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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

My passion for #nature also extends to #WildlifePhotography. I've used #Nikon cameras for years and have a huge archive of images plus a new #NikonZ8 to play with. Introducing Steven Cheshire: UK Wildlife Photographer, my 2nd #sidehustle since one is never enough! www.ukwildlifephotographer.co.uk

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I've sold #wildlife #books online as a #sidehustle via my website British Butterflies for years, but my #butterflies website has been on hold for quite some time whilst I supported my parents as they cope with #Dementia. Enter #WildernessBooks, my #sidehustleupgrade

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Britain's Favourite Butterfly Crowned I had no doubt what species it would be. It's been my #1 since childhood. The unmistakeable Peacock butterfly (Aglais io). Find out more at: britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk #Britain #Favourite #Butterfly #nature #wildlife #conservation

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It's here... finally! I've managed to add just a tiny number of photographs from my collection to get things started. May I introduce Steven Cheshire: UK Wildlife Photographer - www.ukwildlifephotographer.co.uk #PhotoLibrary #nature #photography #wildlife What do you think? What's your fav photo?

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Steven Cheshire: UK Wildlife Photographer

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy #100thBirthday #SirDavidAttenborough. Your influence and lasting legacy will inspire many generations to come. There is hope for nature! Without nature, there's no hope for mankind. It's time to #ReWild #PlanetEarth #TheBluePlanet #Home #TheClockIsTicking #TimeIsRunningOut #PutNatureFirst

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

No species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we now have. That lies upon us, an awesome responsibility. In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures. #DavidAttenborough, Life on Earth

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The issue of population size is always controversial because it touches on the most personal decisions we make, but we ignore it at our peril. David Attenborough How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth, 2009.

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Today we’re living in an era in which the biggest threat to human well-being, to other species and to the Earth as we know it might well be ourselves. David Attenborough How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth, 2009.

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Richard Lewington's Moths and Butterflies of the British Isles. Pre-order your copy today. Due to be published 12/11/2026. RRP: £75.00. Just add to your cart to get an instant £10.00 discount and free delivery too! *** UK Only *** wildernessbooks.co.uk/products/ric...

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

If you are passionate about the #butterflies of #Britain and #Europe, this is the book for you. Highly recommended. wildernessbooks.co.uk/products/but... A comprehensive #FieldGuide to the butterflies & caterpillars of Britain & W. Europe + Canaries, Azores, Madeira, and Cyprus

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

My new online #nature #bookstore is now open😀. Over the next few months, we will be adding more titles at fantastic prices. Enter discount code 'BritBut26' at the checkout for £5.00 off your total order when you spend £50.00+. Visit wildernessbooks.co.uk

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Bradford clean air zone saves health service £360,000 in first year - Doctor visits for respiratory illnesses and heart problems were down by 25% #airpollution Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year

After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Great news on one level... but also an example of nature being pushed to the absolute fringes, in isolated, inaccessible places. Is this as good as it gets for nature in Britain? Are railway and roadside verges the few places nature can exist in modern Britain?

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

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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Genomic Monitoring of a Reintroduced Butterfly Uncovers Contrasting Founder Lineage Survival

Genetic factors can have a major influence on both short- and long-term success of reintroductions. Genomic monitoring can give a range of insights into the early life of a reintroduced population an...

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BSG Göttingen @bsggoettingen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Poplar Admiral / Großer Eisvogel (Limenitis populi) for #butterflymonth / #vlindermaand @europebutterfly.bsky.social One of the biggest butterflies in Europe, the caterpillars feed aspen trees, mainly Populus tremula. 📸 Toni Kasiske

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The Labour government overturns one Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide Cruiser SB. This terrible poison - a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, is to be outlawed in UK in line with EU www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Government overturns Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide

Emergency use of Cruiser SB, a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, to be outlawed in UK in line with EU

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

On 31st December 2025 I will be closing my #AntiSocialMedia #X #twitter account, moving to @bsky.app. Who else with a passion for British and European #Butterflies has or is planning to do the same? Let's connect!

The caterpillar of the Comma butterfly resting on a green Common Nettle leaf

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UK Butterflies @ukbutterflies.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

When studying the life cycles of British & Irish butterfly species, I was amazed to find that the pupae of Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown remain attached to their last larval skin, rather than reattaching themselves to a silk pad (the approach usually taken by species whose pupae hang head-down)!

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Lattice Brown (Kirinia roxelana), Lake Kirkini, Greece. May 2024.

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyn) and Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros), Lake Kirkini, Greece. May 2024

Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyn), Lake Kirkini, Greece. May 2024.

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Steven Cheshire's British and European Butterflies @britbutterflies.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Southern Comma (Polygonia egea), Archaeological site of Dion, in the foothill of Mount Olympus, Greece. May 2024.

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UK Butterflies @ukbutterflies.bsky.social · 11/06/2023

'Butterfly Conservation - the Warwickshire Approach' by Mike Slater and Keith Warmington is a trailblazing book and highly recommended. Review at: www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=188

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