A long-lost species of butterfly has made a welcome return to the wild in Greater Manchester after an absence of more than 150 years.
The Manchester Argus, also known as the large heath butterfly, was once a common sight fluttering above meadows and mosslands, but the destruction of land for agriculture led to their disappearance across the region in the 19th century.
As those wet mosses dried, the butterfly's food and pollen plants perished too. Just a few small isolated populations remained in other parts of the country.
But thanks to the work of conservationists over the course of a year, 45 of the rare butterflies are now making a summer return to a peatland area of Astley Moss, between Salford and Wigan.