Matthew Oates to speak at WildlifeXpo

Matthew Oates is one of Britain's best know butterfly experts

National Trust Butterfly expert to talk at WildlifeXpo

September 2011.  Matthew Oates, the National Trust's leading butterfly expert, will be talking about Britain's butterflies on Saturday 15th October at WildlifeXpo, the new wildlife exhibition being held at London's Alexandra Palace. 

Matthew Oates is the National Trust's TV ‘Butterfly Man'. He first appeared in BBC1's Great British Summertime (2006) and has since featured several times on the One Show. This year has appeared on Springwatch & Countryfile. He contributes regularly to Radio 4's Saving Species programme, one of his pieces was voted on to R4's Pick of the Year 2010. A life member of Butterfly Conservation, he is about to celebrate 50 years of dedicated butterflying. He is a recognised expert on British butterflies and has recently published Butterflies - a guide to spotting and identify British butterflies.

Tickets are just £10 for adults, and £2 from each ticket sold will be donated to The Wildlife Trusts. Click here to book a ticket and reserve a seat at his talk.  

Butterflies

This isn't just a guide to British butterflies, it is a lot more. Matthew Oates is the National Trust's, and one of Britain's, leading experts. He fell in love with butterflies, and particularly the purple emperor, at an early age, and has been following them all around Britain ever since.

Highly recommended. 

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