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The Upper Thames branch of Butterfly Conservation; the national charity saving butterflies, moths and our environment.
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http://www.upperthames-butterflies.org.uk/ 27-01-2015 16:03:18
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Now what s that what you call a Small Heath? Absolutely tiny! (2cm across?) BC Upper Thames BC Warwickshire #savebutterflies Sarah L BBO Wildlife Trust #LongfordPark


5 spot burnet and cinnabar #moths seen this week in Chilterns National Landscape BC Upper Thames


Orange tip #butterfly photographed today on hedge garlic in the #Chilterns BC Upper Thames


Adonis blue (left) & common blue #butterflies BBO Wildlife Trust Yoesden reserve, photographed on a warmer day last week BC Upper Thames


Berkshire Downs, near Lambourn. 25.5.2025. Three more 'firsts' of 2025 seen on a windy afternoon at Crog Hill/Seven Barrows. Hundreds of Small Blues, 1 Large Skipper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell. BC Upper Thames Butterfly Conservation π¦ #northwessexdowns #butterflies


25.5.2025. Crog Hill, Lambourn, Berks. It's coming to the end of the Duke of Burgundy season, but on a windy day, we still found 3 individuals, sheltering in the scrub. Butterfly Conservation π¦ BC Upper Thames #NorthWessexDowns #BerkshireDowns #butterflies


A small team surveyed for Agonopterix atomella larvae at MOD Otmoor yesterday, to keep an eye on the population. We also have a project to search other sites with the larval foodplant, Dyer's greenweed, in the hope of finding new locations in the UT area Butterfly Conservation π¦


Two Mullein Moth caterpillars devouring Verbascum today #gardeningforwildlife #wildlifegarden BC Upper Thames Anna Dillon Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre Wild Oxfordshire




I think this is my first May sighting of Black Hairstreak, with nearly 20 spotted in Salcey Forest today! Also came across a couple of bees nests!ππ Beds and Northants BC BC Upper Thames Alan Neale


How do you turn fields ploughed up in 1945 and growing cereals and a rye grass monoculture for 55 years into a wildlife refuge for rare chalk grassland plants and insects? Join me to find out on a guided walk at BBO Wildlife Trust Dancersend Extension on 21 June. See bbowt.org.uk/events/2025-06β¦


Glad I made the effort to go and look for Black Hairstreaks at Hewins Wood, nr. Calvert (Bucks) today - was crawling with them! Absolute stunners - theyβre early this year! BC Upper Thames



Black hairstreak. One of two seen today in MK, unfortunately, because the sun didn't appear until afternoon, it's a back-lit shot.. #Butterflies BC Upper Thames


Black hairstreak. Milton Keynes.. very enjoyable couple of hours with Harry's Birds & Wildlife at the local BH hotspot, 5 maybe more seen today BC Upper Thames



Good variety of butterfly species in Salcey Forest, including courting Wood White and a Black Hairstreak with a torn wing, giving a rare glimse of its overwing! Beds and Northants BC Alan Neale BC Upper Thames

Small Tortoiseshell, Somerset, yesterday. I think this species seems to be having aβ¦ I hesitate to say βgoodβ year, but better than usual year? Are others finding that? Butterfly Conservation π¦
