Our exclusive butterfly tour of the Kaçkar Mountains in Turkey begins tomorrow. We've been running it for nearly 10 years now & it just gets better & better! About 100 species in a single day possible! Here's a postcard showing a tiny sample of what awaits our group! @europebutterfly.bsky.social

An Eastern Festoon (Allancastria cerisyi) by Adrian Hoskins. Photographed in Serbia on our recently completed butterfly tour. Another tour contributing to conservation by generating funds that we donate to @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis xanthomelas) (c) Lajos N. It was photographed in Serbia this year on our hugely enjoyable butterfly tour. Next year we have 2 tours there. The first is fully booked but there are places available for the 2nd group, 17-25 June: greenwings.co/our-holidays...

🚨Confirmed tour🚨 'Butterflies of northern Greece' 🦋 It's a great time to book your places on one of our longest running & exclusive butterfly trips, based at Lake Kerkini in northern Greece. greenwings.co/our-holidays... Booking our tours = a donation to @europebutterfly.bsky.social too!

𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 - an exclusive butterfly safari led by Steve Woodhall, the leading expert on South African butterflies. See one of the most sought after species in South Africa - Hutchinson’s Highflier (pictured here). greenwings.co/our-holidays... 📸 Steve Woodhall

Picture postcards from our recent Dolomites tour in Italy, from tour leader Paul Harcourt Davies. L: Red Vanille orchid (Gymnadenia miniata) R: Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium calceolus)

Good morning from the Picos de Europa in Spain. We're enjoying the butterflies there. Here's a Dusky Large Blue & Geranium Bronze. The latter of course is a South African species but has spread far & wide on imported Geranium plants. 📸 Alice H @europebutterfly.bsky.social

England play Panama soon at the World Cup, but we're more focused on Panama for its fantastic butterflies & other wildlife. You can join our exclusive tour there next May - details here: greenwings.co/our-holidays... 📸 Adrian Hoskins

Good morning from Bulgaria! Queen of Spain Fritillary - a lovely find on our macro tour with @ow-photography.bsky.social on the early morning photography session today... @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Odd-spot Blue (Turanana endymion). A tiny but special butterfly seen today on our Greek butterfly tour. It has an extremely limited distribution in Europe & is classed as Endangered (EN) on the @europebutterfly.bsky.social European Red List... www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?... 📸 Sotiris Alexiou

Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) One of the finest butterflies in Europe & this one's beautifully fresh - 1 of 4 seen today on our tour in Greece. This one posed for 30 mins, allowing guests to fill their boots (& memory cards) with photos! @europebutterfly.bsky.social 📸 Sotiris Alexiou

The Scarce or Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis xanthomelas). Another superb species from today on our Serbia tour. @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Serbia really is a butterfly Shangri-La! Our group enjoyed another day of a great variety of wonderful species, including... Hungarian Glider, Balkan Copper, Lesser Purple Emperor & Poplar Admiral, Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell, Clouded Apollo & Lesser Lattice Brown. @europebutterfly.bsky.social

'Little & Large' Our exclusive butterfly tour in Greece (established 2013) features lots of special species, including the smallest in Europe, Grass Jewel (Freyeria trochylus), along with the largest, Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius). Both seen, today & yesterday. @europebutterfly.bsky.social

At least four False Comma (Nymphalis vaualbum) seen so far on our Serbia butterfly tour. Happy guests enjoying beautiful butterflies & being in equally beautiful habitats; that's what it is all about for us! 😊 #butterflybonanza @europebutterfly.bsky.social

🚨We already have the widest selection of worldwide butterfly & moth watching tours available, but we're always working on more for our clients! We will shortly announce *four* new European tours for 2027 & we can't wait to share them with you! 🦋 @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Postcard sent back from our group in Serbia today. High Brown Fritillary cleodoxa form (Fabriciana adippe adippe f. cleodoxa). The cleodoxa form = the usually silvery spots on the underside replaced with yellow. 📸 (c) Andre H

Incredible views of Black-veined White butterflies in Bulgaria this morning, on day 1 of our macro tour with @ow-photography.bsky.social! There are 1000’s of them everywhere! Lots of other interesting subjects too :) @europebutterfly.bsky.social

‘Commath the hour’ Today in Serbia our ecstatic group were treated to a sublime performance from superstars of the European butterfly stage – False Comma & Violet Copper! Accompanied by a supporting cast of Poplar Admiral, Bog Fritillary, Balkan Copper, & Blue Argus. @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Postcard pics from pre-tour site checks for our Dolomites tour. We don't leave things to chance; it's important to us to prepare thoroughly and give our guests the best possible experiences on their holidays with us. By the looks of these Lady's Slipper #Orchids they're in for a treat!

Just 2 places left on our butterfly day tour in Sussex for 'Brown Hairstreak & Summer Blues'. Join in the fun here... greenwings.co/our-holidays... @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Today we 'take off' in the Italian Alps, another of our exclusive and popular #butterfly tours, led by a brilliant team who have in-depth knowledge of the butterflies & ecology of the area & share that enthusiastically with guests. 📸Southern Swallowtails (c) Michael C @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Postcard from Serbia (Large Copper, male), where our group is enjoying a wide range of butterflies & other wildlife again this year. The 2027 tour is already close to full with just 1 place left. Grab it while you still can... greenwings.co/our-holidays... @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Good morning from Croatia, where the butterflies keep coming and the scenery continues to be beautiful! 🦋Great Sooty Satyr & Southern White Admiral🦋 @europebutterfly.bsky.social

We’re butterflying with Greenwingers in Serbia, Romania, Croatia, Greece, and Bulgaria. Groups of like-minded, nature-loving folk, all having a great time and learning together is what it’s all about! @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Apparently, it's all the rage in Croatia to adorn ones hat with a Two-tailed Pasha! 🦋 Letting the butterflies come to us instead of chasing around ticking a list is the best way to enjoy a place & brings its own rewards like this 😎 @europebutterfly.bsky.social

'Croatian Copper' Large & Purple-shot Copper, just 2 of the many butterfly highlights from our ongoing tour in Croatia yesterday. Pretty spectacular scenery too; sometimes worth looking up as well as down! @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Picture postcards sent back from our group in Croatia... Nickerl's Fritillary (Melitaea aurelia) on Bug Orchid (Anacamptis coriophora), Owlfly (Libelloides macaronius), plus stunning scenery in Plitvice National Park.

More picture postcards sent back to the office from our Prespa group in northern Greece today. What a wild & wonderful place! Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth (Hemaris fuciformis), Freyer's Fritillary (Melitaea arduinna), Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus), Balkan Spadefoot (Pelobates balcanicus).

One of today's many highlights from our ongoing butterfly tour in Romania....Iolas Blue (Iolana iolas). The largest European blue and beautiful it is too! @europebutterfly.bsky.social