the @greenwingstours.bsky.social orchids of Rhodes tour in April.
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A few picture postcards from our ongoing botanical tour of the Peloponnese in Greece.
Our enthusiastic plant finders have found 8 species of Colchicum & 6 Crocuses so far, during days filled with fine flora, food & genuine Greek culture, in this historically rich peninsula.
Our enthusiastic plant finders have found 8 species of Colchicum & 6 Crocuses so far, during days filled with fine flora, food & genuine Greek culture, in this historically rich peninsula.
October 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
A few picture postcards from our ongoing botanical tour of the Peloponnese in Greece.
Our enthusiastic plant finders have found 8 species of Colchicum & 6 Crocuses so far, during days filled with fine flora, food & genuine Greek culture, in this historically rich peninsula.
Our enthusiastic plant finders have found 8 species of Colchicum & 6 Crocuses so far, during days filled with fine flora, food & genuine Greek culture, in this historically rich peninsula.
🦋'Butterfly Photography'🦋
Butterflies are our speciality. Our co-founder @matthewberry.bsky.social is an experienced butterfly photographer & just took this Swallowtail shot in Greece.
@europebutterfly.bsky.social
Butterflies are our speciality. Our co-founder @matthewberry.bsky.social is an experienced butterfly photographer & just took this Swallowtail shot in Greece.
@europebutterfly.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🦋'Butterfly Photography'🦋
Butterflies are our speciality. Our co-founder @matthewberry.bsky.social is an experienced butterfly photographer & just took this Swallowtail shot in Greece.
@europebutterfly.bsky.social
Butterflies are our speciality. Our co-founder @matthewberry.bsky.social is an experienced butterfly photographer & just took this Swallowtail shot in Greece.
@europebutterfly.bsky.social
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For those who don't like spiders (see last post) here's something 'cuter'. A delightful Crimson Speckled (Utetheisa pulchella) that I saw yesterday morning.
For photographers, this is a fairly big crop from a shot that was taken at 400mm with my trusty Canon 100-400 lens. So, not a macro shot.
For photographers, this is a fairly big crop from a shot that was taken at 400mm with my trusty Canon 100-400 lens. So, not a macro shot.
October 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
For those who don't like spiders (see last post) here's something 'cuter'. A delightful Crimson Speckled (Utetheisa pulchella) that I saw yesterday morning.
For photographers, this is a fairly big crop from a shot that was taken at 400mm with my trusty Canon 100-400 lens. So, not a macro shot.
For photographers, this is a fairly big crop from a shot that was taken at 400mm with my trusty Canon 100-400 lens. So, not a macro shot.
Friday feeling...
'Swallowtail by the Sea'
Watching Swallowtails glide & flutter, whilst being next to the Aegean Sea and under the warm autumn sunshine - a treat for my senses & soul today!
Watching Swallowtails glide & flutter, whilst being next to the Aegean Sea and under the warm autumn sunshine - a treat for my senses & soul today!
October 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Friday feeling...
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Completely besotted with this velvety rhubarb and custard wonder - the Autumn Emperor Moth (Saturnia caecigena) - the highlight of last night’s trap on @greenwingstours.bsky.social Moths of Slovenia 💛🩷💛 #teammoth #mothsmatter #bugsky
October 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Completely besotted with this velvety rhubarb and custard wonder - the Autumn Emperor Moth (Saturnia caecigena) - the highlight of last night’s trap on @greenwingstours.bsky.social Moths of Slovenia 💛🩷💛 #teammoth #mothsmatter #bugsky
Good morning from Greece, with another pre-tour treasure - Colchicum pulchellum. A Greek endemic and listed as 'Near Threatened' by the @IUCN.
Our guides are out there getting ready for their guests, to show them a bonanza of autumn bulbs!
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Our guides are out there getting ready for their guests, to show them a bonanza of autumn bulbs!
#BSBICorporateSponsor
October 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Good morning from Greece, with another pre-tour treasure - Colchicum pulchellum. A Greek endemic and listed as 'Near Threatened' by the @IUCN.
Our guides are out there getting ready for their guests, to show them a bonanza of autumn bulbs!
#BSBICorporateSponsor
Our guides are out there getting ready for their guests, to show them a bonanza of autumn bulbs!
#BSBICorporateSponsor
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Freyer's Grayling (Hipparchia fatua) nectaring on Sea Squill (Drimia aphylla). One of the Grayling species to be seen here in Rhodes 🇬🇷 at this time of year.
October 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Freyer's Grayling (Hipparchia fatua) nectaring on Sea Squill (Drimia aphylla). One of the Grayling species to be seen here in Rhodes 🇬🇷 at this time of year.