Julian Sidney
@butterflyjulian.bsky.social
Treasure hunting for butterflies, sometime birds, bees, dragonflies and spiders with my spotter (wife).
North East Essex
Photos using Fujifilm X T5 straight out of the camera
North East Essex
Photos using Fujifilm X T5 straight out of the camera
Pinned
Brown Argus photo from 7th September this year. Taken on a wonderful wander around Pipers Vale, Ipswich.
#butterflies
#bc-suffolk
#butterflies
#bc-suffolk
Reposted by Julian Sidney
Morning Live - Ghost Ponds & Zombie Ponds - 25th February 2025
YouTube video by Nay Smith
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Reposted by Julian Sidney
Middlewick extended preview
YouTube video by The Wildlife Channel
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Ragwort Fly, Sphenella marginata I believe. Seen today at The Naze.
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Ragwort Fly, Sphenella marginata I believe. Seen today at The Naze.
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Reposted by Julian Sidney
In case you missed it I recently posted my video on how to film wildlife
youtu.be/Zr7HqTM5saE
#wildlife #wildlifefilmmaking #nature #ukwildlife #filmmaking #video
youtu.be/Zr7HqTM5saE
#wildlife #wildlifefilmmaking #nature #ukwildlife #filmmaking #video
Introduction to Wildlife Filmmaking
YouTube video by UK Wildlife
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In case you missed it I recently posted my video on how to film wildlife
youtu.be/Zr7HqTM5saE
#wildlife #wildlifefilmmaking #nature #ukwildlife #filmmaking #video
youtu.be/Zr7HqTM5saE
#wildlife #wildlifefilmmaking #nature #ukwildlife #filmmaking #video
Reposted by Julian Sidney
** BRANCH AGM TOMORROW **
A reminder that the Cambridgeshire & Essex branch's AGM and Members' Day is in-person this year.
Foxton Village Hall on Saturday November 8th at 2pm
All Cambridgeshire & Essex BC branch members are invited to join us.
A reminder that the Cambridgeshire & Essex branch's AGM and Members' Day is in-person this year.
Foxton Village Hall on Saturday November 8th at 2pm
All Cambridgeshire & Essex BC branch members are invited to join us.
Cambs & Essex: AGM & Members' Day 2025
For the first time since 2019, the Cambridgeshire & Essex branch's AGM and Members' Day will be taking place in-person. Please join us at Foxton Village Hall on Saturday November 8th at 2pm for an aft...
link.butterfly-conservation.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
** BRANCH AGM TOMORROW **
A reminder that the Cambridgeshire & Essex branch's AGM and Members' Day is in-person this year.
Foxton Village Hall on Saturday November 8th at 2pm
All Cambridgeshire & Essex BC branch members are invited to join us.
A reminder that the Cambridgeshire & Essex branch's AGM and Members' Day is in-person this year.
Foxton Village Hall on Saturday November 8th at 2pm
All Cambridgeshire & Essex BC branch members are invited to join us.
Reposted by Julian Sidney
From purple swathes of heather to riverside meadows, Knettishall Heath has an extraordinary mix of habitat.
One of Suffolk’s largest surviving areas of Breck heath, it is an ancient place where the past is written into the landscape.
One of Suffolk’s largest surviving areas of Breck heath, it is an ancient place where the past is written into the landscape.
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
From purple swathes of heather to riverside meadows, Knettishall Heath has an extraordinary mix of habitat.
One of Suffolk’s largest surviving areas of Breck heath, it is an ancient place where the past is written into the landscape.
One of Suffolk’s largest surviving areas of Breck heath, it is an ancient place where the past is written into the landscape.
Reposted by Julian Sidney
If anyone takes Watsonalla binaria/uncinula (Oak/Spiny Hook-tip) from now, please check with your County Recorder if they wish specimens to be retained for microscopic examination (at the discretion of the recorder) and confirmation.
Image: Oak Hook-tip (above), Spiny Hook-tip (below). #MothsMatter
Image: Oak Hook-tip (above), Spiny Hook-tip (below). #MothsMatter
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
If anyone takes Watsonalla binaria/uncinula (Oak/Spiny Hook-tip) from now, please check with your County Recorder if they wish specimens to be retained for microscopic examination (at the discretion of the recorder) and confirmation.
Image: Oak Hook-tip (above), Spiny Hook-tip (below). #MothsMatter
Image: Oak Hook-tip (above), Spiny Hook-tip (below). #MothsMatter
Reposted by Julian Sidney
Gall help needed please! Today in Wivenhoe Park, Essex, UK under the giant leaves of Far Eastern Quercus dentata. The galls look like blobby, rounded Common Spangle Galls. This could be the shape of these galls on this novel host (not recorded on Bladmineerders.nl). Or is there another species?
November 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Gall help needed please! Today in Wivenhoe Park, Essex, UK under the giant leaves of Far Eastern Quercus dentata. The galls look like blobby, rounded Common Spangle Galls. This could be the shape of these galls on this novel host (not recorded on Bladmineerders.nl). Or is there another species?
Reposted by Julian Sidney
New blog of my latest jaunt around Beth Chatto Gardens, now at their autumnal russett peak...
www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-sid...
#NatureWriting
www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-sid...
#NatureWriting
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New blog of my latest jaunt around Beth Chatto Gardens, now at their autumnal russett peak...
www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-sid...
#NatureWriting
www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-sid...
#NatureWriting
Reposted by Julian Sidney
Reposted by Julian Sidney
Hope Farm in Cambs uses a @ukbms.bsky.social transect as one of their methods to track biodiversity changes on the farm
In 2000, the RSPB bought Grange Fm (Hope Fm). It covers about 180 ha and is run to make a profit & support wildlife. Last year they made a profit of £110k. The farm is buzzing with birds & insects; more than 2,000 species have been recorded #MakeFarmingBuzzAgain.
October 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Hope Farm in Cambs uses a @ukbms.bsky.social transect as one of their methods to track biodiversity changes on the farm
Reposted by Julian Sidney
We look at Summer #Butterflies #Gatekeeper ( Pyronia tithonis )AKA Hedge Brown in Family #Nymphalidae a Brown #Butterfly #Lepidoptera We look at nectaring on #Bramble #Ragwort #clover & #MeadowThistle #FieldScabious as we film the plant Please subscribe on youtube to help us youtu.be/xIUVdDe1oNA
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We look at Summer #Butterflies #Gatekeeper ( Pyronia tithonis )AKA Hedge Brown in Family #Nymphalidae a Brown #Butterfly #Lepidoptera We look at nectaring on #Bramble #Ragwort #clover & #MeadowThistle #FieldScabious as we film the plant Please subscribe on youtube to help us youtu.be/xIUVdDe1oNA
Following on from yesterday's lovely sighting of a female Holly Blue in our #wildspaces, I wasn't expecting to find she had found a mate when i got home today.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
#wildspaces
#irecordbutterflies
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
#wildspaces
#irecordbutterflies
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Following on from yesterday's lovely sighting of a female Holly Blue in our #wildspaces, I wasn't expecting to find she had found a mate when i got home today.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
#wildspaces
#irecordbutterflies
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
#wildspaces
#irecordbutterflies
Reposted by Julian Sidney
Hoverflies on the move! 🚀 These tiny pollinators embark on incredible journeys, all sparked by hidden genetic switches in their larvae. Nature never ceases to amaze! 🌍✨ #Hoverflies #Syrphidae #Diptera #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Nature #Knowledge #Biology #Wildlife
Hoverfly Migration: Incredible Journeys
Explore the remarkable hoverfly migration, incredible journeys triggered by larval genetic switches deciding between flight or diapause for adulthood.
hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Hoverflies on the move! 🚀 These tiny pollinators embark on incredible journeys, all sparked by hidden genetic switches in their larvae. Nature never ceases to amaze! 🌍✨ #Hoverflies #Syrphidae #Diptera #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Nature #Knowledge #Biology #Wildlife
A surprise find in our #pollinator garden this afternoon, 21st October. A very fresh looking female Holly Blue.
Not seen one this late in the year before.
@bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#irecordbutterflies
Not seen one this late in the year before.
@bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#irecordbutterflies
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A surprise find in our #pollinator garden this afternoon, 21st October. A very fresh looking female Holly Blue.
Not seen one this late in the year before.
@bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#irecordbutterflies
Not seen one this late in the year before.
@bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#irecordbutterflies
Reposted by Julian Sidney
Lots of insect activity in Beth Chatto Gardens today, including the second garden record of Gorse Shield-bug. Blog after my walk for Friends next week.
October 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Lots of insect activity in Beth Chatto Gardens today, including the second garden record of Gorse Shield-bug. Blog after my walk for Friends next week.
Reposted by Julian Sidney
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Descriptions and/or photos are required for a number of Essex rarities from 2024. The full list can be found at ebws.org.uk/2024descript...
If you saw any of these, please submit a description - there's a video on the link that explains more.
Thank you
#essexbirding
Descriptions and/or photos are required for a number of Essex rarities from 2024. The full list can be found at ebws.org.uk/2024descript...
If you saw any of these, please submit a description - there's a video on the link that explains more.
Thank you
#essexbirding
October 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Descriptions and/or photos are required for a number of Essex rarities from 2024. The full list can be found at ebws.org.uk/2024descript...
If you saw any of these, please submit a description - there's a video on the link that explains more.
Thank you
#essexbirding
Descriptions and/or photos are required for a number of Essex rarities from 2024. The full list can be found at ebws.org.uk/2024descript...
If you saw any of these, please submit a description - there's a video on the link that explains more.
Thank you
#essexbirding
Reposted by Julian Sidney
Excitement on Harwich Beach yesterday: hundreds of Pointed Snails on the upper beach. First recorded here about 20 years ago, this is still the only Essex site so far as I am aware.
October 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Excitement on Harwich Beach yesterday: hundreds of Pointed Snails on the upper beach. First recorded here about 20 years ago, this is still the only Essex site so far as I am aware.
Reposted by Julian Sidney
Cornwall Butterfly Conservation’s winter habitat management begins next week!
This year, we have a packed programme of volunteer days around Bodmin Moor and Camborne-Redruth to restore habitat for threatened butterflies.
Sign-up to get involved at tinyurl.com/2cbb2jzw
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
This year, we have a packed programme of volunteer days around Bodmin Moor and Camborne-Redruth to restore habitat for threatened butterflies.
Sign-up to get involved at tinyurl.com/2cbb2jzw
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
Practical Conservation Group Volunteer (Cornwall)
Our Practical Conservation Group Volunteers make a real difference to their local environment. Without them, many threatened butterflies and moths could be lost forever.
tinyurl.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Cornwall Butterfly Conservation’s winter habitat management begins next week!
This year, we have a packed programme of volunteer days around Bodmin Moor and Camborne-Redruth to restore habitat for threatened butterflies.
Sign-up to get involved at tinyurl.com/2cbb2jzw
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
This year, we have a packed programme of volunteer days around Bodmin Moor and Camborne-Redruth to restore habitat for threatened butterflies.
Sign-up to get involved at tinyurl.com/2cbb2jzw
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
Phasia obesa seen this afternoon feeding on daisies in our garden.
Phasia obesa is a parasitoid of shield bugs. Specifically, its larvae parasitize nymphs of several Heteropteran species, including shield bugs.
I count a dozen Shieldbug daily in our garden.
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
#flies
Phasia obesa is a parasitoid of shield bugs. Specifically, its larvae parasitize nymphs of several Heteropteran species, including shield bugs.
I count a dozen Shieldbug daily in our garden.
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
#flies
October 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Phasia obesa seen this afternoon feeding on daisies in our garden.
Phasia obesa is a parasitoid of shield bugs. Specifically, its larvae parasitize nymphs of several Heteropteran species, including shield bugs.
I count a dozen Shieldbug daily in our garden.
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
#flies
Phasia obesa is a parasitoid of shield bugs. Specifically, its larvae parasitize nymphs of several Heteropteran species, including shield bugs.
I count a dozen Shieldbug daily in our garden.
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
#flies
Northern Deep-Brown Dart
was the highlight of the moth trap on Saturday night in our North East Essex garden on a windy night.
#moths
#teammoths
was the highlight of the moth trap on Saturday night in our North East Essex garden on a windy night.
#moths
#teammoths
October 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Northern Deep-Brown Dart
was the highlight of the moth trap on Saturday night in our North East Essex garden on a windy night.
#moths
#teammoths
was the highlight of the moth trap on Saturday night in our North East Essex garden on a windy night.
#moths
#teammoths
Reposted by Julian Sidney
Members Afternoon this Saturday at 2pm, Mike Slater Butterfly Conservation Officer for Warwickshire will share his 50 years experience on how the Small Blue was saved from regional extinction and how Warwickshire undertake conservation. We hope to see you. buff.ly/s6zL6J0
October 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Members Afternoon this Saturday at 2pm, Mike Slater Butterfly Conservation Officer for Warwickshire will share his 50 years experience on how the Small Blue was saved from regional extinction and how Warwickshire undertake conservation. We hope to see you. buff.ly/s6zL6J0
A male Spilichneumon occisorius
This must be my find of my life. Very few verified records in the uk.
Verified today by Malcolm Storey #irecord
This must be my find of my life. Very few verified records in the uk.
Verified today by Malcolm Storey #irecord
October 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A male Spilichneumon occisorius
This must be my find of my life. Very few verified records in the uk.
Verified today by Malcolm Storey #irecord
This must be my find of my life. Very few verified records in the uk.
Verified today by Malcolm Storey #irecord