At least 6 Purple Emperor at Tiddesley Wood, Worcs this morning including two males on the ground West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Worcs Wildlife Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Just emerged female Silver-washed Fritillary. Tiddesley Wood, Worcs 23/6/25 West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Worcs Wildlife Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Large Blue. Daneway Banks, Gloucs 25/6/25. Only 3 seen. I understand numbers have been very low this year... 𝙱𝙲 𝙶𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚎 Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Hummingbird Hawkmoth in our Worcestershire garden 25/6/25 West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Worcs Wildlife Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋

High Brown Fritillary. Oldcastle Down, Vale of Glamorgan 30/6/25 Butterfly Conservation 🦋

We all know female Common Blue can vary in appearance, but this one I saw in the Wyre Forest today is exceptional - what a beauty. West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Grayling at the Bog Mine, Shropshire 9/7/25 West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Second brood Small Copper. The Bog Mine, Shropshire 9/7/25 West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Brown Hairstreak. Grafton Wood 12/7/25. My earliest record by exactly 3 weeks. Only one male seen, but he did give us a glimpse of the rarely seen upper wings West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Second brood female Wall. Lea Quarry, Shropshire 16/7/25 West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Silver-spotted Skipper beginning to emerge at Aston Rowant NNR. Six counted this morning AstonRowantNNR BC Upper Thames Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Second brood Adonis Blue. Aston Rowant NNR 25/7/25 AstonRowantNNR BC Upper Thames Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Chalkhill Blue. Aston Rowant NNR 25/7/25 AstonRowantNNR BC Upper Thames Butterfly Conservation 🦋

At least 4 Clouded Yellow seen in the fields surrounding Grafton Wood, Worcs this afternoon inc a f. helice West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Worcs Wildlife Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Scotch Argus. Arnside Knott 6/8/25. Cumbria Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Just this one female Brown Hairstreak seen today at Grafton Wood, Worcs. Sightings of this (admittedly elusive) butterfly have been very low in and around the wood so far this year. This just my second. West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Worcs Wildlife Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Early morning Clouded Yellow. Grafton Wood, Worcs 25/8/25. West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Worcs Wildlife Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Don't know whats happening over the rest of the UK but Small Copper having an excellent second brood here in Worcestershire West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Small Copper ab. schmidtii. Bridgnorth, Shropshire 29/8/25 West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Devastating scene at Grafton Wood, jointly managed by ⁦Butterfly Conservation 🦋⁩ and ⁦Worcs Wildlife Trust⁩ The heart of the wood has been near clear felled removing dozens of 100+ year oaks. They may know what they’re doing, but I don’t.