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DAN FORDER WILDLIFE - Birds & Nature @danfwildlife.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Had 20mins at busy Northolt/Northala Fields pm while seeing in-laws in Southall, W.London/Middx & found a STONECHAT b/w picnickers +HELICE CLOUDED YELLOW & 3 SISKIN. #londonbirds #londonbirdnews #birds #birding #birdwatching #wildlife #nature @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Simon Knott @sjbknott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Banded Pine Carpet (Pungeleria capreolaria) last night in Bengeo, 1st record for Herts. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Butterfly Conservation Herts & Middlesex Branch @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Open Day – for everyone interested in butterflies & moths. Discovering new ways of recording. Sat 3rd October Box Moor Trust Centre, Hemel Hempstead. Booking is required. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000256220... #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social

Morning programme for Branch Open Day - Saturday 3rd October

Afternoon programme for Branch Open Day - Saturday 3rd October

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Malcolm Hull @malcolmhull.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It’s been a good year for butterflies! Hot weather has boosted overall numbers, but some species have done better than others. Find out who are the winners and losers and what might come next… @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social #butterflies @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social

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Liz Goodyear @lizgoodyear.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Today’s star moth in VC20 is a Convolvulus Hawk-moth-a UK lifer for me!!! I knew persistence would eventually pay off growing huge quantities of Tobacco (Nicotiana) plants beside the moth trap & kept well watered! Otherwise a much quieter trap of late just 172 : 31 macro species #Teammoth

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Simon West @simonwest26.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A visit to Woodoaks Farm - Hertfordshire (17/8/26) after work produced 2+ Whichats, 1 Wheatear, 2+ Stonechats 1 Yellow Wagtail & 4 Clouded Yellows #hertsbirds #birds #ukbirds #ukbirding @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Peter Clarke @peterjclarke.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In spite of the overcast and breezy conditions today several Adonis Blues at Therfield Heath eastern/southern side. Some worn female Chalk Hill Blues also @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social #adonisblue #chalkhillblue

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Butterfly Conservation - Cambs & Essex @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Anyone else noting a late 2nd/3rd brood of Small Blue @upperthames.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Ashley Cox @naturecatcher58.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

An encounter between a male and female Clouded Yellow at Heartwood Forest, Herts @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Mark Bridges @mbridges.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I think, a female Brown Hairstreak, this morning at Godolphin Community Gardens, Shepherds Bush, London - photo by one of our volunteers with @hcgagardens.bsky.social. @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

A Hairstreak Butterfly, Shepherds Bush, London

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Mark Bridges @mbridges.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Spotted on the pavement of the Uxbridge Road, walking to Shepherds Bush Market station, around 9.30 a.m. today. Managed to scoop up and place at foot of… a Lime tree with some lower growth. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social urban moth

A Lime Hawk Moth, on a pavement in Shepherds Bush

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GrahamC75 @grahamc57.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Another terrific local river trail walk yesterday. There appeared to be swarms of Painted Lady's. It was a good day for butterflies. #Butterfly #Butterflies #Lepidoptera #LocalArea #LocalPond #ItWasHot #ItWasHumid #IWasDogged @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

A photo of a Comma butterfly at rest. The distinctive white 'comma' can be seen. I've had to wait ages to get shot like this!

A photo of a Gatekeeper butterfly, one of dozens around the area. They seem to have had a good year.

A photo showing a Meadow Brown perched up. Similar to the Gatekeeper, but the former has only one white spot, whereas the Gatekeeper has two.

A photo of a Painted Lady. I stopped counting when I'd reached double figures. I laughed thinking I’d probably see one around my pond. Stone me, I did! Another tick for the pond!

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Simon West @simonwest26.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hummingbird Hawkmoth - Panshanger Park (Hertfordshire) 1/8/26 #ukmoth #hawkmoth #ukwildlife #teammoth @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

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Simon Knott @sjbknott.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Breckland Plume (Oxyptilus distans) found Tuesday night in Bengeo, really attractive micro. @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social #teammoth

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Laurence Drummond @birdinghertsessex.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Minimum 217 Painted Lady's at Rivers Orchard site Sawbridgeworth this morning, anywhere there is Knapweed...

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Whitewbbs success. Court blocks plan for new Spurs women's academy in Enfield. North London councillors were "misled" over the environmental impact of a planned new training facility for Tottenham Hotspur football club... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Court blocks plan for new Spurs women's academy in Enfield

Local campaigners said planning permission for the football academy in Whitewebbs Park was unlawful.

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Butterfly Conservation Herts & Middlesex Branch @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Many congratulations to all those involved with the SAVE WHITEWEBBS campaign. They've won at the High Court. See their Insta post for full details. Many people have worked so hard against all odds. Amazing achievement @savebutterflies.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social @malcolmhull.bsky.social

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Mark Bridges @mbridges.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Painted Lady. So many this year. This resting yesterday on Ivy on our neighboring back wall, Shepherds Bush W12. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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GrahamC75 @grahamc57.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

An excellent visit to HMWT Panshangar Park today provided lots of lepidoptera. #HMWT #PanshangarPark #Lepidoptera #Butterfly #Butterflies #Moths @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

A photo of a Brown Argus butterfly. Note the 'figure of eight' and the additional spot that makes it differ from the Common Blue.

A photo of a Jersey Tiger moth. One of at least four seen. I'd never seen the underside of one before.

A photo of one of dozens of Meadow Brown butterflies.

The Meadow Brown has a single white dot in its eye-spot, two-tone hindwing, and sometimes small black spots, while the Gatekeeper has two white dots, darker hindwing with a light vertical line, and a row of black-ringed white spots.

A photo of a White-point moth Mythimna albipuncta. It's only the second one I've ever seen. Love the hairstyle!

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Peter Clarke @peterjclarke.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

it's not often one sees an open-winged Purple Hairstreak but today I found one in the Knebworth Woods complex @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #purplehairstreak

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UKBMS @ukbms.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Don't forget, there is planned maintenance on the UKBMS website TODAY from 5pm. This will mean you can't access the wesbite or enter data. Manitenance is expected to last until 9pm. Please keep hold of any data and enter it once the manintenance is complete. Thanks!

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Malcolm Hull @malcolmhull.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Ear moth spotted today on Butterfly Conservation walk at Bricket Wood Common near St Albans today. A lifetime first for me! @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social

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Allan Burrows @allanburrows.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Brown Argus in Panshanger Park, 05/07/2026 @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Allan Burrows @allanburrows.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Small Copper, Ringlet, Gatekeeper and Painted Lady in Panshanger Park, Hertford, 01/07/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Allan Burrows @allanburrows.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Large White, Meadow Brown, Peacock and Purple Hairstreak, Balls Wood, Hertford Heath, 29/06/2026 @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social

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Allan Burrows @allanburrows.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Essex Skipper, Large Skipper on Betony, Ringlet and male Silver-washed Fritillary in Balls Wood, Hertford Heath, 26/06/2026 @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Allan Burrows @allanburrows.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Essex Skipper, Small Skipper, Ringlet and Marbled Whites in Panshanger Park, Hertford, 23/06/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Simon Knott @sjbknott.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) feeding on Buddleia (Buddleja davidii) today in Bengeo garden, now annual visitor here. @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Allan Burrows @allanburrows.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Marbled Whites, Small Skippers and Ringlet, Panshanger Park, Hertford, 22/06/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Apatura Ilia @apaturailia15.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

One of numerous Ringlets active in Gillespie Park, North London late this afternoon @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

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Apatura Ilia @apaturailia15.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Marbled White in Gillespie Park, North London late yesterday afternoon @savebutterflies.bsky.social Such intricate markings @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

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Malcolm Hull @malcolmhull.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Old Lady moth in a prominent position on a garden wall in. I suspect newly emerged @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #teammoth

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Allan Burrows @allanburrows.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

White-letter Hairstreak and Comma in Panshanger Park, Hertford, 15/06/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Malcolm Hull @malcolmhull.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Congratulates Peacocks, the kids are ecstatic! @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Simon Knott @sjbknott.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) ♂ today in Bengeo garden. @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Allan Burrows @allanburrows.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Large Skipper on a Pyramidal Orchid, Panshanger Park, Hertford, 09/06/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Allan Burrows @allanburrows.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Small Skippers, Small Tortoiseshell and Red Admiral in Panshanger Park, Hertford, 09/06/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Butterfly Conservation Herts & Middlesex Branch @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Come along todayto Ware Priory for Ware's Biodiversity Day 11-4. Plant your own Moon Garden with help from #WareinBloom @savebutterflies.bsky.social Its free and there's lots to see!! #teammoth

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Mark Bridges @mbridges.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Brimstone last weekend at Heartwood

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Chris van Swaay @chrisvanswaay.eurosky.social · 02/06/2026

With numbers of Painted Ladies (distelvlinder, V cardui) rising on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects, it's a good moment to put this invasion in perspective. The graph shows a small influx, comparable with 1996 and 2003, and smaller than 2009 and 2019. But lets see how it continues.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

A first family outing to Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire this morning. What a place. Plenty of Black Hairstreaks, one newly-emerged White Admiral and a Norfolk Hawker. All put on iRecord. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Allan Burrows @allanburrows.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Speckled Wood, Large Skipper, Red-necked Footman and Small Heath, HMWT Balls Wood, Hertford, 31/05/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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