Nature features

York Cemetery is an ideal place to hunt for moths, caterpillars and butterflies. This is an unusual cemetery because it's not run by the local authority but by a charity. They stepped in after years of neglect when the cemetery company went bust.

Volunteer teams removed some of the plants that would otherwise out compete the plants which provide food for the butterflies and their caterpillars. Lots of the wild nature of the cemetery has been kept and now more than 20 species of butterfly can be found here.