Mike Slater
@mikeslater5
Chair & Conservation Officer British Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire Branch, Volunteer Warden Ryton Wood Meadows All photos used in tweets donated by others
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12-03-2012 18:02:50
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Painted Lady on Ryton Meadows BC Warwickshire Mike Slater this morning before the rain. Also had two Lunar Hornet Moths videoed coming to the lure but could not get it to load. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @ukbutterflies NatureUK Natural England
Despite seeing only one adult White-letter Hairstreak on and around the Elm in Phear park, Exmouth so far this year, I've already found 6 eggs amongst the low-hanging, sun-exposed branches. BC Devon Branch Exmouth Wildlife Group
First Gatekeeper of the year in my garden just now, making g a beeline for the Oregano as usual! Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Warwickshire Joel Ashton 🍃🌳🍃
Weston Wood part 3 with @bcwarks . Purple Hairstreaks another Purple Emperor & mating Small Skippers . Steven Wright💙 @Tazzyb john raven John Osborne Butterfly Conservation 🦋
With 114 individuals the Small Skipper was by far the most numerous butterfly on this week transects. We finished just shy of last weeks total with only 498 individuals counted from 18 species. BC Warwickshire Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @ukbutterflies NatureUK Natural England Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
Another successful trap overnight with 3 NYG/NFY - Elephant Hawk-moth (finally), Shoulder-striped Wainscot and Bird-cherry Ermine. Also Box-tree Moth, Silver Y and Scarce Footman with a couple of micros out for consultation B74 VC38 SK10 BC Warwickshire EcoRecord Ruth Newby
You don’t often see a Meadow Brown keep its wings open long enough for a photo. At 8.30 am, this female must have been warming herself up. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Warwickshire West Midlands Butterfly Conservation
Here's my article from the latest issue of Butterfly Butterfly Conservation 🦋 - I just LOVE hairstreaks, and I want more people to experience their incredible life-cycle. I hope info like this can make these beautiful and elusive butterflies more accessible for all!
Went to the garden centre to look for butterflies and spotted a Purple Emperor 😁 and a cat. Beds and Northants BC Alan Neale Adey A
Just 10 minutes of sun late this afternoon was enough to bring out a Gatekeeper and a Speckled Wood here in my Solihull garden BC Warwickshire
A surprisingly good butterfly transect this morning at Brandon Woods . Stars of the show with 3 of each were Purple Emperor , Silver-washed Fritillary & White Admiral . BC Warwickshire Butterfly Conservation 🦋 . Pics Silver-washed Frit & White Admiral
A walk down to my local spot by Wagon Lane this morning before the next showers arrived produced 9 Commas, 6 Small Torts and a couple each of Red Admirals and Speckled Woods as well as Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers, Ringlets and Small/Essex Skippers BC Warwickshire
