Two slightly different Gortyna flavago, Frosted Orange moths, from the moth morning at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 13/09/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #mothsmatter #Lepidoptera

Hydraecia micacea, Rosy Rustic, from the moth morning at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 13/09/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #mothsmatter #Lepidoptera

I think this one was my favourite from the moth morning at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 13/09/25. Laspeyria flexula, the Beautiful Hook-tip @bc-westmids.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #mothsmatter #Lepidoptera

The beautiful Tiliacea citrago, Orange Sallow. From the moth morning at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 13/09/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #Lepidoptera

The most perfect Small Copper I have ever seen, Lycaena phlaeas. Seen Tameside Nature Reserve, 06/09/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social #Lepidoptera

A #Leptember peacock. Grafton Flyford, Worcestershire, yesterday. @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social

Lots of Comkon Blues & Brown Argi at Grafton Wood, yesterday afternoon. All taking advantage of the last Fleabane flowers @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social

One of 2 Brown Hairstreaks seen in Grafton Wood, yesterday afternoon. 😍 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social

Common Blues of different hues! Grafton Wood, this morning. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social

Clouded Yellow, this morning in Grafton Wood. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social

Small Copper ab. schmidtii. Bridgnorth, Shropshire 29/8/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

New wildflower meadow on set-aside on edge of our village - painted ladies, common blue and even clouded yellow! So happy to get painted lady flight sequence OM1mk2,40-150f2.8 @royalent.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social

Garden moth trap in Shrewsbury produced what for me were two megas this morning! My 1st Small Marbled since 1995 (vintage moth autumn on St Agnes), only maybe the second for Shropshire, and a lifer Anomalous that has wandered a fair way from its heathery home. #teammoth @bc-westmids.bsky.social

Don't know whats happening over the rest of the UK but Small Copper having an excellent second brood here in Worcestershire @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

Today on the buddleia: the late summer butterflies in our Staffs garden. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social

It's a #butterfly day! 😍🤩🎉🦋 Whilst not an official release, I was near Dudley so had to try and see the large copper, and saw two females feeding on water mint & resting on leaves. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social #butterflies

Early morning Clouded Yellow. Grafton Wood, Worcs 25/8/25. @bc-westmids.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

2+ Clouded Yellows in field with Lucerne and Chicory at midday. First field to left of public footpath running ENE from road by Rascals dog grooming towards church. Grimley, Worcs. Favouring area where slope increases downwards. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social

Brown Hairstreak & Clouded Yellows. In and around Grafton Wood last Saturday. @worcswt.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Another nfg moth in Shrewsbury yesterday, and with fewer Shropshire records than the big blue, was Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Beet Moth), new for me back in July in Norfolk, it is spreading rapidly. Engrailed here too, which is only 6th here (4 in 2019, 1 in 2023) #teammoth @bc-westmids.bsky.social

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. @bc-westmids.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Red Underwing moth, Catocala nupta, on a signpost at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 01/08/25 @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @bc-westmids.bsky.social #moth

At least 4 Clouded Yellow seen in the fields surrounding Grafton Wood, Worcs this afternoon inc a f.helice @bc-westmids.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

Only got this one shot of this lovely moth on #GentleshawCommon, #Staffs, 24/07/25. Beautiful Yellow Underwing, Anarta myrtilli #Lepidoptera @bc-westmids.bsky.social

Butterflying along the disused railway line this afternoon. 16 spp. recorded, including Small Copper, Painted Lady and a record 29 Speckled Wood. Also 5 spp. of day-flying moth, including this surprise Scallop Shell, gorging on ragwort. @bc-westmids.bsky.social #TeamMoth #TeamRagwort

A very fresh 2nd brood Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 25/07/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #Lepidoptera

Small Skipper butterfly, Thymelicus sylvestris, from #RSPBMiddletonLakes 12/07/26 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #butterfly #Lepidoptera

A battered Silver-washed Fritillary on the buddleia, becoming the 21st #butterfly species in our Staffs garden this year. A scarce species hereabouts, but lone 'wandering males' seem to find our #GardenMeadow most years. @bc-westmids.bsky.social #butterflies

A good butterfly day with the wildlife group today in SW hills with 10+ 2nd brood Wood White, near a known site but not sure if they're known from this one. @vc40orthops.bsky.social saw one egg laying on Lotus! @bc-westmids.bsky.social

Second brood female Wall. Lea Quarry, Shropshire 16/7/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Been away for 2 weeks so nice to catch a couple of the hot summer mothing nights back home. Best yesterday was Anarsia innoxiella, aka Maple Snout, which was new for me and doesn't have many Shropshire records. #teammoth @bc-westmids.bsky.social

The hot weather has brought the Purple Hairstreaks down from the oak treetops. Finally managed to snap one at rest in our garden y'day (left). Meanwhile, nearby on a #Shugborough parkland oak, a less often seen (by me at least) basking pose with wings-open. @bc-westmids.bsky.social #butterflies.

I believe this is a Eremobia ochroleuca, Dusky Sallow moth. From the moth morning at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 12/07/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social #mothsmatter @mothiduk.bsky.social #moth #Lepidoptera

A Notch Wing Tortrix, Acleris emargana - effractana agg, from the moth morning at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 12/07/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social #mothsmatter #moth #Lepidoptera

A gorgeous Catoptria pinella, Pearl Grass-veneer moth, from the #mothmorning at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 28/06/25 #mothsmatter #moth @bc-westmids.bsky.social #Lepidoptera

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 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Second brood Small Copper. The Bog Mine, Shropshire 9/7/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Grayling at the Bog Mine, Shropshire 9/7/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

It's a record! Earliest sighting for Worcs by 10 days and remarkably it looks to be a female. Well spotted.

Wow! Earliest record of a brown hairstreak in #Worcestershire, as confirmed by our friends at @bc-westmids.bsky.social These elusive butterflies usually fly high in the tree canopy from the end of July but our colleague spotted this today at eye level www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/wildlife-sig...

Over 100 Grayling seen at The Bog, Stiperstones yesterday and hopefully more on the way @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

An exceptional example of the blue form of the female Common Blue in the Wyre Forest today - what a beauty @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

A pristine Ourapteryx sambucaria, Swallow-tailed Moth, from my #Staffs garden 29/06/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #Lepidoptera

My 1st ever Herald moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, and its in my #Staffs garden, 01/07/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #Lepidoptera

I seem to be doing well this year in my garden for butterflies and day flying moths. Several Painted Ladies and Hummingbird Hawk-moths seen so far this year. This one currently on the lavender @bc-westmids.bsky.social

There was a variety of #butterflies on the Salwarpe track at #uptonwarren this morning. I only managed to get decent photos of these four - Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper and Peacock. @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

This won't impress serious #butterfly photographers, but for me seeing Purple Hairstreaks twirling and darting, high in the oak treetops around our #Staffs garden, is one of the delights of a balmy evening this time of year. Like 'silver pennies', as the books say. @bc-westmids.bsky.social

Chasing a marbled white butterfly along our #WildflowerStrip. How do the experts do it so well? My footage makes you dizzy! @bc-westmids.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social