Hummingbird Hawk-moth feeding on Buddleia in our Yate garden this afternoon.

Clouded Yellows and a single Small Tortoiseshell in a #Northamptonshire Alfalfa field. I've seen many times more Clouded Yellow than Small Tortoiseshell #butterflies. These are the rigs of the times1 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @butterfliesonfilm.bsky.social

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Male and female Clouded Yellow. Grafton Wood, Worcs 20/7/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

There seem to be lots of fabulous Painted Lady butterflies on the wing currently. I love the variation in their patterning and colouration. Here are just two of the individuals at my Weymouth allotment today. 😍 Also, saw my first Small Tortoiseshell of the year! @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

Today was the traditional feast of St Uncumber, a folkloric Portugese noblewoman who sprouted a beard to fend off suitors and was crucified by her father. She appears on the c1500 screen at Worstead, Norfolk, a bearded woman on a cross. 1/2 Worstead: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/worstead/wor...

Wall Brown butterflies have been seen recently in Sudbourne Churchyard.

Hemp Agrimony for #WildflowerHour - with a Silver-washed Fritillary on top, for @savebutterflies.bsky.social’s #BigButterflyCount

My last #WildflowerHour for a few weeks as we're away, so here's this weeks submissions: The wonderfully named Ploughman's spikenard.

Fresco, Pompeii.

Look what flew in - a male Gypsy Moth! Must have moved north over the border from Hampshire, or come west from London. #Teammoth #Mygarden

Just found two Old Ladies in my welly boot! Good job I checked before I put my foot in it 🤣 The boots are stored upside down outside the back door, hadn't realised I was rewilding them #TeamMoth @kattyponder.bsky.social

7,000 years before farming reached Scandinavia, hunter-gatherers carried live trout past waterfalls to stock fishless mountain lakes. Newly dated fish traps at Lake Tesse, Norway show planned ecosystem management long before agriculture. 🐟🏔️🦴 #Archaeology #Mesolithic @antiquity.ac.uk

#StillFlowering Streams in the New Forest are drying down after a prolonged lack of rain. Unexpectedly, this Lesser Water-plantain (Baldellia ranunculoides) is still flowering in a dry stream bed. Some species may prove to be winners, but what will we lose if these droughts become the norm?

Small Scabious seems to be enjoying the hot dry conditions in the Chilterns, never seen such a display before #WildFlowerHour #StillFlowering

White red bartsia from yesterday's Norfolk Flora group meeting in Cambridgeshire @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Some of the butterflies we saw during and fter our work party at #AshlawnCuttingLNR today.Wood White the second seen since Springtime. Has someone dropped another one as 2nd broods emerge elsewhere or have we got a new species on the reserve? @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @warwickshirewt.bsky.social

The best thing about native wildflower meadows, they are resilient & flower through periods of drought! #wildflowerhour

Small Copper showing why Common Fleabane is an important flower in later summer. Sayer's Old Meadow, Norfolk, eastern England #wildflowerhour

Thankfully this roadside verge isn't showing signs of drought, as many others are near where I live. #wildflowerhour Purple loosestrife & Meadowsweet, a perfect combination.

Hummingbird Hawkmoth local this afternoon, they are so busy & beautiful 🥰#ValeofGlamorgam

Finally found time to catch up with this year's profusion of Clouded Yellows this afternoon, even managed a phonepic. Been years since I last saw one #ukbutterlies

Great thread. Wood Warblers in rapid decline. Often thought as classic upland oak woodland species, that hasn't always been full story, and is still changing. 100 yr ago they were a common lowland beechwood bird too, and now seem to be shifting from oaks into conifer plantations. Many questions.

Nice fresh Brown Argus seen at my local spot by Wagon Lane this morning @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Not what I was expecting to see in our at garden at Hillwell, Shetland today - a male Hawfinch! Only a handful of previous Shetland July records exist. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

Two Common Blue females, a brown and a blue one, seen at my local spot by Wagon Lane Solihull this morning @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

The terrific run of NFGs continues courtesy of a smart Tawny Wave. A scarce moth in Norfolk, the stronghold is Breckland (+ a number of records in west/northwest Norfolk). Far more uncommon on the north coast & especially in TG04 🙂 @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleymothobs #norfolkmoths #teammoth

Toadflax Brocades in our Yate garden this morning.

A Painted Lady🦋 to end a fabulous #ButterflyWeek #Insects #Butterflies #Nature #MacroPhotography

Chalkhill Blues were in good numbers near Wotton-under-Edge yesterday. Mainly Males plus 1 Female. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Side by side comparison of Chalkhill (left) and Common (right) Blue butterflies from Warham Camp on Friday afternoon. Common Blue definitely the more visually stunning, but Chalkhill Blue picks up wow points due to its rarity (here in Norfolk anyway) #ukbutterflies #butterflies #ukwildlife

Dusky & Canary-shouldered Thorns in our Yate garden this morning.

Struggling to decide if this mine on Rowan is Stigmella nylandriella or S. magdalenae. @vc28nature.bsky.social do you have any thoughts? #teammoth

For #NationalMothWeek, a few of the moth visitors coming to our Perth Hills moth light tonight. IDs in ALT #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

A valezina form Silver-washed Fritillary in the garden, basking. The dusky bronze-green colouration of these female morphs is stunning.. 💚

I spotted 8 Clouded yellows during my wander around Cosmeston Lakes Country Park this morning but, as I didn't walk every possible path, I'm sure there were more. What a summer this has been for them! #SouthWalesButterflies

Another day enjoying the beautiful woodland visitors to our garden... @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

Here's the pics of the Chalkhill Blue's underside comparison near Wotton-under-Edge yesterday. Male on the left & the Female on the right. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

A very welcome visitor to the yarden today when this Hummingbird Hawk-moth dropped in to feed on Tuberous Thistle. It even stayed still long enough for a 📸! #moths

Noticed this Hawk-moth larva....

Privet Hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) 2nd for our garden Carms 18/07/26 #teammoth

I've seen less that 10 Small Tortoiseshells this year. But this lovely one has been hanging around our Lavender for about a week now. #ButterflyWeek #smalltortoiseshell #butterflies #Stunday #insects #bugsky #pentax #pentaxk1 #photography

Wasp Spider, Argiope bruennichi, not far from here. Four females. Nobody really knows what that zig-zag of web is for... www.sciencebase.com/science-blog...