Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire
Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire works alongside the local community to raise awareness about the threats to our butterflies, moths and their habitats. VC38.
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- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireFebruary flutters in with more butterflies and moths to spot this month 🦋 As the days get longer and the flowers return, here are some of the species to look out for over the next few weeks in your gardens and local green spaces.
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireLots done today at Ryton wood Meadows butterfly reserve! Coppiced areas cleared, path management & hedge work too! Top volunteers! Now sat at home & not planning on moving much (legs no longer work 😆). @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
- Thanks to our volunteers for planting these, and we can see our Conservation Officer Mike getting stuck into the task 😬
- Wonderful to see this butterfly doing well in Wales, we are very fond of them here and specifically managed our key reserve for this stunning butterfly 🧡
- Looking for some interesting reading? The 2025 Moth report for Warwickshire by Alan Prior & Martin Kennard is online and available to read butterfly-conservation.org/sites/defaul... Which moths you are hoping to see in your garden this year? #moths #teammoth
- Ooh interesting! Good luck little caterpillars 🐛
- To help celebrate our 1st Butterfly sighting of the year (17/01/26) please share your photos of a Peacock #butterfly! 😀🦋🎉 Good or bad photos are welcome 🤗 Let’s brighten up the dull, wet and never ending month of January! #peacock #1stsightings
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireSave the date! Join us on Sat 28th March 2026 for the UK Butterfly Recorders meeting. This free event is open to anyone intersted in butterfly monitoring. We'll present the 2025 UKBMS results, update on other monitoring schemes and talks about butterfly ecology.
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireRoom for one more? At this time of year, Herald moths (Scoliopteryx libatrix) can be found roosting together in caves and outbuildings 😴 📷: Iain Leach #Winterwatch #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
- And we have lift off! First Warwickshire Butterfly of 2026 recorded and on our webpage 🎉 A peacock 🦋 spotted by @stevenwright58.bsky.social
- And in a sunny spell we spotted movement. "A butterfly!!!" we exclaimed as this Peacock awoke and fluttered above the Bramble before settling back. It took ages to refind but flew again and landed next to the path. @rspbengland.bsky.social Middleton Lakes @savebutterflies.bsky.social
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireWell done! First butterfly for 2026 in Warwickshire. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireForget 'Blue' Monday! Today we're celebrating #BlueBugs with the stunning Small Blue (Cupido minimus) 💙🦋 With a wingspan up to 30mm, it is the UK's smallest resident butterfly. This friendly individual was filmed by Species on the Edge Officer Tracy Munro.
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireOur annual UK Moth Recorders' Meeting is back with a fantastic line-up of talks exploring the latest developments in moth research and conservation! 📍 Online 📅 Saturday 31 January Book your place 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-moth-recorders… 📷: Marian Coburn
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireHere is the review of the 2025 butterfly season in Northamptonshire. It was certainly an interesting year, and it was fantastic to see records from two species that were considered extinct in the county making an appearance! www.northantsbutterflies.com/the-butterfl...
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireStarting the weekend as we mean to go on: with more positive nature news! Butterflies are booming in Hertfordshire thanks to the efforts of @stalbanscouncil.bsky.social, @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social and several other organisations. 📷: Malcolm Hull
- We are putting together our events for 2026 & need your input! Where would you like us to run a walk or butterfly session? 😀🦋🙏 #events #ideas #warwickshire
- Fruit trees can also be great for butterflies & moths! Everyone wins! 👍❤️🦋🌳🍎🍏 #trees #garden #butterflies #moths
- Fruit trees benefit all sorts of wildlife, including bees, bats and birds. But around two thirds of UK orchards have been lost since 1960. Planting an apple tree in your garden or community can really help to boost biodiversity. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/cho...
- If you would like to help monitor butterflies in Warwickshire do get in touch 😀 We are here to support you too 👍
- Thinking of monitoring butterflies in your local area or setting up a monitoring project? We have new guidance to help navigate the various monitoring methods and choose the best option for your project. buff.ly/fvThSQq
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireTuesday is my volunteer day! Out into the wilds of Warwickshire (Ryton Wood Meadows) let loose on various habitats prepping them for Spring. Rain ✅ Mud✅ Prickly sticks ✅ Friends ✅ Sheep✅ fungi ✅ Fire ✅ tired✅ @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
- Our annual UK Moth Recorders' Meeting is back with a fantastic line-up of talks exploring the latest developments in moth research and conservation! 📍 Online 📅 Saturday 31 January Book your place 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-moth-recorders… 📷: Marian Coburn
- Should have worn a jumper! Brrr it’s cold outside so wrap up warm! 😬🐛
- Did you know that only 2% of British butterflies and moths spend the winter as an adult? The majority survive as eggs, caterpillars or chrysalises. 🐛 You can help them by leaving dead plants where they are until the following spring 👉 buff.ly/ls5ZDU4 📷: Heath McDonald
- Lots of great ideas here to put onto the calender 🗓️ No need to wait for one to record butterflies though just submit records as you see them on iRecord & help us understand how they are doing. 👍
- Looking for a new challenge in 2026? Become a citizen scientist and collect vital information to help nature while having fun at the same time! 🔍 Here are some dates for your diary 👉 buff.ly/xMiL2dY 📷: Chelsea Mae Photography
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireWant to help nature thrive in 2026? Here are our top 5 tips: 🐝 let dandelions grow 🐞 avoid pesticides and weedkiller 🌻 grow nectar-rich flowers 🐸 provide water 🪲 make a log pile More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-t...
- Love to see moth & butterfly photos to cheer up a chilly January day 😀 Thanks for copying us in & sharing a Warwickshire butterfly ❤️
- Zygaena filipendulae, Six-Spot Burnet moth seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 15/06/25 @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #Lepidoptera
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireThe winter edition of the UKBMS eNewsletter is out now. Although we may not be seeing any butterflies this weekend, there's still lots to read about and get involved with. link.butterfly-conservation.org/m/1/71172733...
- Brr that’s one cold looking caterpillar 🐛 🥶
- Did you know that only 2% of British butterflies and moths spend the winter as an adult? The majority survive as eggs, caterpillars or chrysalises. 🐛 You can help them by leaving dead plants where they are until the following spring 👉 buff.ly/ls5ZDU4 📷: Heath McDonald
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireNeed a mid-week pick-me-up? Here's some positive nature news 📰 2025 was the year of the Marsh Fritillary, with numbers increasing in many places across the UK thanks to dedicated habitat management. Read the full story 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo... 📷: Mark Searle
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireWe have a new blog on our efforts to save one of Europe's most threatened butterflies: the Nevada Grayling (Pseudochazara williamsi), found in just a few locations in southern Spain. www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
- New study using @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social data shows that 125w & 80w bulbs attract more moths than any actinics, and that Robinson and Skinner traps retain more moths that Heath traps #teammoth doi.org/10.1111/icad...
- Great work ⭐️ Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers 😀
- My first practical work party of 2026 started cold with snow flakes falling but we soon warmed up! It was good to be outside enjoying the fresh air & clear skies. The sheep 🐑 came by and said Baa! @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
- Hello 2026!! 🎉 What will be the 1st butterfly seen this year? Last year we had a joint place for Brimstone & Peacock 🦋 on 15th Jan. butterfly-conservation.org/in-your-area...
- What was your stand out butterflies / moths of 2025? Do share 😀 Also do you have any butterfly / moth goals for 2026? #NewYear #2025 #butterflies
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An exceptional year mothing with 347 species recorded in the garden beating my previous best of 306 by a huge margin. Numbers bolstered by my first venture into the world of Clearwings. 60 additions to the garden list with headliners probably being Gem + Obscure Wainscot @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social - Thank you to all our supporters in 2025! ♥️⭐️🦋 We appreciate all your support in any way you can help 😊
- Well it’s the last day of 2025 so a little roundup for all our lovely butterfly followers 😀 93 transects were walked across the county with 98,026 butterflies recorded! This exceeded the previous 4 yrs- amazing! ⭐️🦋⭐️ Well done e all!
- Our top 5 butterflies recorded on the UKBMS transects this year were Meadow Brown (21,491), Gatekeeper (11,949), Ringlet (10,676), Large White (7,685) & Small White (6,313).
- Wishing everyone a wonderful and peaceful Christmas time ♥️🎅🥮🎄🦋
- Our last practical work party of the year is on Tuesday 30th Dec at Ryton Wood Meadows. Carrying on with the hedgerow & scrub rotation. Photo of meadow 3 showing team sheep 🐑 working away on the grass cutting! #volunteer
- Our Harbury butterfly Site made it into the latest Modern Railway magazine. Network Rail had to create special fencing to stop the sheep getting on the rail lines. Good news for our butterflies 🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireGood to be outside getting on with some practical conservation with @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social Bonus as it is the Christmas sausage by the fire time! #volunteer
- Not long now…. 🤞
- Our practical work party volunteers were out at Ryton Wood Meadows Tuesday. The coppice plot is coming along well with the willow trees being pollarded, cut material is fed into the dead hedge which provides a haven for a variety of wildlife. #winterwork #volunteer
- A section of hedgerow was also cut along with the scrub growing next to it. This is done on a rotation. The cut blackthorn was checked for brown hairstreak eggs. 17 were found and saved, not that many considering how much blackthorn was checked!
- Why are we cutting blackthorn with butterfly eggs on it? It was growing by the access gates which need to be kept clear. To get to the hedge we needed to clear in front of it, most of this was old & not suitable for the butterfly. There is always some younger growth though that gets removed too.
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireOur friends at the University of Florence have been looking into the aesthetic appeal of European butterflies and does this bias the species we choose to protect. You can help their research by completing a simple online survey. Many thanks in advance www.unveiling.eu?fbclid=IwZXh...
- 😮 A rolling caterpillar gathers no moss…
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireCongratulations to Mark Searle, winner of the 2025 UK Butterflies Photo Competition, with his image of a Dingy Skipper - clearly an inappropriate name for a butterfly that can appear quite beautiful! Winning entries can be seen at: www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/competition_...
- Well done Ruth! An impressive list ⭐️
- I’ve been compiling a spreadsheet of leafmines that I’ve recorded in the VC38 section of SK10 between July and November 2025. There are 31 species, 8 of which were new for the gridsquare & most of the rest hadn’t been recorded since a 2012 survey. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social
- Do take a look at West Midlands webpage - it looks great! Do give them a follow too & welcome them to Bluesky 😀 #butterflies #teammoth
- Hello and welcome to our new society. Set up by existing & former members of West Midlands BC. More details about us and our aims are available on our website: wmbutterfliesandmoths.org
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireA refreshingly positive 'good news' story by M.S. Warren, S. Rich, and N. Haywood regarding the fortunes of the Silver-studded Blue over 50 years at Studland Heath National Nature Reserve, Dorset, UK. Detailed article at www.dispar.org/reference.ph... @martinswarren.bsky.social
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireInterested in moth trapping? Wondering which trap to use? Or if different bulbs collect different species? Using 100k samples from @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social our new paper looks at these questions and more! With with Bill Kunin and @katatrepsis.bsky.social #mothsmatter #teammoth
- Fruit trees are also great for many species of butterfly and moth! Everyone wins with a fruit tree 🌳 😀👍
- Fruit trees benefit all sorts of wildlife, including bees, bats and birds. But around two thirds of UK orchards have been lost since 1960. Planting an apple tree in your garden or community can really help to boost biodiversity. What to grow: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/cho...
- One tough butterfly! 🦋
- A brilliant Brimstone has arrived to brighten your day. Lucky you! This surprisingly hardy butterfly is able to withstand freezing temperatures. ❄️ Get to know our Species of the Month 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/speci… 📷: Tamás Nestor
- Fantastic work Tara! Thank you and all our wonderful volunteers for braving the wet weather for butterflies & moths 🙌 #conservation #habitat #volunteers
- Members it’s time to check you mailbox! Our Winter Newsletter is hot off the press 😀 Find out how our butterflies & moths performed this year! Also updates on conservation work & our Events! We would love any feedback ☺️ #warwickshire #newsletter
- Sounds like he is going to be asking Santa for a Black-spotted Chestnut 🎅
- Great news 🎉
- Thanks to YOU, our amazing supporters, we've smashed our Big Give target! That's £75,140 that will fund vital research and conservation work to help the Dark Bordered Beauty to spread its wings and thrive once more. Thank you 💚 📷: Lindsey Bowes #ChristmasChallenge #MothsMatter @biggive.bsky.social
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireNew research from Belgium doesn’t support the ‘lost generation’ theory for the decline of the Wall, but does show reduced survival with warming temperatures 🌍 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (📷 Mark Searle)
- It’s December tomorrow! 😮 where did the year go?! Butterflies all tucked away for the year but a few moths might still be out. Anyone hoping to see the December moth in December? #teammoth
- Reposted by Butterfly Conservation WarwickshireAs #NationalTreeWeek comes to a close, we're highlighting the wonderful Dark Bordered Beauty 🌳🦋 This threatened moth, which resembles crackled bark and leaves, can be found on damp, lightly wooded heathland. 📷: Ilia Ustyantsev, George Tordoff, Martin Wain #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
- Just in case you were wondering - there are 10 Brown Hairstreak eggs in this picture. Did you find them all? 🙂
- A little challenge for you - how many Brown Hairstreak eggs can you see in the picture? 🦋🥚🔬 Photo after a recent practical work party clearing some blackthorn from encroaching on a butterfly bank. #eggs #butterflies
- Anyone else still moth trapping? Still some lovely moths braving the winter! 😃
- A decent trap for the time of year, 7:5 with Rusty-dot Pearl being the most unexpected of the lot. 2 December Moths & Mottled Umber were the best of the rest; no Winter Moth surprisingly. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
