FENLAND RARITY

Our columnist Nick Baker reckons the e swallowtail is the “sexiest insect in the British Isles”. To see it, make a mid-June pilgrimage to the Norfolk Broads – RSPB Strumpshaw Fen and the Ted Ellis Nature Reserve are great sites. Look for the spectacular butterflies nectaring ectaring at pink flowers, such as thistles and raggedagged robin. Sadly, new research by the University of East Anglia warns that the UK’s swallowtails are att risk from climate change, so their hold here is precarious. recarious.

FIND OUT MORE Learn more at www.ukbutterflies.utterflies.co.uk and www.butterfly-conservation.org