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The Magpie (Pica pica) is a striking black-and-white bird in the crow family, with iridescent blue-green wing and tail feathers. Common across Europe, it is intelligent, social, and often bold around humans. It is omnivorous, feeding on insects, seeds, carrion, and eggs. Its loud chattering call and long, graduated tail make it easily recognisable in open countryside and towns. Birds Magpie (Pica pica) Link Bird months The Magpie (Pica pica) is a striking black-and-white bird in the crow family, with iridescent blue-green wing and tail feathers. Common across Europe, it is intelligent, social, and often bold around humans. It is omnivorous, feeding on insects, seeds, carrion, and eggs. Its loud chattering call and long, graduated tail make it easily recognisable in open countryside and towns.

A website, produced by the nature photographer, Pete Hardiman, that showcases over 1,300 wildlife species found in Corfu. Explore the island's unique flora and fauna through stunning images. YOUR FIELD GUIDE TO CORFU WILDLIFE Discover the wild side of Corfu nature Explore more than 1,300 species, identify your finds and immerse yourself in the rich Corfu wildlife. Species search Butterfly months Bird months Nature, beautifully documented in Corfu A living photographic record of Corfu's extraordinary wildlife - made by people who know and care about the island. 8,000+ photographs 1,300+ species all year new discoveries Explore Corfu Nature Start with what you saw - or the wildlife you hope to see Animals Lizards, Mammals, Marine Life, Newts, Salamanders, Snakes, Toads, Frogs, Tortoises, Terrapins Birds Land, Sea, Waterside Birds Flowers Wild Flowers, Garden Flowers Moths Macro-moths, Micro-moths Arachnids Spiders, Harvestmen, Ticks, Scorpions Butterflies Skippers, Gossamer-winged, Brush-footed, Swallowtails, White, Yellow butterflies Fungi Mushrooms, Toadstools Other Insects Ants, Earwigs, Lacewings, Stick insects, Antlions, Planthoppers, Owlflies, Scorpionflies, Silverfish etc. Bees/Wasps Bees, Wasps, Hornets, Velvet Ants Dragonflies Dragonflies, Damselflies Grasshoppers/Crickets Grasshoppers, Locusts, Bush-crickets, Mole-crickets, Cave-crickets, Tree-crickets Other Invertebrates Centipedes, Millipedes, Slugs, Snails , Isopods Beetles Beetles, Ladybirds, Weevils, Ant-like Beetles Flies Flies, Fungus-gnats, Mosquitoes Mantids European, Giant, Dwarf, Iris, Ground, Conehead True Bugs Aphids, Aquatic Bugs, Assassin Bugs, Capsids, Cicadas, Froghoppers, Shield Bugs etc. Sea Squill Peter van-Velzen Burr Oak Peter van-Velzen Nettle Tree Peter van-Velzen Nettle Tree Peter van-Velzen Green Drab Moth Sandra Walser Silver-washed Fritillary Fred Merttens Wall Brown Fred Merttens Marbled Clover Moth Pete Rodgers Javelin Sand Boa Adele Robinson Conehead Mantis Adele Robinson Latest discoveries Fresh photographs and sightings from the community, with every contribution helping to build a richer record of Corfu's wildlife. Submit a new record

Discover the amazing Corfu butterfly species that can be seen on the island by using this ever-growing database of beautiful Corfu butterfly photographs. Butterflies of Corfu Find or Identify a Butterfly The database of Corfu butterfly species This is a database of photographs of every species that I have found in Corfu. It is very comprehensive but there are still a few species still to be photographed and they will be added as I find them. Corfu Butterflies by Month An interactive table showing the butterflies you might find in Corfu each month of the year If you are planning a trip to Corfu to observe specific species of butterflies, this table gives you all the information you need. You can click a link on each name or photo to take you directly to the information page for that species. The Butterfly Picture Gallery A range of unique and beautiful Corfu butterfly pictures. These images have been created using composites of photographs taken while studying butterflies in Corfu. All of the images in my book 'The Butterflies of North Corfu' can be bought here: Buy Butterfly Photos Useful Online Links Additional online help with the butterflies of Corfu While there is a lot of useful information on this site concerning Corfu Butterflies, you might want to look more in-depth at specific species. These links provide access to other useful websites.

Discover the butterflies that can be found on Corfu each month of the year. Butterflies flying each month Click on the MONTH button to view all of the butterflies flying during that month. NOTE: Flight periods are indicative and can vary with location and seasonal weather. Filter by Family Reset Filter by Name BUTTERFLIES Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Balkan Marbled White 🦋 🦋 🦋 Brimstone 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Brown Argus 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Cardinal 🦋 🦋 Cleopatra 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Clouded Yellow 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Comma, 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Common Blue 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Delattin's Grayling 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Eastern Bath White 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Eastern Baton Blue 🦋 🦋 🦋 Eastern Dappled White 🦋 🦋 🦋 Eastern Orange Tip 🦋 🦋 🦋 Eastern Rock Grayling 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Geranium Bronze 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Glanville Fritillary 🦋 🦋 🦋 Great Banded Grayling 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Grecian Copper 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Green Hairstreak 🦋 🦋 🦋 Green-underside Blue 🦋 🦋 🦋 Green-veined White 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Grizzled Skipper 🦋 🦋 🦋 Holly Blue 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Hungarian Skipper 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Ilex Hairstreak 🦋 🦋 Lang's Short-tailed Blue 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Large Skipper 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Large Tortoiseshell 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Large Wall Brown 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Large White 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Lattice Brown 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Long-tailed Blue 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Lulworth Skipper 🦋 🦋 🦋 Mallow Skipper 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Meadow Brown 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Millet Skipper 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Nettle-tree 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Old World Swallowtail 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Orange Tip 🦋 🦋 🦋 Oriental Marbled Skipper 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Painted Lady 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Peacock 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Plain Tiger 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Purple Hairstreak 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Pygmy/Mediterranean Skipper 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Red Admiral 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Scarce Swallowtail 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Silver-washed Fritillary 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Sloe Hairstreak 🦋 🦋 Small Copper 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Small Heath 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Small Skipper 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Small Tortoiseshell 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Small White 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Southern Comma 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Southern Festoon 🦋 🦋 Southern Sage Skipper 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Southern Small White 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Southern Swallowtail 🦋 🦋 🦋 Southern White Admiral 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Speckled Wood 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Spotted Fritillary 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Tree Grayling 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Two-tailed Pasha 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 Wall Brown 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 White-letter Hairstreak 🦋 🦋 🦋 Wood White 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV JAN DEC

Discover the many Corfu butterfly species that can be seen on the island by using this ever-growing database of beautiful wildlife photographs, all taken on Corfu. Butterflies Filter by Family Select Family Common Name: All Latin Name: All Size: All Colour: All Reset ID HELP << 1 2 3 4 5 1 ... 1 2 3 4 5 ... 5 Butterflies by Month 1 2 3 4 5 1 ... 1 2 3 4 5 ... 5

The Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is in the family Warblers/Flycatchers and is a small, slender songbird with a bright lemon-yellow throat and white underparts. Its upperparts are a soft olive-green, and it has a distinct white eye-stripe. Found in deciduous woodlands across Europe, it flits through the trees, foraging for insects. Birds Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) Link Bird months The Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is in the family Warblers/Flycatchers and is a small, slender songbird with a bright lemon-yellow throat and white underparts. Its upperparts are a soft olive-green, and it has a distinct white eye-stripe. Found in deciduous woodlands across Europe, it flits through the trees, foraging for insects.

The Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a medium-sized migratory wading bird belonging to the sandpiper family. Highly prized by birdwatchers for its striking seasonal transformations, it breeds across the subarctic regions of Scandinavia and Siberia before migrating south to the Mediterranean for the winter. Contributor: Geula Hartmann Birds Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) Link Bird months The Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a medium-sized migratory wading bird belonging to the sandpiper family. Highly prized by birdwatchers for its striking seasonal transformations, it breeds across the subarctic regions of Scandinavia and Siberia before migrating south to the Mediterranean for the winter. Contributor: Geula Hartmann Out of gallery

The Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is a distinctive waterside bird known for its elaborate head plumes and striking black and white face. Found across Europe and Asia, it inhabits freshwater lakes and ponds. During the breeding season, they perform a unique courtship dance. Their diet consists mainly of fish, which they catch with agile dives. Contributor: Kostas Mazonakis Birds Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) Link Bird months The Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is a distinctive waterside bird known for its elaborate head plumes and striking black and white face. Found across Europe and Asia, it inhabits freshwater lakes and ponds. During the breeding season, they perform a unique courtship dance. Their diet consists mainly of fish, which they catch with agile dives. Contributor: Kostas Mazonakis

The Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) is in the family Warblers/Flycatchers and is a small warbler with a long tail similar to that of a wren, short wings and small bill with an obvious red surround to the eyes. The male has a black head, white front and grey/blue back. Females are less striking, with a grey head and pale brown body. Birds Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) Link Bird months The Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) is in the family Warblers/Flycatchers and is a small warbler with a long tail similar to that of a wren, short wings and small bill with an obvious red surround to the eyes. The male has a black head, white front and grey/blue back. Females are less striking, with a grey head and pale brown body.

The Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a medium sized waterside bird and small in comparison to other egrets. The total length of this species ranges from 46-56 cm, with a wingspan between 88-96 cm. The plumage of the adult of both sexes is pure white, with a dull orange or yellow bill, and dull orange legs. Contributor: Geula Hartmann Birds Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Link Bird months The Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a medium sized waterside bird and small in comparison to other egrets. The total length of this species ranges from 46-56 cm, with a wingspan between 88-96 cm. The plumage of the adult of both sexes is pure white, with a dull orange or yellow bill, and dull orange legs. Contributor: Geula Hartmann

The Pigeon (Columba livia), also known as the rock dove, is a medium-sized bird in the family Pigeons/Doves, with a stout body, short neck, and slender bill. Wild pigeons have blue-gray plumage with iridescent neck feathers, while domestic varieties show diverse colours. They feed on seeds and grains and are known for their strong homing ability. Birds Pigeon (Columba livia) Link Bird months The Pigeon (Columba livia), also known as the rock dove, is a medium-sized bird in the family Pigeons/Doves, with a stout body, short neck, and slender bill. Wild pigeons have blue-gray plumage with iridescent neck feathers, while domestic varieties show diverse colours. They feed on seeds and grains and are known for their strong homing ability.

The Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) is a small migratory bird found across Europe. Males have a grey head, reddish-brown back, and black facial mask, while females are more muted. They feed on insects and small vertebrates and are known for impaling prey on thorns. Birds Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) Link Bird months The Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) is a small migratory bird found across Europe. Males have a grey head, reddish-brown back, and black facial mask, while females are more muted. They feed on insects and small vertebrates and are known for impaling prey on thorns.