Stratford-upon-Avon

The following pictures, taken at the butterfly farm, were added to this post on Thursday 11th September.

Mexican Fire Legged Spider (Tarantula)

(recently discovered)

Tarantula

Tarantula

Butterfly groups

Blue

Pupae hatching box

I suppose, on reflection I am a very lucky person. I live in Worcestershire which is full of beautiful views and items of interest and the counties that surround me also are wonderful places to travel through with all kinds of special places that sometimes, I think, I take for granted. Last Monday, we decided to take a trip into Warwickshire and in to Stratford-upon-Avon.

Instead of going to the usual places that visitors frequent we chose instead to go to the Butterfly Farm (http://www.butterflyfarm.co.uk). There are all kinds of butterfly farms throughout Britain but the one in Stratford has some unusual features. There are well established plants with exotic flowers, a large indoor pond that is the home of the largest Koi Carp I have ever seen. There is running water everywhere, indoor waterfalls ... large spiders, scorpions, locusts, grasshoppers ... lizards, snakes, tropical fish ... each are housed in separate compartments that link to the main tropical building that houses the large, magnificent, colourful butterflies.