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Chris Little

@chris999.bsky.social
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Lifelong insect and natural history enthusiast based in South Norfolk. Working hard on butterfly conservation in the Greek Ionian islands. Otherwise cats, longcase clocks, open fires, zero alcohol beer.

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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What is this behaviour?
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
All over my South Norfolk back lawn and next to my ivy covered wall.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
And they are collecting behind the window glass in my South Norfolk office
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Ionian Butterfly Conservation has a “champion” on Kefalonia You might just want to contact alexandra@ionianbutterflyconservation.org. The botanical garden is a very interesting place - all local planting
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Simon Spencer?
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Thrax is a giant compared to Pumilio
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Recently Thrax observed also on Lefkas and Kefalonia.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Welcome to Dr Savina Gioni as Executive Director of Ionian Butterfly Conservation
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Ionian Butterfly Conservation is touring the Greek Ionian islands to establish baseline verified species recording.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Well we will likely have the opportunity to see what East Pye actually do.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I think you are being too generous to the solar farm biodiversity claims. They will be focussed on energy output with an industrial mindset. It a toss up whether poorly managed farming or poorly managed solar is worse for biodiversity.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I walked that yesterday
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Wild!
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We are now looking for an inspirational leader to guide our organisation as we expand across the Greek Ionian islands. A role description and briefing pack is available at: tinyurl.com/IBCJobPack
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Trying to increase productivity by decreasing employment?
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
It would be genuinely helpful to record your Zakynthos observations www.ionianbutterflyconservation.org Millet Skipper is a new species only identified last year on Corfu
ionianbutterflyconservation.org
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Record your Zakinthos observations at I ionianbutterflyconservation.org which now covers all the Ionian islands
ionianbutterflyconservation.org
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Kite-tailed Robber fly with prey. South Norfolk
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Dark Green Fritillary, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Sad.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Seal to be an unfeasibly large number o market research analysts. I suggest the A1 powered analysis is incorrect.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Calgary, Isle of Mull
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Fabulous giant horse fly. Isle of Mull. 3cm length. Mind your horses.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Fab visual
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Ouch
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Here is one from Corfu Greece
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I not impressed by the East Pye proposals so far
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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Thanks to other kind folk on today's @norfolknats.bsky.social walk at Ashwellthorpe Wood, here's Encoelia furfuracea (Spring Hazelcup) and Byssomerulius corium (Netted Crust) on Hazel, and witches broom galls on Hornbeam likely caused by Taphrina carpini. Bit cool for many insects sadly.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
A more reasonable direct comparison would be with traditional farms managed for biodiversity. Do you really think commercial solar farms will be managed for biodiversity?
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Relaxation of management intensity promotes butterfly communities in mountain grasslands... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Relaxation of management intensity promotes butterfly communities in mountain grasslands
Semi-natural mountain grasslands are currently threatened by either land abandonment or management intensification, which calls for evidence-based rec…
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Back garden bird science. Graphs show nice inverse correlation between temperature, wind speed and precipitation with bird feeder visits. South Norfolk UK.
Max daily mphAverage daily degrees centigrade Total daily cm
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
EMILE A SEGUY. Papillons: Masterpieces on Butterflies Tolmer Editeur – France 1925, 31.5cm x 44cm. These are being auctioned on Auctionet right now but the price might shock you.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
As the report makes clear the improvement is over the abysmal biodiversity of our farmland. Sprayed into submission. Gain comes IF the solar farms are managed for biodiversity which on current form is unlikely unless mandated. Otherwise we will see routine spraying between panels.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Can you provide a reference for that statement please?
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Butterfly recording across the Greek Ionian islands.
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Pieter Vantieghem @pietervantieghem.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
It was just announced on his facebookpage that Tristan Lafranchis has passed away 😞 A big loss for amateur lepidopterists in Europe, his accessible #butterfly ID-books have opened a world to a lot of us. As you can see, mine are heavily used. His legacy will surely live on. 🦋
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Thanks to generous donations Corfu Butterfly Conservation has reprinted its poster - free for butterfly enthusiasts from the Capodistrias Museum Corfu and for use in school natural history education.
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Just caught a tree book by a school friend. Lepidoptera wins.
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Ionian Butterfly Conservation @ionianbutterflycon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The Corfu Butterfly Survey is just 246 butterfly sightings short of having recorded 100,000 butterflies. We can reach this goal before the end of the year if you record any sightings of butterflies from Corfu on our website: corfubutterflyconservation.org, before 31st December 2024.
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Ionian Butterfly Conservation @ionianbutterflycon.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Big News Our website is now capable of receiving butterfly and moth sightings from any of the Ionian islands. Please do submit your historic sightings as well as anything current. www.corfubutterflyconservation.org
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Everyone with parents should read this
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Sparrowhawk!
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Live weather map and weather out the window. Corfu, Greece
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Chris Little @chris999.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Snowing in Norfolk
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