Upon joining the Trust as a trainee ecologist, one of my greatest hopes was to be able to observe some of the rarer butterfly species, especially the silver-studded blue.

During the summer of 2022 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust’s Ecology Team were joined by two placement students from the University of Southampton. They got involved in a variety of…

A trainee ecologist's quest to record Hampshire's 6 fritilllary butterfly species.