One of at least 3-4 Clouded Yellows around Orchard Pools, Severn Beach this morning. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Trips to Alners Gorse, Perham Down and Boscombe Down today with @dmesg.bsky.social, 27 species of #butterfly seen. Brown Hairstreak, Silver Spotted Skipper, Chalk Hill Blue, Hummingbird Hawkmoth and very flighty Clouded Yellow the highlights #ukbutterlies #ukwildlife @savebutterflies.bsky.social

What's this? A Red Admiral has fluttered onto your feed to let you know that the Big Butterfly Count is just 1 week away! Are you in? Get ready to count 👉 https://butrfli.es/3SVFepj 📷: Michael Preston

Few Painted Lady Butterflies around @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social today, including one landing on my white shoe. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Two browns and a blue butterfly for today's #InsectThursday. A Meadow Brown in the meadow; a Holly Blue in the woods and a Hedge Brown in a hedge. #Butterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social #InsectPhotography #naturephotograph #iPhonePhotography #EnglishVillages #Surrey

Big Butterfly Count is coming to two RHS garden shows this summer! 🦋🌼 We're proud to be collaborating with garden designers Amanda Thomas and Emma Atkinson, who will be creating insect-friendly havens at RHS Sandringham and RHS Badminton. Read more about their designs 👉 buff.ly/uI1WwsO

Thanks to the dedication of local volunteers, the Duke of Burgundy is hanging on in the Chiltern Hills 🦋 Last winter alone, volunteers from our Upper Thames branch took part in 21 work parties, planting hundreds of cowslips and caring for patches of habitat the Duke depends on. 📷: Bob Eade

PESTICIDE UPDATE 🚨: The Government has been found to have legally failed in protecting butterflies and the environment from toxic neonicotinoid pesticides

A short clip of the White-letter Hairstreak doing a little pirouette on the branch 😍 little ballerina butterfly! #butterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Here are just a few of the brilliant butterflies and moths to look out for in your gardens and green spaces this month! 🦋🌻 See how many you can spot in the Big Butterfly Count from 17 July - 9 August 👉 https://bigbutterflycount.org/

Here come the Gatekeepers. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcsussex.bsky.social

Hummingbird Hawk-moth nectaring on Verbena. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social #MothsMatter #PollinatorWeek #pollinator #Lincolnshire

Also out this week is the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme Annual Report 2025, which includes a summary of the Official Statistics and showcases the impressive contributions of volunteers. Huge thanks to all who contribute data and those who allow access to their land 🙏 ukpoms.org.uk/reports 3/

PoMS funders: UKCEH & @jncc.bsky.social. Partners: @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social, @savebutterflies.bsky.social, @btobirds.bsky.social, Buglife, Hymettus, @nhm-london.bsky.social, Royal Horticultural Society, @uniofreading.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social Get involved! ukpoms.org.uk 4/4

New data on insect pollinators show a dramatic decline in hoverflies across Great Britain between 2017–2024. 📉 Around one third reduction in abundance & number of hoverfly species recorded as part of @pomscheme.bsky.social www.ceh.ac.uk/press/new-da... 1/ @jncc.bsky.social 🧪

Insects need urgent action from all of us 🦋🐝🪲 In 2025, we joined forces with Buglife and @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social to gather thousands of opinions on how everyone in the UK can work together to save insects. Here are the ways you want to see your Government taking action this #InsectWeek 👇

Amazing evening’s mothing at @savebutterflies.bsky.social Magdalen Hill Down with Tony Davis last night. Close to 200 species with lifers including Lappet (😍) & Yponomeuta irrorella (Scarce Spindle Ermine), plus a pristine Light Crimson Underwing. #teammoth

A Painted Lady tilts to catch the last of the rays, even after a day of unprecedented sunshine. There were several circling aerial courtship dances this evening - hoping for eggs in the thistles soon... #Butterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

For the shortest night: a Snout on the stairs. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Purple Emperors high in the canopy on Bookham Common in Surrey this afternoon @savebutterflies.bsky.social Always a sight to treasure @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

7 high brown fritillaries at a small site on Dartmoor today. Good to see they are still hanging on in a few different spots @bcdevon.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

There is nothing quite like walking through a blooming, buzzing meadow in June 🌼🌿 At this time of year, the tiny Northern Brown Argus can be seen flying low over sheltered flowery grasslands. 📷: Iain Leach

ONE MONTH TO GO 📆🦋 Will you be joining us for the world’s biggest survey of butterflies? Spend 15 minutes outside counting butterflies and help take nature's pulse by taking part in the #BigButterflyCount from 17 July – 9 August. You'll find it surprisingly, surprisingly pleasant. 🍃

Amazing encounter with a Purple Hairstreak this evening - they usually spend their time high up in oak trees! Brilley, North Herefordshire @savebutterflies.bsky.social @herefordshirewt.bsky.social

Swallowtail flight sequence from my book Butterfly Safari. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social

Good news for the rare Duke of Burgundy! 🎉 2025 was the best year on record for the species in Kent, with nearly 600 butterflies counted - an increase of more than 9000% from 2005. This incredible increase is thanks to the dedicated efforts of conservationists, farmers and volunteers. 📷: Bob Eade

I see @savebutterflies.bsky.social have declared it #mothmonday, so here’s a Hummingbird Hawk Moth who came to visit my Yorkshire garden this evening.

Looks like we're going to be seeing plenty of White-letter Hairstreaks. Burlish Meadows near Stourport-on-Severn this morning 16.6.26 @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Thanks to Gaynor in Staffordshire for sharing this photo of a stunning Scarlet Tiger moth in her garden. In German, the species is known as ‘schönbär’ which translates to ‘Beautiful Bear’. Have you spotted a tiger in your garden? 📸 Gaynor Roberts #MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

Wishing our Chair of Trustees, Simon Saville, the best of luck today as he sets off on his epic 220-mile ride through the wild beauty of the Scottish Borderlands to protect the rare Northern Brown Argus 🚵🦋 Cheer Simon on by sponsoring him here 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/bik...

60 butterflies. One favourite. The nation has spoken... Britain's Favourite Butterfly is the mighty Peacock! 👑🦋 #BritainsFavouriteButterfly

Ban butterfly-killing pesticides for good ❌ Despite repeated promises to ban them, the UK Government has quietly granted yet another 'emergency' license to spray butterfly-killing pesticides across our fields this summer.

Voting for Britain's Favourite Butterfly may have closed, but the vote for banknotes has just begun! 💷🦋 We're thrilled that the iconic Marsh Fritillary butterfly has made the Bank of England's shortlist for the next series of banknotes.

Russet and green: love the colour of this Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary #butterfly resting among the sphagnum and sundews in a #Lancashire bog. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

White Admiral in Hazelborough Wood, looks like just emerged as just moving around on the branch, along with Painted Ladies and Emperor dragonfly @bcbedsnorthants.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Today is your last chance to see your favourite crowned #BritainsFavouriteButterfly! 🦋👑 Who are you rooting for? Vote now 👉 https://britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/?utm_source=Social_Media&utm_medium=Social_Media&utm_campaign=BFB_2026&utm_id=BFB_2026 Illustrations by Richard Lewington

220 miles, eight days, one special butterfly! 🚲🦋 In less than a week, Butterfly Conservation Chair Simon sets off on an epic journey to raise funds to protect the rare Northern Brown Argus in the Scottish Borders. Support Simon on his Bike for Butterflies 👉 buff.ly/dRT82n6 📷: Iain Cowe

This #VolunteersWeek we're celebrating the winners of our 2026 Volunteer Awards! 🦋🌟 These incredible individuals have gone above and beyond to make a difference for butterflies and moths. Meet the inspiring volunteers 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...

Did you catch the magnificent Marsh Fritillary on #Springwatch? 🦋 This striking butterfly with orange, yellow and brown chequered wings was once so common in Northern Ireland that in the 1850s farmers recorded fields swarming with caterpillars in the autumn! 📷: Tim Melling

Our Holly Blue caterpillars on the Alder Buckthorn have now acquired a couple of Black Garden Ants in attendance. The ants feed from the caterpillar’s honey gland. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

New species for me, a spectacular Striped Hawkmoth in South Wales yesterday. Part of a big influx of migrant species arriving recently. #moth #moths #insects #insectphotography #naturephotography @savebutterflies.bsky.social #teammoth #wildlifephotography

A few years ago I got an Alder Buckthorn for my parents in the hope of attracting Brimstones into their garden. Today I got a message from my mum saying something was eating her tree. It was covered in about 50 Brimstone caterpillars 🐛 Result! #30DaysWild - Day 1 @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Fantastic news just in time for Small Blue Week! 💙

Black Hairstreaks in Salcey Forest this morning including a recently emerged one, with its pupal case, at the end @bcbedsnorthants.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org

Who is this cool cat-erpillar? Meet the Dark Tussock! 🐛 These funky caterpillars are most active April - July when they feed on a variety of trees and plants such as Heathers and Broom. They are just one of many weird and wonderful species that can be found on UK peatlands. 📹: Charlotte Rankin

June brings a whole new line-up of brilliant butterflies and moths to spot in your gardens and local green spaces 🦋🌿 Do you have a favourite butterfly? Vote now to help us find #BritainsFavouriteButterfly 👉 buff.ly/Ghc0Kcs

Creating #WildSpaces for butterflies AND the caterpillar works! 😀🦋 Can you plant a few caterpillar 🐛 food plants in your garden to help butterflies? @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Meet his Majesty, the Purple Emperor! One of the UK's largest, and most beautiful butterflies! @savebutterflies.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/2dJnV...

After not seeing any Small coppers in my garden last year it was lovely to see the 2nd this year enjoying the wild Moon daisies at mid -day. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Amazing the journey these Painted Lady's have been through to arrive here. Big influx of these on the current warm Southerly winds. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @epollard.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social