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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Lovely moos doing a great job browsing the heath on Harpford Common, East Devon #wildgrazing #habitatmanagement #naturalliving

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

An unexpectedly free afternoon, so took a walk on my local NNR to enjoy the warm sunshine on this last day of September. Delighted to see Clouded Yellows still zooming around, and even more delighted that this fellow stopped long enough for me to take his picture! 🦋💛 #autumnbutterflies #yellows

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

'Another wonderful holiday with Mariposa. The team not only know their wildlife but also take excellent care of their guests' We love hearing that our guests have enjoyed the whole experience of travelling with us. Thank you so much, Jenny, for these kind words!

Guest testimonial from our Butterflies of the Montes Universales tour

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Can anyone help I/d these guys please. Some kinds of fungi on Mull cliffs, opposite Treshnish Isles. 🍄‍🟫 🙏

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"A total of 106 species including 10 Erebia ringlets was beyond our expectations, and all against a backdrop of spectacular mountain scenery" More lovely feedback for Butterflies of the Hautes Pyrenees. Thank you Chris & Sheila!

Guest testimonial for our Butterflies of the Hautes Pyrenees tour

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Well, this wasn’t on the agenda! Autumn Ladies’ Tresses in their hundreds on the cliffs in Pembrokeshire this morning. Thrilled to bits!🤍

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Not a competition winner of a photo, but excited to see the lunar eclipse as I made my cup of morning tea! Did you catch the Blood Moon? Spooky! 🌒🩸 #lunareclipse #bloodmoon #sturgeonmoon

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ok, it was a trip to hunt for butterflies in the Arctic, but the flora there was stunning too. And can’t resist sharing these fairy Twinflowers growing on a roadside bank near Narvik 💖

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Let’s hear a big shout out for this trio of Magnificent Monochrome Graylings here in Montes Universales with Team Mariposa. Got to love the super smart Striped Grayling😍 #mariposanaturetours #butterfliesofmontesuniversales #europeanbutterflies #lovethembutterfies

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Swallowtails galore today here in Montes Universales with @mariposanature.bsky.social.

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Well, here I am with @mariposanature.bsky.social Summer Orchids of the French Alps, and what do I see? 🎶🐸🐸🎶 Bom… Bom Bom. A Frog Chorus all standing together (Dachtylorhiza Viridis) #orchidparadise #alpineflora

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We officially have us a Ghost Orchid (Epipogium aphyllum) tour! Day 1 of Mariposa Nature Tours Summer Orchids of the French Alps. A terrific find thanks to pre-tour recce by our esteemed leader Richard Bate. What a way to kick off the week 🤩

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hummingbird Hawk Moth busy amongst the catmint at Eythrope Walled Garden, Waddesdon Manor on this perfectly lovely summer afternoon

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A lovely Roesel’s Bush Cricket seeking a shady place on the wall here in Hertfordshire this afternoon where it’s seriously scorching! 🥵

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Dozens of Black-Veined White butterflies (Aporia crataeai) swarm a kayak by the Vagran River in the Ural Mountains of Russia. 🦋 The butterflies are attracted to the salt from human sweat on the kayaker's gear and clothing. This happens in early summer when these butterflies emerge. #butterfly

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Pair of semi-detached Potter Wasp nurseries found whilst out doing butterfly survey. Clever builders! 🐝 #wonderfulwasps #clevercreatures

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Clouds we didn’t mind seeing on Mariposa Nature Tours Butterflies of the Arctic trip last week: Northern Clouded Yellow, Moorland Clouded Yellow and Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow. What a trio! 🦋💛 #arcticbutterflies #hardycreatures #mariposanaturetours

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Freya sent a break in the rain and three fabulous finds: Small Copper, Purple Edged Copper and Arran Brown. Thank you to our leaders @dunnjons.bskyb.social and Paul Selby, whose relentless endeavours ensured a most successful Arctic hunt #mariposanaturetours #arcticbutterflies

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

There may be no Arctic Monkeys up here in Ålta in Finnmark with Mariposa Nature Tours on their Butterflies of the Arctic trip, but they do have Arctic Ringlets and Arctic Graylings, which will have to do! 🦋😂 #mariposanaturetours #europeanbutterflies #hardybutterflies #arcticadventures

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Not just butterflies here in the Arctic! Frog and its orchid too. #mariposanaturetours #frogs #arcticorchids

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A great start to butterflies of the Arctic with #mariposanaturetours Green veined white, Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow and Cranberry Blue. #hardybutterflies #arcticbutterflies #68’N

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Fabulous five days on Svalbard with Hurtigruten Svalbard, and here are some of the Arctic flora I discovered, including “trees”! #svalbard #arcticflora #wildflowers #hardyanddetermined

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

There’s orchids; and then there are the vanishingly rare Water Germander, the Sand pansy and Sand toadflax. A few treasures to be discovered on Braunton Burrows. Thanks Roger Harding and Mary Breed for taking us hunting @rogercharding.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #devonorchids #coastalflowers

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Roger Harding @rogercharding.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Also available in Purple. Gorgeous white Southern Marsh Orchid on Braunton Burrows yesterday. @lizlouise.bsky.social @stevieparsons.bsky.social @withylake.bsky.social Field trip for the Hardy Orchid Society 6 species of orchids found with a host of other rare and wonderful flora.

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

So excited to track down these gorgeous, green lemon Fen orchids at Kenfig Nature Reserve today. What gems! #fenorchids #orchidsofbritain #wildflowerhour #tinyflowers

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Buried alive! 😳😂 Common stinkhorn living up to its name- Phallus impudicus

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Delighted to find these little angels peeping out of a wild bankside on a busy junction in Exmouth. Long may the council let verges grow free

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Dr Richard Bate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

31/5/26 - It has been a joy to lead our annual #OrchidsOfKent tour alongside @dunnjons.bsky.social. My highlight was catching #pseudocopulation in action for the second year running; this time a Eucera bee on a Late Spider #Orchid (Ophrys fuciflora). For the #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Managing my withdrawal symptoms by going hunting locally, after an intoxicating week in Abruzzo with @mariposanature.bsky.social #butterflies #orchids

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It’s that time of year again, and a pretty perfect evening for hunting Nightjars; my luck was in from the moment I set foot on the common. Magical to experience these enigmatic birds 🤩

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It’s homeward bound after a fantastic week of chasing butterflies in the eyesmacking landscapes of Abruzzo with @mariposanature.bsky.social led by the incomparable team of @dunnjons.bsky.social and Miki Vigano. Thanks to both for everything. What a time we’ve all had!🦋🤩

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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The butterflies and orchids of Abruzzo have been exceptional this last week for me and my @mariposanature.bsky.social group. (The food has been wonderful too!) It won't be long at all before I'm back in Italy to explore further with my Italian friends - I'm only just getting started...

Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia provincialis) © Jon Dunn

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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Orchis spitzelii was a long-awaited first for me today, an orchid I looked at in a field guide 35 years ago and yearned to see one day. Orchis pallens on the other hand wasn't new, but it's been a while, and it's a species I love unreservedly for its elegance and clear colours.

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

It’s been a ridiculously early, true blue Spring this year. Nothing can beat the gracious elegance of the English Bluebell, epitomising this most lovely season. Sad to think her reign will be over all too soon.

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Tour update 🚨 Our flagship #OrchidsOfRhodes tour now has just 2 places left available to join us in 2028. The 2027 tour is long ago fully booked - our orchid tours fill quickly as guests know they're the ultimate experience, and accept no pale imitation. www.mariposanature.com/tours/botani...

Serapias bergonii hypochromic variation © Jon Dunn

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

What do you get when a bee and a fly get it together🐝 🪰? These scrummily gorgeous Ophrys apifera x Ophrys insectifera hybrids of course! Great day out hunting with Martin East

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Lady Orchid 💃 (Orchis purpurea), Monkey orchid 🐵 (Orchis simia) and some of their many and varied offspring at Hartslock yesterday. Thanks to Martin East for taking me to find this stunning family 💖

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This is what happens when a man and a naked man get together in Sicily… stylish, Armani clad offspring! (Ophrys anthropophora x Ophrys Italica = Ophrys bivonae) Swoonworthy finds with @mariposanature.bsky.social 💚💖🤩

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Yummy acid drop of an Ophrys Lacaitae here in Sicily with @mariposanature.bsky.social 😋

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Forget supercalifragilistic… here we have four faces of supercalliantha (Ophrys calliantha to address her correctly😂) What a variety on show here in Sicily with Mariposa Nature Tours led by the super combo of Jon Dunn and Andrea Corso. @mariposanature.bsky.social @dunnjons.bsky.social

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Some stellar finds here on Sicily with the amazing Mariposa Team Sicilia, Jon Dunn and Andrea Corso 🤩 @dunnjons.bsky.social @mariposanature.bsky.social Ophrys mirabilis Ophrys grandiflora Ophrys lacaiteae What a line up…💖

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Dactylorhiza sambucina. Angels on the catwalk flaunting their collection of outfits. Absolutely fabulous!

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Ever felt like you’re being watched? 👀 These endemic Etna birch certainly have that effect! It’s not just about the orchids here in Sicily with #mariposanaturetours led by the legendary Mariposa Team Sicilia Jon Dunn and Andrea Corso @dunnjons.bsky.social @mariposanature.bsky.social

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Tour update 🚨 As of this morning, with two more places booked by returning guests, our #OrchidsOfCrete tour is now a guaranteed departure. This year, the peerless @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social and our group saw 59 species there. What will 2027 bring? 🙏 #orchids www.mariposanature.com/tours/botani...

Anacamptis boryi, Orchids of Crete © Dr Richard Bate

Ophrys cretica, Orchids of Crete © Dr Richard Bate

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Sadly an increasingly rare sight - the dainty circle of dancers that is the Ragged Robin.

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Dr Richard Bate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

23/4/26 #OrchidsOfCrete - Live from the field! Today’s 6am club has proven particularly rewarding, as we have tracked down a Bee #Orchid (Ophrys apifera; great find by Acid John and both variants of Ophrys candica. Bee #Orchids can be quite elusive in the mediterranean @mariposanature.bsky.social

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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

From a day of dizzying hybrid Ophrys bee #orchid combinations with my @mariposanature.bsky.social guests here in the Gargano, some light relief in the form of a couple of mild variations - a flavescent form of Ophrys apulica, and a peloric Ophrys bertolonii.

Ophrys apulica flavescent form, Orchids of the Gargano Peninsula © Jon Dunn

Ophrys bertolonii peloric form, Orchids of the Gargano Peninsula © Jon Dunn

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A final postcard from the field as our #OrchidsOfSardinia tour draws to a close, from tour leader Michele Viganò: On our last day we found, after a good search, some Dactylorhiza insularis in bloom. This took us to 33 species for the week, with 6 bonus hybrid combinations also seen... (1/2)

Dactylorhiza insularis, Orchids of Sardinia © Michele Viganò

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Postcard from the field from our brilliant Italian orchid-hunter tour leader, Michele Viganò: The Orchids of Sardinia tour connected well with Sardinian uber-endemic Ophrys panattensis - not only endemic to the island, but restricted solely to the island's north-east. #orchids

Ophrys panattensis, Orchids of Sardinia © Michele Viganò

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Apple Blossom Time! Orchards in full bloom… the scent just intoxicating 💖

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