Matt Berry

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

Ophrys samia photographed in Rhodes, Greece in 2014. Taken by Matt Berry during the Greenwings orchid tour.

Orchid #AdventCalender day 9

In 2014 on the @greenwingstours.bsky.social #orchid tour we discovered Ophrys samia, a new record for the island. That’s what I love about what we do, the fun of exploring combined with contributing to science at the same time!

#OrchidsOfRhodes #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

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

There are worse obsessions to have 🙃

I'm with you though, Ophrys all the way! 👍

Greetings from Greece. I had an enjoyable weekend & Monday has begun brilliantly too! It is nice when good things happen, which leads me onto my #orchid #AdventCalendar post for today...

A lovely hybrid: Ophrys attaviria x Ophrys polyxo.

#OrchidsOfRhodes #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

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

Social media is full of all this “love yourself” life coach stuff these days. I’d like to see a bit more “like yourself, but also be sure to regularly take the piss out of yourself, and don’t be such a fucking bighead.”

Another fun ‘week in the life of’ series by Simon Barnes in the Observer. This time a female Atlas moth scares all before her

Twice is even better 😎

Good choices! And congrats! 👍

For day 6 of our #AdventCalendar we're sharing this Orange-banded Pine Moth (Milionia basalis). It was taken on one of our tours in India by Greenwings guest Allan.

Another tour that helped us raise funds for our friends at @europebutterfly.bsky.social

#MothsMatter #TeamMoth

Giant Pinedrops is a large, stunning wildflower. Can reach a height of sixty-eight inches (Lesica 2012)! And all nutrients come from soil fungi. The deep red stalk is substantial; can persist over winter. Peak flowering time is July. Inflorescence deemed a terminal raceme. Crowded flowers are small, yellow, bell-shaped and downward hanging. Common in western coniferous forests.

Giant Pinedrops is a different kind of #wildflower. Has holiday coloration, not unusual, but this perennial has zero chlorophyll! That's right it does not convert sunlight to biological building blocks. Instead has symbiotic relationship with soil fungi from which it receives nutrients. See alt text

Day 7 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar

Good morning! Here's a few pics of one of my favourites found here, 𝘖𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢.

#OrchidsOfRhodes #RhodesOrchidOdyssey #GreekOrchids

We finished our very successful partner meeting with a celebration of Butterfly Conservation Europe’s 21st Birthday. @martinswarren.bsky.social gave a great review of the many achievements over the years and we made a toast. All the presentations are on our website www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

Day 6 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar

Dense-flowered Orchid (Neotinea maculata). Here I present my favourite 'raspberry ripple' flavour, alongside the more frequently encountered 'plain old vanilla' flavour!

#OrchidsOfRhodes

Day 5 of our #AdventCalendar

Christmas is coming so here is something festive for Friday - a glittering & frankly gorgeous Imperial Haistreak (Arcas imperialis) by guest Jim A in Peru.

One of 600 species seen by our group there. And another tour which raised money for @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Day 5 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar

Here is a couple of pics of Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum).

#OrchidsOfRhodes

Today we offer a Tamil Lacewing (Cethosia mahratta) from Goa, India. It was photographed by Greenwings guest John C, during our unique butterfly tour there.

Another tour that has enabled us to donate funds to support the work of @europebutterfly.bsky.social

#AdventCalendar

Good morning from Greece! For day 4 of my #orchid #AdventCalendar we have:

Ophrys iricolor / Ophrys fusca subsp. iricolor

Fairly easily recognised by the iridescent colouring of the speculum, but the most definitive ID feature is the red found under the lip.

#OrchidsOfRhodes

For our #AdventCalendar today we're back in Ghana, but this time with a moth & a spectacular one at that! The Cats-eye Emperor Moth (Aurivillius fuscus), photographed by tour leader Adrian Hoskins.

Every butterfly (and moth) tour we run generates a donation to @europebutterfly.bsky.social

For 3rd December and because the year is slowly coming to an end, it is time for some reflection! Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum).

#OrchidsOfRhodes #Orchids #AdventCalendar

Our ninth partner meeting starts today in the German town of Laufen. We will be discussing how to use butterflies as indicators of environmental change and help improve EU policies to reverse the decline of pollinators. We aim to provide the science to inform the best possible policies

2nd day of December so I think 2 pics are justified!

'The Orchid of Light' - Ophrys lucis / Ophrys argolica subsp. lucis.

#Orchids #OrchidsOfRhodes #AdventCalender

Western Red Charaxes (Charaxes cynthia) photographed by Adrian Hoskins on a Greenwings butterfly tour in Ghana.

For today's #AdventCalendar to celebrate the 20+ tours that have helped us generate funds for our friends at @europebutterfly.bsky.social here is a Western Red Charaxes (Charaxes cynthia) on one of our Ghana butterfly tours.

Good evening, good week, & good month!

I think I'll do an advent calendar, featuring local orchids. I'll start with this Ophrys tenthredinifera, taken during the @greenwingstours.bsky.social orchid tour.

#OrchidsOfRhodes #RhodesOrchidOdyssey

Following on from our last post about donating to @europebutterfly.bsky.social we're going to share some images from the tours where those funds have been generated from.

Beginning with this, a gorgeous Bhutan Glory (Bhutanitis lidderdali) in Bhutan, by guest Allan F.

#AdventCalendar

A large number of Black-veined White butterflies roosting together on Viper's Bugloss plants. The photo was taken during a Greenwings tour in Bulgaria by Oliver Wright.

📢 We’re delighted to be making our annual donation to @europebutterfly.bsky.social this month, raised from the proceeds of over 20 worldwide tours that we've operated since last August.

When you travel with us, you are making a positive contribution towards the conservation of butterflies & moths.

More #orchids from our ongoing tour in South Africa. A delicious Disa racemosa & a dashing Disa multifida!

#OrchidsOfSouthAfrica #OrchidTour #BotanicalTour #Greenwings

Orchis anatolica sharing space with Muscaris & Ornithogalums.

Taken during one of the @Greenwings #orchid tours.

#RhodesOrchidOdyssey #OrchidsOfRhodes #BotanicalTour

Narcissus deficiens
Natures rock garden
Rodos 🇬🇷
Nov 25