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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Clouded Yellow from earlier today in Thetford Forest. It's the first time I have seen a Clouded Yellow on the same day as a Brambling!

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Normal service has been resumed!

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A 2027 Pyramidal Orchid just poking its head up on the front lawn. Sawston, Cambs. @ukorchids.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A train journey from Cambridge to Brighton this morning, followed by a walk up Whitehawk Hill. At the top, I was treated to some courtship from a pair of Long-tailed Blues on the Everlasting Pea. Several other LTBs were seen. @bcsussex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A nice little cluster of Bee Orchids emerging on the front lawn. I found them today after cutting the lawn/meadow. Sawston, Cambs. @ukorchids.bsky.social

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Little Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Dear councils, 97% of UK meadows are gone. So if you have wildflowers like ox-eye daisies on roadverges and in public spaces, don't spray them with weedkiller or over-mow them. Let's give pollinating insects like bees and butterflies a chance 🐝

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Female Southern Hawker (I think) trying to oviposit on and around my shoe. I'm sure there are more suitable places around the pond! Sawston, Cambs @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A suggestion from FB UK Butterflies group was that this is a worn specimen. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think this is a Clouded Yellow f. helice but a really pale one (rather than something rarer). It's being backlit and hopefully it shows the lack of black on the upper wing. I initially thought it was Green-veined White when seen in flight. Babraham, Cambs, today. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A lovely Goat Moth caterpillar crossing the road at Upware, Cambs, this morning. Luckily the road is closed so it made it across safely.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One of two pairs of Willow Emerald Damselflies in the garden this afternoon. Six individuals seen at once. Sawston, Cambs. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Helice form of Clouded Yellow (one of two) from East Tilbury, Essex, yesterday. I managed a few views of the Queen of Spain Fritillaries but they only responded to the sunshine and kept out of the wind. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Do you think recent rain will help if Horseshoe Vetch recover enough for egg laying?

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Butterflies were in short supply at Devil's Dyke (Newmarket end) today but I did manage to pick out a few each of Adonis Blue, Common Blue and Brown Argus. I never know if this section is Suffolk or Cambs, so I'll tag both. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

And possibly more abundant this time of the year. I assume birds reduce the number of eggs as autumn and winter progress.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

White-letter Hairstreak eggs on Elm @magogdown.bsky.social today. I normally spend hours looking for these in winter but just had a quick look today and found these two within a minute. Hopefully plenty more laid. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Time lapse of a Toadflax Brocade caterpillar feeding on Purple Toadflax. The processing of food is pretty quick, with droppings made very frequently. Sawston, Cambs.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you want to see a Clouded Yellow in the Cambridge area, today is the day for it @magogdown.bsky.social. At least seven seen in one field. They are very mobile. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Small Copper is probably in my top 5 butterflies, especially when very fresh. This individual was seen at Wandlebury today. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

One of four Willow Emerald Damselflies around the garden pond this afternoon. Sawston, Cambs @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I thought the Magog second brood had finished but there have been a handful of fresh specimens over the last week.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Small Blue and Brown Argus from earlier today @magogdown.bsky.social. Clouded Yellow also (not pictured because it was too fast). @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Norwich making Millwall look like Barcelona. Bloody awful.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Excellent photos, Kate. Good to meet you and your family yesterday. I'm really glad that you got to photograph a fresh Small Blue. I found a couple on yesterday's transect after meeting you. Like last August, fresh specimens were seen, hinting at a possible third brood. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Male and female Brown Argus @magogdown.bsky.social today. The male was waiting patiently for the sign. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Toadflax Brocade caterpillar on a single stem of Purple Toadflax in the garden. Sawston

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Another Purple Hairstreak record for the garden this afternoon. Sitting in an Elm pretending to be a relative! Sawston @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Butterfly Conservation Suffolk @bc-suffolk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

May not have survived the devastating fire 🔥 Along with many wildlife species scarce Silver-studded Blues & Graylings will be gone. Many years before they recover. Graylings will have to recolonise from areas already destroyed by Sizewell C @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A very battered male Purple Hairstreak looking for honeydew on the garden Brambles this morning. Sawston, Cambs. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Chilling (not physically) this afternoon, seeing what turns up in the garden. Female Common Blues have been searching out the Black Medick to lay eggs. Sawston @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The biggest Wasp Spider I have seen. Cambridge Aqua Park, north of Waterbeach.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Very lucky to have a Song Thrush nest in the garden. The nest is in the middle of a Hawthorn and Bramble tangle. The garden seems to be providing enough food; there are plenty of snails and caterpillars. However, flying ants are on the menu this afternoon. Sawston, Cambs.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Nice one, John. Where did you go in the end?

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Unlikely. It's all crop fields between the my garden and the Magog.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Swallowtail caterpillar on Milk Parsley at Strumpshaw Fen from earlier today. One of four seen. @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Blown down from the Magog presumably.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Fingers crossed. I didn't see it on the KV but it flew up from that area. I initially thought a very small Brown Argus. I don't think my wife was too happy when I shouted for my camera.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

About a mile or two and it's pretty substantial. The Magog Down.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Small Blue record from the back garden today. I do have Kidney Vetch growing so one can hope it was a female and it left some eggs. Sawston, Cambs. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Come and say hello at the @globalbirdfair.bsky.social Thursday until Sunday

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