Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire
@bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire works alongside the local community to raise awareness about the threats to our butterflies, moths and their habitats. VC38.
https://butterfly-conservation.org/in-your-area/warwickshire-branch
https://butterfly-conservation.org/in-your-area/warwickshire-branch
Great work 👍 It’s amazing how fast you got this sites habitat management done this year ⭐️ Now onto Ryton Wood Meadows reserve! 💪
On to the final slopes that run down to the railway track today at Harbury Spoilbank north. Another sites grassland management done 🙂 @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Great work 👍 It’s amazing how fast you got this sites habitat management done this year ⭐️ Now onto Ryton Wood Meadows reserve! 💪
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Is it just us or was Alan Carr KILLING IT in last night's #CelebrityTraitors? Like a true butterfly, he transformed to show his true colours!
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November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Is it just us or was Alan Carr KILLING IT in last night's #CelebrityTraitors? Like a true butterfly, he transformed to show his true colours!
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It's bulb planting time!
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's bulb planting time!
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
We had a great turn out of volunteers on this Tuesdays work party at Harbury Spoilbank North! Thanks to Mike pre-mowing a section on Monday the rakers could crack on while the rest started cutting the dips & bumps!
Do click on photo for full image. #butterflies #volunteers
Do click on photo for full image. #butterflies #volunteers
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
We had a great turn out of volunteers on this Tuesdays work party at Harbury Spoilbank North! Thanks to Mike pre-mowing a section on Monday the rakers could crack on while the rest started cutting the dips & bumps!
Do click on photo for full image. #butterflies #volunteers
Do click on photo for full image. #butterflies #volunteers
Great photos! Well done Everyone 😀
We got loads done on our practical work party at Harbury Spoilbank North today! Top team of volunteers 😃 This a a SSSI that we manage for 28 species of butterfly 🦋 @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Great photos! Well done Everyone 😀
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The days may be getting colder and darker, but there's still a chance to spot beautiful butterflies and moths in your gardens and green spaces 🦋🍂
#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter
#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The days may be getting colder and darker, but there's still a chance to spot beautiful butterflies and moths in your gardens and green spaces 🦋🍂
#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter
#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter
Are you more of a Night Owl? Prefer to do a spot of garden watching in the glow of the Moon 🌙 Then you need to create a Moon Meadow #WildSpace for our night time pollinators! 😀 #moths #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Are you more of a Night Owl? Prefer to do a spot of garden watching in the glow of the Moon 🌙 Then you need to create a Moon Meadow #WildSpace for our night time pollinators! 😀 #moths #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social
What goes bump in the night? Moths!!
Have you got a Moon Meadow already? If not then check out this awesome guide! Don’t forget to register it as a #WildSpace too 👍 #night #moon
Have you got a Moon Meadow already? If not then check out this awesome guide! Don’t forget to register it as a #WildSpace too 👍 #night #moon
Moths need darkness to thrive 🖤
But globally, light pollution is increasing by 10% a year, and these vital nocturnal pollinators need our help.
Find out how you can provide a haven for moths where you live by creating Moon Meadows 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/moon-meadows...
📷: Marian Coburn
But globally, light pollution is increasing by 10% a year, and these vital nocturnal pollinators need our help.
Find out how you can provide a haven for moths where you live by creating Moon Meadows 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/moon-meadows...
📷: Marian Coburn
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What goes bump in the night? Moths!!
Have you got a Moon Meadow already? If not then check out this awesome guide! Don’t forget to register it as a #WildSpace too 👍 #night #moon
Have you got a Moon Meadow already? If not then check out this awesome guide! Don’t forget to register it as a #WildSpace too 👍 #night #moon
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We're thrilled to share this film featuring some of the dedicated volunteers who monitor butterflies for the UKBMS
A huge thank you to them, and everyone who's supported the scheme over the last 50 years.
#UKBMS50
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A huge thank you to them, and everyone who's supported the scheme over the last 50 years.
#UKBMS50
youtu.be/OrF5AgseX1U?...
Celebrating 50 years of butterfly monitoring
YouTube video by Butterfly Conservation
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October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We're thrilled to share this film featuring some of the dedicated volunteers who monitor butterflies for the UKBMS
A huge thank you to them, and everyone who's supported the scheme over the last 50 years.
#UKBMS50
youtu.be/OrF5AgseX1U?...
A huge thank you to them, and everyone who's supported the scheme over the last 50 years.
#UKBMS50
youtu.be/OrF5AgseX1U?...
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Is Jonathan Ross faithful to Butterfly Conservation? Or is he just fluttering about in disguise? 🦋
#TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors #MothsMatter
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October 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Yesterday the Practical work party team was back at the Little Haven. The paths around the ponds were cut & raked, the orchard ride tided & hedge work carried out. Also wildflower seeds sown ready for next years butterflies. 🦋
#butterfly #conservation #HabitatManagement #volunteer
#butterfly #conservation #HabitatManagement #volunteer
October 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yesterday the Practical work party team was back at the Little Haven. The paths around the ponds were cut & raked, the orchard ride tided & hedge work carried out. Also wildflower seeds sown ready for next years butterflies. 🦋
#butterfly #conservation #HabitatManagement #volunteer
#butterfly #conservation #HabitatManagement #volunteer
Every little bit you do does matter ❤️
Let's bring back the lawn for butterflies 🦋
Find out more about managing your lawn in the Butterfly Emergency by downloading our guidance here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/make-your-pr...
📷: Bob Eade
Find out more about managing your lawn in the Butterfly Emergency by downloading our guidance here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/make-your-pr...
📷: Bob Eade
October 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Every little bit you do does matter ❤️
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Halloween is for the goths and moths 📣
So we're kicking off our spooky countdown with the aptly-named Feathered Gothic (Tholera decimalis). A common moth, well distributed throughout most of Britain, but very local further north.
📷: Rob Blanken
#MothMonday #TeamMoth
So we're kicking off our spooky countdown with the aptly-named Feathered Gothic (Tholera decimalis). A common moth, well distributed throughout most of Britain, but very local further north.
📷: Rob Blanken
#MothMonday #TeamMoth
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Halloween is for the goths and moths 📣
So we're kicking off our spooky countdown with the aptly-named Feathered Gothic (Tholera decimalis). A common moth, well distributed throughout most of Britain, but very local further north.
📷: Rob Blanken
#MothMonday #TeamMoth
So we're kicking off our spooky countdown with the aptly-named Feathered Gothic (Tholera decimalis). A common moth, well distributed throughout most of Britain, but very local further north.
📷: Rob Blanken
#MothMonday #TeamMoth
Sharing David Brown’s stunning photo of a Oak Rustic from his garden trap this week. He noted it had strongly marked orange stigmata. What a fabulous photo 😀 #moths #teammoth #warwickshire
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Sharing David Brown’s stunning photo of a Oak Rustic from his garden trap this week. He noted it had strongly marked orange stigmata. What a fabulous photo 😀 #moths #teammoth #warwickshire
Work at Ettington Cutting site has now been completed for this year ✅ Many thanks to our hard working volunteers. Summer & Autumn photos of this site below.
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Work at Ettington Cutting site has now been completed for this year ✅ Many thanks to our hard working volunteers. Summer & Autumn photos of this site below.
Fantastic work everyone 👍❤️
We were hard at work finishing the banks at Ettington cutting today. I always seem to forget how long & high they go! 😆 Views are across the site from the roundabout end. #volunteer #conservation @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Fantastic work everyone 👍❤️
It is interesting to see what the weather is doing to our moth populations! #moths
Also great photo!
Also great photo!
Yellow-tail (Nuneaton VC38 8/10/25) Only 6 moths in trap but this is the first 2nd Gen Yellow-tail I've ever had... #MothsMatter
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It is interesting to see what the weather is doing to our moth populations! #moths
Also great photo!
Also great photo!
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A warm mizzly night produced 35/13 in trap - Green-brindled Cresent was new for me. Also my 2nd+3rd Merveille du Jour whilst 5 November Moth agg were NFY. Also Yellow-line Quaker + Blairs Shoulder-knot of note
B74 VC38 SK10
@ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
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@ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A warm mizzly night produced 35/13 in trap - Green-brindled Cresent was new for me. Also my 2nd+3rd Merveille du Jour whilst 5 November Moth agg were NFY. Also Yellow-line Quaker + Blairs Shoulder-knot of note
B74 VC38 SK10
@ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
B74 VC38 SK10
@ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
Latest report shows more bad news for butterflies 🦋 Several species on the ‘at risk’ list are found in Warwickshire - Small Skipper & Essex Skipper. The main threat is habitat loss so anything you can do in your own space can make a difference 🙏
🚨 The latest European Red List assessment has revealed 65 butterflies are now classed as 'at risk', several of which are species found in the UK.
Urgent action is needed to reverse the declining population of butterflies.
Read more:
butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
📸 Gilles San Martin
Urgent action is needed to reverse the declining population of butterflies.
Read more:
butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
📸 Gilles San Martin
October 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Latest report shows more bad news for butterflies 🦋 Several species on the ‘at risk’ list are found in Warwickshire - Small Skipper & Essex Skipper. The main threat is habitat loss so anything you can do in your own space can make a difference 🙏
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Reintroducing the Dark Bordered Beauty Moth! Once found at only 3 UK sites, 750 eggs were released into the Cairngorms in 2024 by RZSS to help save this rare species.
Join Dr Helen Taylor for a free entoLIVE webinar on 4th Nov 2025.
Tickets available here:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1423945843...
Join Dr Helen Taylor for a free entoLIVE webinar on 4th Nov 2025.
Tickets available here:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1423945843...
October 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Reintroducing the Dark Bordered Beauty Moth! Once found at only 3 UK sites, 750 eggs were released into the Cairngorms in 2024 by RZSS to help save this rare species.
Join Dr Helen Taylor for a free entoLIVE webinar on 4th Nov 2025.
Tickets available here:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1423945843...
Join Dr Helen Taylor for a free entoLIVE webinar on 4th Nov 2025.
Tickets available here:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1423945843...
Is everyone green with envy? 💚 #moths
Behold! Purest green!
Atlantis has fallen - Merveille du Jour finally on my list with one perched precariously on the edge of the trap in the dark. Also Yellow-line Quaker new for the current garden.
B74 VC38 SK10
@ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
Atlantis has fallen - Merveille du Jour finally on my list with one perched precariously on the edge of the trap in the dark. Also Yellow-line Quaker new for the current garden.
B74 VC38 SK10
@ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Is everyone green with envy? 💚 #moths
You might see the wonderful work we have done for the Small Blue if you click on the links below. Even though the project ran 2009-12 weeks are still actively managing those sites & working hard at ensuring the butterfly continues to thrive in Warwickshire 😀🦋
October 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
You might see the wonderful work we have done for the Small Blue if you click on the links below. Even though the project ran 2009-12 weeks are still actively managing those sites & working hard at ensuring the butterfly continues to thrive in Warwickshire 😀🦋
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Together with partners, we've managed 8,510 hectares of habitat for butterflies and moths across the UK over the past year - that's equivalent to over 12,000 football pitches!
Find out more about our conservation projects 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/con...
📷: Iain H Leach
Find out more about our conservation projects 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/con...
📷: Iain H Leach
October 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Together with partners, we've managed 8,510 hectares of habitat for butterflies and moths across the UK over the past year - that's equivalent to over 12,000 football pitches!
Find out more about our conservation projects 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/con...
📷: Iain H Leach
Find out more about our conservation projects 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/con...
📷: Iain H Leach
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A few finds on our Leaf Mine ID workshop at Bubbenhall Wood and Meadows this morning.With @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A few finds on our Leaf Mine ID workshop at Bubbenhall Wood and Meadows this morning.With @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
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There may be an arrival of moths tonight (6/10) and tomorrow night from Iberia/Canary Isles. Very little wind, cloud cover and generally mild temperatures along the south coast of England, so it should at least be a good couple of nights for mothing. #teammoth
October 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
There may be an arrival of moths tonight (6/10) and tomorrow night from Iberia/Canary Isles. Very little wind, cloud cover and generally mild temperatures along the south coast of England, so it should at least be a good couple of nights for mothing. #teammoth