Four animal species under the microscope

A bird with an emblematic black mask, a sentinel of open landscapes and in decline, which partially migrates in winter and depends on hedges, conifers, perches and meadows rich in insects to hunt and reproduce.

A predatory bird typical of traditional agricultural landscapes, with a black mask and a singular habit of impaling its prey. It depends on sunny hedgerows, rich in hedges, flowers, perches and insects, to hunt and breed.

A small butterfly, in decline in Wallonia and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, whose only host plant is the Bistort (Persicaria bistorta).

A butterfly with contrasting patterns, in sharp decline in Wallonia and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, whose survival depends closely on the Meadow Succissa (Succisa pratensis), its main host plant.