keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The female Common Blue is far more colourful and photogenic than the male in my opinion. This one on Heather on Baddesley Common this morning. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 1163
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Today saw the 65th recorded daily visit to the garden this year, by at least one Hummingbird Hawk-moth, since our first on the 23rd of May. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 170
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The hot weather has produced a second brood of Peacock butterfly caterpillars, seldom seen here in Warwickshire, even though the drought appears to have had an adverse effect on the nettles. 090
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Although the migrant Clouded Yellows have been getting all the attention in Warwickshire lately, it has been a wonderful summer for the Painted Lady! 1131
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Finally attracted a Dewick’s Plusia to the Ni Moth lure. New for the garden! 050
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Not what you expect to find when you look in the moth trap at 2:30am! Male Migrant Hawker. How it got inside the Skinner trap without damaging itself was amazing. 030
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Many Clouded Yellow butterflies flying in Warwickshire at present including the helice form of female with the black and white upper-wings (apologies for the out of focus flight shot). @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 0162
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026A mating pair of Silvery Leafcutter Bees on Sea Holly in the dunes at Holme next the Sea recently. ID courtesy of Steven Falk. 051
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It’s great when you go through your images and find a photo you don’t remember taking and it turns out to be a species you’ve never seen before! Marbled Clover day-flying moth at Holme next the Sea. 091
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026We counted an incredible sixteen species of butterfly on one bramble patch in a woodland ride last week at Roydon Common in Norfolk. Species included White Admiral and Silver-washed Fritillary. @savebutterflies.bsky.social 050
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Amazing numbers of Marsh Helleborine at Holme next the Sea in Norfolk. 010
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026The Hairstreak magazine should be dropping through Warwickshire Branch member’s letterboxes any time soon! @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 050
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Pleased that this Bank Vole has taken up residence in our garden. 020
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Our Holly Blue caterpillars on the Alder Buckthorn have now acquired a couple of Black Garden Ants in attendance. The ants feed from the caterpillar’s honey gland. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social 0325
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Whilst mounting a rescue mission to save our few remaining Brimstone caterpillars in the Buckthorn from the beaks of Blue Tits, it was pleasing to find several Holly Blue caterpillars that they had missed! 020
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 30/05/2026The height of laziness! Young Blue Tit sitting in our Alder Buckthorn being fed our Brimstone caterpillars one by one! Sometimes nature can be just plain annoying! 260
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Great to have our Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire Branch committee meeting at Stockton yesterday amongst quality butterflies including this Grizzled Skipper! 091
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Orange-tip with matching lichen at RSPB Middleton Lakes this week. 070
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Our first Wheatear of the year seen yesterday at Ringstead,Norfolk. 030
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Stoat in full flight yesterday at Ringstead, Norfolk. (Previously shared on X) 1141
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Brown-tail moth caterpillars have spent the winter in communal webs and now emerge in the warm weather. Holme Dunes Reserve, Norfolk. 030
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Grey Heron feeding on Smooth Newts at Redwell Marsh Reserve, Holme next the Sea. 010
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Pine Hawk-moth caterpillar safely removed from the public footpath in the pines at Holme Dunes NR last week. @britbutterflies.bsky.social 040
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Decided not to bring the moth trap on our Norfolk holiday and then at the last minute threw the LepiLED light and a white sheet in the car. Good move as we got up yesterday morning to find ‘Big Blue’ on the sheet! @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @britbutterflies.bsky.social 1190
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 05/09/2025A new butterfly species for the garden list this afternoon. Clouded Yellow visited our buddleia with Painted Lady and Peacock. @britbutterflies.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 190
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 15/06/2025For those who may not have seen my post on X - does anybody know why four Peacock butterfly larvae in a nest found today looked like this? @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @britbutterflies.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 140
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 08/06/2025A productive local morning walk around Baddesley Ensor produced 6 Marbled White, a new Dingy Skipper site, Peacock larval webs, 4 Large Skipper, 2 Small Tortoiseshell and this, our first Six-spot Burnet of the year. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @britbutterflies.bsky.social 172
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The female Brimstone kept returning to the same Buckthorn leaves to lay her eggs in the garden. 0265
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Flight shot of male Emperor moth on Cannock Chase with help of pheromone lure. @britbutterflies.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 040
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025First time of photographing Green Hairstreak mating. An awkward spot - on a dead bracken frond halfway up a steep bank. I ended up holding my camera with 100-500mm lens above my head and hoping for the best! @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @britbutterflies.bsky.social 050
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Green Hairstreak now out in Warwickshire although this one was photographed on Cannock Chase where they have been out for a while. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 081
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025This male Brimstone brightened up the leaf litter on Baddesley Common this afternoon. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 161
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Saw a Hobby and had a Hummingbird Hawkmoth feeding on Primrose in the garden today. What a difference this glorious Spring weather makes! 020
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Counted 16 Brimstone driving up the Fosseway through Warwickshire this afternoon. This was one of the very few butterfly species that had a good year in Warwickshire in 2024 which was our worst year on record for most other species! @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 121
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 09/03/2025This Common Snipe appeared to be sunning itself on a local industrial estate pool this morning. Three Snipe in the reeds found with the help of a thermal imager which is proving to be an invaluable birdwatching tool. 030
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 09/03/2025At last a butterfly in the garden! This Comma enjoying the sun alongside a Green Shieldbug yesterday. 030
keithwarmie.bsky.social @keithwarmie.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Goldcrest in the Dogwood. A rare visitor to our garden yesterday but perfect timing for the @rspb.bsky.social #BigGardenBirdwatch. 060
