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Brimestone! And my butterfly year begins.... @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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As expected a nice set of butterfly records received over this sunny weekend. Red Admiral, Peacock, Brimstone, and this years first Small Tortoiseshell and Comma for Cambridgeshire. Thanks everyone who submitted. The year is getting going now. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

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One week to go until the Cambridge Half Marathon. I'll be raising money for Addebrookes Charitable Trust, to say thanks for all the great support they have provided my family this year. Please consider sponsoring me. Just a few pounds is great 🏃🏻‍♂️ www.justgiving.com/page/edward-...

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Get ready for survey season! Its only a month to go until the start of UKBMS Transect surveys. Brush up on the survey method with our resources here -

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Landelijke Vlinderdas 2025 - Dutch National Butterfly Day 2025 - 650 volunteers present.

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Listening to @jamesshooter.bsky.social in Belgium talk about Black Storks. Is there any evidence they were a UK breeding bird in post glacial times? The Fens must have been great for them. @ajaytegala.bsky.social

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Spring is on its way! Look out for these butterflies and moths in your gardens and local green spaces 🦋🌷🌱 What have you seen recently? Don't forget to tag us in your butterfly and moth sightings. 📷 #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

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Looking forward to a flurry of butterfly records this weekend. The mornings might be frost, but by early afternoon look out for Brimstones, perhaps a Coma or Peacock

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Please submit any last records to Edward and Rob in the coming weeks

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Just seen 1st @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social of year @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.bsky.social surprised to see it was a Small Tortoiseshell than Brimstone. @epollard.bsky.social

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Another reason to celebrate today. FANTASTIC news for biodiversity in England. Important to recognise when Labour, Defra & @naturalengland.bsky.social do something really hugely positive for nature, both symbolically and in practice. Well done them. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Next month, we'll be at the UK Butterfly Recorders meeting where we'll be sharing the population and distribution trends for 2024, and enjoying other butterfly talks. Reserve your free place here - buff.ly/40ZdpOA

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Interesting news regarding the iconic Grantchester Meadows just outside Cambridge. It would be great to see the grazing massively reduced so they can me managed as species rich hay meadows, rather than pasture. www.cambridgeppf.org/news/cppf-ta...

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It’s official, 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began🚨 The latest findings from #BeeWalk, our national bumblebee monitoring scheme, have revealed bumblebee numbers declined by almost a quarter (22.5%) across Great Britain💔 Read on: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/british-bumb...

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Old Park in Canterbury is a superb area of acid grassland with a flora including Harebell, Bedstraw (or Clove-scented) Broomrape & Mossy Stonecrop, & loads of Nightingales. The MoD owns it and has put it up for sale. Join the campaign to save this extraordinary site canterburyoldpark.org.uk

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An actual start to moths for 2025 - Hebrew Character and Common Quaker. If there'd been a Muslin too, I could've done a faux Dave Allen joke #mothmania #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

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At last some butterflies Brimstones (3), Peacock and Red Admiral reported by © Dave Miller at #StanwellMoor @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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2025 has started. Two Brimstones seen today. Babraham, Cambs. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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The Spring edition of the Suffolk Argus is now available by following the link on our website Home page suffolkbutterflies.org.uk

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FIRST REPORT: Peacock, 21st Feb 25. Cambridgeshire

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Public event. Friday 21st March the Cambs recorder @epollard.bsky.social will be in Ely talking about the butterflies of The Fens. What once was, and what could be. Hosted by @wildlifebcn.bsky.social www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...

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Most butterfly species overwinter as larvae (www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species_phen...). One memorable encounter was finding an overwintering Silver-washed Fritillary larva on its silk pad. I like to think that one of my heroes, Frohawk, would have appreciated this photo (his illustration attached)!

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Over on LinkedIn. Putting together a list of large (>500 ha) areas managed primarily for nature. Perhaps a few gaps. Take a look and add, or perhaps someone already has this dbase? www.linkedin.com/posts/nick-p...

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Please leave ivy alone. Especially in nature reserves. It does not harm trees. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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I thought a chart derived from an analysis of records might help me to understand the 2024 butterfly season in Bedfordshire. #Bedfordshire #butterflies

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Would you like to see a future filled with butterflies and moths? We need your help to create resilient landscapes across the UK to ensure that our butterflies and moths not only survive, but thrive! 🌄🦋 Learn more and donate today 👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/resilient-... 📷: Will Langdon

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Attention UKBMS surveyors! We request that all UKBMS surveyors register on our volunteer portal called Assemble, this will give you access to lots of handy resources and greatly help us manage the 1000's of volunteers. Get your registration code here: https://buff.ly/3PlenOE. Thank you!

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Review of the butterfly and moth research on actions shows most evidence covers butterfly conservation, focuses on community-level responses, originates from UK and USA, from studies using least robust designs, assesses actions about agriculture. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Edward will be doing more talks in March and April. We will share more information when we get it. Tx

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Butterfly Talk - Tuesday 18th Feb. Our Cambs recorder @epollard.bsky.social is giving a public talk on the butterflies of Cambs in Histon, just outside Cambridge. abbeyfields.online/events/butte...

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Good morning, and welcome to a new week! Our featured tour this week is #Butterflies of the Montes Universales - a flagship tour of ours, to an area of Spain that's like stepping back many decades in time such is the sheer #butterfly abundance there. (1/3) mariposanature.com/tours/butter...

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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Interested in butterfly recording & conservation? 🦋 Join the UK Butterfly Recorders' Meeting on Saturday 29 March! This is a free online event with talks by butterfly experts from around the world. 🌏 Book now 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/... 📷: Marsh Fritillary - Mark Searle

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I've written a news story about the worrying slow-down in Natural England designating SSSIs. NE is full of brilliant people, working so hard for nature. But it appears almost impossible at moment for them to designate sites under immediate threat of development. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Welcome @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social go.bsky.app/G4nh67F

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We are looking forward to learning more about how the area will be developed. There is the potential for chalk grassland restoration for example

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The chequered skipper was reintroduced to England from Belgian source populations, following an intricate study to match habitat from native to introduced sites, which differed across Belgian populations. Still, two habitat matching populations seem incompatible! 1/ doi.org/10.1111/eva.... #consgen

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Hugely heartening news from Essex. Middlewick not saved yet but bravo Colchester City Council for listening to expert advice & having the courage to change their minds. In the current anti-newt-and-bat climate that's especially admirable. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Important new study on the reintroduction of the Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon to England. The two Belgium sources did very differently (not sure why the link shows Orangutans! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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If you have participated in #BigCityButterflies activities or volunteered on the project we are interested in hearing what you have done since taking part in the project and would really appreciate your feedback via this short form! uk.surveymonkey.com/r/BCBfollowup @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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More coverage of the encouraging situation at Middlewick Ranges from our friend @patrickbarkham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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If you missed last night's Branch Zoom presentation 'My Moth Journey' by @lizgoodyear.bsky.social Its now on YouTube at this link youtu.be/qjyrVlYRTP0 Follow Liz's Moth Adventure! @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Teammoth

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FIRST REPORT: Brimstone. 5th February 2025. Cambridge. @jonheath.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social

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Join us in celebrating four incredible years of Big City Butterflies! 🙌🎉 Since 2021, the project has inspired people across London to discover butterflies and moths, explore their local green spaces, and connect with nature. We take a look at Big City Butterflies in numbers...

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