The Small Copper is a less seen butterfly in the area but a few can be seen each year. The Small Copper is an amazing colour with shiny, coppery wings upper wings with black dots and paler colours on the underwings, the hindwing being plain and brown.
The Small Copper feeds mostly on Sorrel plants and is usually seen on grassland or sometimes up on the moorland.
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Brett Gregory is an award-winning filmmaker based in Bolton whose production company, Serious Feather, is currently making a documentary about autism and poetry.
As a part of this production, Landscape Britain was asked to advise with regards to the location of specific areas of outstanding natural beauty throughout the region.
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