“Deep, rich orange and speckled with black, every now and again a flick of their wings flashed an underside of green and mother-of-pearl - the silver wash that gives the fritillaries their name. The female flies straight and level, the… — Isabella Tree Copy Share Image
“We forget, in a world completely transformed by man, that what we’re looking at is not necessarily the environment wildlife prefer, but the depleted remnant that wildlife is having to cope with: what it has is not necessarily what it… — Isabella Tree Copy Share Image
“Think testosterone,’ says Matthew, ‘multiply it by πr2 and double it. Forget boys locked in boarding schools. They’ve spent ten months as a caterpillar… — Isabella Tree Copy Share Image
“Deep, rich orange and speckled with black, every now and again a flick of their wings flashed an underside of green and mother-of-pearl -… — Isabella Tree Copy Share Image
“Purple emperor-watching with Matthew and Neil is not your average butterfly entertainment, ethereal and somewhat effete. Theirs is a raucous, adrenaline-fuelled spectator sport. The… — Isabella Tree Copy Share Image
“We forget, in a world completely transformed by man, that what we’re looking at is not necessarily the environment wildlife prefer, but the depleted… — Isabella Tree Copy Share Image
