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Small heath
The Small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
Bewildering butterflies
Struggling to tell between small and large whites? Can't get your head around holly blues and common blues? Our butterfly guide can help.
How to attract butterflies to your garden
Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.
Abberton Home Education Insects & Invertebrates
This is a themed drop-off home education session for age 8+
EECOS calendar
Distributions of Essex butterflies have changed dramatically in Essex in recent years
Butterfly Seekers campaign reveals the need for more people to record sightings of butterflies in Essex.
Wildlife
Small skipper
Often found basking on tall grasses, or buzzing between stems, the small skipper is a small, orange butterfly. It prefers rough grassland, verges and woodland edges.
Small blue
The small blue's name is a little misleading: it is our smallest butterfly, but only shows a dusting of blue on brown wings. It is scarce, occurring on chalk grassland, mostly in southern…
Small is beautiful
Even the smallest of gardens can provide a rich habitat for wildlife. Zoe Kent explains more...
Small white
The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.