Matt Berry
@matthewberry.bsky.social
Uk naturalist based in Rhodes, Greece | long career in conservation | founder of @greenwingstours.bsky.social - the natural choice for high quality & expert-led butterfly, botany & other wildlife/photo tours since 2010.
https://linktr.ee/greenwingstours
https://linktr.ee/greenwingstours
Reposted by Matt Berry
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.
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.
January 21, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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.
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.
Reposted by Matt Berry
'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.
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.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
'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.
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.
Friar's Cowl (Arisarum vulgare). Attracts flies for pollination & people for photography!
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Friar's Cowl (Arisarum vulgare). Attracts flies for pollination & people for photography!
Reposted by Matt Berry
Good morning! A snippet of Heliconius cydno in Colombia from our ongoing butterfly tour...
January 18, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Good morning! A snippet of Heliconius cydno in Colombia from our ongoing butterfly tour...
Orchid season 2026 now well underway here. Mine was a bit delayed, but caught up with some flowers yesterday.
Ophrys speculum and Romulea tempskyana phone pics.
Ophrys speculum and Romulea tempskyana phone pics.
January 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Orchid season 2026 now well underway here. Mine was a bit delayed, but caught up with some flowers yesterday.
Ophrys speculum and Romulea tempskyana phone pics.
Ophrys speculum and Romulea tempskyana phone pics.
Reposted by Matt Berry
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!
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!
January 15, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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!
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!
Reposted by Matt Berry
Happy New Year to everyone! 🥂🎉
📸 Dalmatian Pelicans in winter, on Lake Kerkini in Greece 🇬🇷
📸 Dalmatian Pelicans in winter, on Lake Kerkini in Greece 🇬🇷
December 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy New Year to everyone! 🥂🎉
📸 Dalmatian Pelicans in winter, on Lake Kerkini in Greece 🇬🇷
📸 Dalmatian Pelicans in winter, on Lake Kerkini in Greece 🇬🇷
Happy New Year!
📸 My two homes - Rhodes, Greece & London, England.
📸 My two homes - Rhodes, Greece & London, England.
December 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Happy New Year!
📸 My two homes - Rhodes, Greece & London, England.
📸 My two homes - Rhodes, Greece & London, England.
Ophrys lucis / Ophrys argolica subsp. lucis
A selection of images to show the variation of flowers of one of my favourite #orchids.
Not too long to wait for their return, early in 2026!
A selection of images to show the variation of flowers of one of my favourite #orchids.
Not too long to wait for their return, early in 2026!
December 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Ophrys lucis / Ophrys argolica subsp. lucis
A selection of images to show the variation of flowers of one of my favourite #orchids.
Not too long to wait for their return, early in 2026!
A selection of images to show the variation of flowers of one of my favourite #orchids.
Not too long to wait for their return, early in 2026!
Looking back on 2025, one of my wildlife highlights was spending time in northern Greece in June. Here's a small selection of butterflies photographed on my travels.
Overall 2025 has been an excellent year & I am raring to go for the next 12 months too! Best wishes to all the good folk here too!
Overall 2025 has been an excellent year & I am raring to go for the next 12 months too! Best wishes to all the good folk here too!
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Looking back on 2025, one of my wildlife highlights was spending time in northern Greece in June. Here's a small selection of butterflies photographed on my travels.
Overall 2025 has been an excellent year & I am raring to go for the next 12 months too! Best wishes to all the good folk here too!
Overall 2025 has been an excellent year & I am raring to go for the next 12 months too! Best wishes to all the good folk here too!
Reposted by Matt Berry
Nearly half way to the target. Please support this appeal if you can, it’s an amazing place
Fast-forward to 2025 and Sir Stephen Fry is supporting our appeal to safeguard the Giant’s lair.
Your donation today will help us raise the funds we need to rise to the occasion: buff.ly/j1w0Mbn
Your donation today will help us raise the funds we need to rise to the occasion: buff.ly/j1w0Mbn
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Nearly half way to the target. Please support this appeal if you can, it’s an amazing place
2025 is almost over, so reflective posts are in order. Here's a small sample of the beautiful orchids I photographed in spring on my local patch of Rhodes.
December 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
2025 is almost over, so reflective posts are in order. Here's a small sample of the beautiful orchids I photographed in spring on my local patch of Rhodes.
Great to know that our @greenwingstours.bsky.social tours make a valuable contribution to science, as well as being great fun and rewarding experiences for all our guests and guides!
📢 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.
🌟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.
December 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Great to know that our @greenwingstours.bsky.social tours make a valuable contribution to science, as well as being great fun and rewarding experiences for all our guests and guides!
Reposted by Matt Berry
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
#AdventCalendar
December 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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
#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
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
December 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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
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
Always nice to get some bonus beasties with the botany! Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) and Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi).
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
December 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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
Always nice to get some bonus beasties with the botany! Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) and Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi).
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
Reposted by Matt Berry
'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
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
December 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
'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
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
December 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A 'Tuesday Trio' for day 16 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar
Left: Anacamptis fragrans
Middle: Anacamptis x kallithea (hybrid of fragrans & sancta)
Right: Anacamptis sancta
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
Left: Anacamptis fragrans
Middle: Anacamptis x kallithea (hybrid of fragrans & sancta)
Right: Anacamptis sancta
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
December 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
A 'Tuesday Trio' for day 16 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar
Left: Anacamptis fragrans
Middle: Anacamptis x kallithea (hybrid of fragrans & sancta)
Right: Anacamptis sancta
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
Left: Anacamptis fragrans
Middle: Anacamptis x kallithea (hybrid of fragrans & sancta)
Right: Anacamptis sancta
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
Reposted by Matt Berry
Intriguing paper from the UK showing contrasting trends of Plebejus argus in two different habitats: heathlands doing very well, limestone grasslands doing very badly. Wonderful to see what fifty years worth of monitoring data can show us
What does 50 yrs of butterfly monitoring tell you? In this case its a puzzle. The dramatic rise of the Silver-studded Blue, Plebejus argus, over 50 yrs at Studland Heath, UK. @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
www.dispar.org/reference.ph...
www.dispar.org/reference.ph...
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Intriguing paper from the UK showing contrasting trends of Plebejus argus in two different habitats: heathlands doing very well, limestone grasslands doing very badly. Wonderful to see what fifty years worth of monitoring data can show us
Reposted by Matt Berry
For day 14 of our butterfly #AdventCalendar a Grecian Copper (Lycaena ottomana) by Anthony J, a guest on one of butterfly tours in Greece.
December 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
For day 14 of our butterfly #AdventCalendar a Grecian Copper (Lycaena ottomana) by Anthony J, a guest on one of butterfly tours in Greece.
Good morning from Greece.
Ophrys umbilicata as a belated offering for day 14 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
Ophrys umbilicata as a belated offering for day 14 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
December 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Good morning from Greece.
Ophrys umbilicata as a belated offering for day 14 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
Ophrys umbilicata as a belated offering for day 14 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
Good morning from Greece.
Ophrys rhodia for day 15 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
Ophrys rhodia for day 15 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Good morning from Greece.
Ophrys rhodia for day 15 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
Ophrys rhodia for day 15 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey
Reposted by Matt Berry
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
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
December 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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
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