As a nature lover, I always look around me for butterflies and caterpillars. It doesn’t matter whether I’m walking to the train from my house to go to work or on a walk in nature. Previously, I had only driven to specific nature reserves in the Netherlands by car, but since 2023, I have also travelled abroad with a small group of experts. With two very knowledgeable guides from Goldcrest Nature Tours, you go out for beautiful butterflies that are specific to an area. These are very educational trips where you are helped to pay attention to specific characteristics for identifying all kinds of species.
Butterflies in the Swiss Alps (2024)
In a beautiful, flowery environment in the Swiss Alps, we visited several alpine meadows in the Simplon and the Arolla valley for a week. It is exceptional how many beautiful flowers and plants, herbs and grasses are present here in the summer months. You can fully enjoy nature with stunning views of the mountains and look out over the valleys. A selection of butterflies, moths and micro moths. An incredible journey with 80 species of butterflies, of which 34 were new species for my list. In addition, 14 new moth species and 15 new species of micro moths (video editing E.H. Schakel)
