Martin Partridge
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What is cryopreservation, find out more about this project by listening to this video. can Freezing Eggs save the iconic British Swallowtail (Papilio machaon britannicus)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsW3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsW3...
Conservation Science: Cryopreservation: Can Freezing Eggs Save the Iconic Swallowtail Butterfly?
YouTube video by g Fun Facts online
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October 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
What is cryopreservation, find out more about this project by listening to this video. can Freezing Eggs save the iconic British Swallowtail (Papilio machaon britannicus)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsW3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsW3...
Cryopreservation of eggs will be used by researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in an attempt to boost numbers of one of the UK's rarest and largest butterflies, the Swallowtail (Papilio machaon britannicus). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
Rare swallowtail butterfly project trialled at Ipswich farm
Jimmy's Farm is collaborating with Anglia Ruskin University in an attempt to boost its numbers.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Cryopreservation of eggs will be used by researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in an attempt to boost numbers of one of the UK's rarest and largest butterflies, the Swallowtail (Papilio machaon britannicus). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
A Red Underwing (Catocala nupta) found in our garden today. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A Red Underwing (Catocala nupta) found in our garden today. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
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All set up for the day at Leeds CC’s Lotherton Hall. @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
All set up for the day at Leeds CC’s Lotherton Hall. @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
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An awesome video from Michael Williams taken a few days ago in South Derbyshire of Purple Emperors exerting their power over Comma's and Red Admiral's. Yorkshire has also 'fallen' purple with three sightings of 'HIM' this year from Sprotbrough, Guisbrough and York confirmed. youtu.be/ZSKUQgC1tHM
Purple Emperors National Forest Michael Williams
YouTube video by orpeken
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July 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
An awesome video from Michael Williams taken a few days ago in South Derbyshire of Purple Emperors exerting their power over Comma's and Red Admiral's. Yorkshire has also 'fallen' purple with three sightings of 'HIM' this year from Sprotbrough, Guisbrough and York confirmed. youtu.be/ZSKUQgC1tHM
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It's the Big Butterfly Count and we are at Tropical World Leeds. The Privet Hawk is proving a real crowd pleaser along with a very full moth trap. Lots of interest from visitors.
July 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's the Big Butterfly Count and we are at Tropical World Leeds. The Privet Hawk is proving a real crowd pleaser along with a very full moth trap. Lots of interest from visitors.
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Job Opportunity: Peatland Project Officer. An opportunity to help reverse the decline of some of the UK's rarest butterflies like Large Heath and Dark-bordered Beauty by restoring their habitats. Full time, fixed-term contract for 2 years 7 months). Closing 29 July butterfly-conservation.org/jobs
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Join us!If you are passionate about the environment, conservation and tackling biodiversity loss you couldn’t be in a better place!Butterfly Conservation is committed to delivering the biggest possibl...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Job Opportunity: Peatland Project Officer. An opportunity to help reverse the decline of some of the UK's rarest butterflies like Large Heath and Dark-bordered Beauty by restoring their habitats. Full time, fixed-term contract for 2 years 7 months). Closing 29 July butterfly-conservation.org/jobs
Many Purple Hairstreaks seen in most of the oak trees around Swainby, North Yorkshire on a warm summer's evening.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk
July 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Many Purple Hairstreaks seen in most of the oak trees around Swainby, North Yorkshire on a warm summer's evening.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk
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Discover the beauty of butterflies this summer at Tropical World, Roundhay Park from 19th to 31st July and find out about their habitats. We’re taking part in the Big Butterfly Count 2025 (19 July to 10 August) Join BCY team with live insects 19-20th July tropicalworld.leeds.gov.uk/tropical-wor...
July 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Discover the beauty of butterflies this summer at Tropical World, Roundhay Park from 19th to 31st July and find out about their habitats. We’re taking part in the Big Butterfly Count 2025 (19 July to 10 August) Join BCY team with live insects 19-20th July tropicalworld.leeds.gov.uk/tropical-wor...
My first visit to the Floodplain Meadow in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire. Butterflies were numerous and I managed to record two new species for the area, the Brown Argus and the White-letter Hairstreak, classified as Vulnerable in the UK. @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @nymnptrust.bsky.social
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July 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
My first visit to the Floodplain Meadow in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire. Butterflies were numerous and I managed to record two new species for the area, the Brown Argus and the White-letter Hairstreak, classified as Vulnerable in the UK. @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @nymnptrust.bsky.social
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🌿🐛🦋📢 Two exciting new Peatland Project Officer jobs with @savebutterflies.bsky.social in northern England! Adventurous ecologists wanted to investigate how Large Heath and other butterflies & moths can benefit from extensive peatland restoration. butterfly-conservation.org/jobs
July 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🌿🐛🦋📢 Two exciting new Peatland Project Officer jobs with @savebutterflies.bsky.social in northern England! Adventurous ecologists wanted to investigate how Large Heath and other butterflies & moths can benefit from extensive peatland restoration. butterfly-conservation.org/jobs
A bit surprised to find a Roesel’s Bush-cricket in our garden in North Yorkshire. They are certainly moving north at a pace. @northyorkmoors.org.uk According to www.inaturalist.org/observations... one of the furthest north ever recorded in UK.
July 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A bit surprised to find a Roesel’s Bush-cricket in our garden in North Yorkshire. They are certainly moving north at a pace. @northyorkmoors.org.uk According to www.inaturalist.org/observations... one of the furthest north ever recorded in UK.
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Our work is not done / never done! With around 300 species assessments still to publish on the IUCN Red List, there is still a lot to learn about the conservation status of these amazing species!
As June comes to a close, we reflect on swallowtails (it was World Swallowtail Day this month, thanks to @sbbtrust.bsky.social!) & the work still ahead on the IUCN Red List Global Swallowtail reassessment.
Thanks for posting, @protectspecies.bsky.social!
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Thanks for posting, @protectspecies.bsky.social!
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Big, Beautiful Swallowtails
Swallowtails are the flamboyant rockstars of the butterfly world! They are large, colorful and frankly spectacular butterflies in the family Papilionidae which contains around 580 species. Some have b...
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June 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Our work is not done / never done! With around 300 species assessments still to publish on the IUCN Red List, there is still a lot to learn about the conservation status of these amazing species!
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Another incredible day on the @greenwingstours.bsky.social tour in the Italian Alps. Among the 57 species found today, it was the Apollos that really provided the 'wow' factor - a nice male showing all of its red spots & a mated female with a 'sphragis' on her abdomen that prevents further pairings.
June 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Another incredible day on the @greenwingstours.bsky.social tour in the Italian Alps. Among the 57 species found today, it was the Apollos that really provided the 'wow' factor - a nice male showing all of its red spots & a mated female with a 'sphragis' on her abdomen that prevents further pairings.
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Large Heath after a couple of years absence on Fen Bog has returned with 4 seen on the transect yesterday which is very good news. Butterfly conservation are involved with a large new habitat restoration project nextdoor to expand habitat for this species.
June 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Large Heath after a couple of years absence on Fen Bog has returned with 4 seen on the transect yesterday which is very good news. Butterfly conservation are involved with a large new habitat restoration project nextdoor to expand habitat for this species.
Great to see so many Small Tortoiseshells this year. A good number enjoying our patch of thyme in the garden. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Great to see so many Small Tortoiseshells this year. A good number enjoying our patch of thyme in the garden. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
A short trip to Commondale in the North York Moors to see the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries. @northyorkmoors.org.uk @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A short trip to Commondale in the North York Moors to see the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries. @northyorkmoors.org.uk @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
Visited Norfolk over the weekend for #WorldSwallowtailDay with my fellow trustees and advisors of @sbbtrust.bsky.social
always feel very fortunate to see the Swallowtail (Papilio machaon britannicus) such an iconic species but under threat from rising sea levels and flooding of its habitat.
always feel very fortunate to see the Swallowtail (Papilio machaon britannicus) such an iconic species but under threat from rising sea levels and flooding of its habitat.
June 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Visited Norfolk over the weekend for #WorldSwallowtailDay with my fellow trustees and advisors of @sbbtrust.bsky.social
always feel very fortunate to see the Swallowtail (Papilio machaon britannicus) such an iconic species but under threat from rising sea levels and flooding of its habitat.
always feel very fortunate to see the Swallowtail (Papilio machaon britannicus) such an iconic species but under threat from rising sea levels and flooding of its habitat.
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Happy #WorldSwallowtailDay The SBBT team have been out searching for the British Swallowtail in the Norfolk Broads in the UK.
June 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy #WorldSwallowtailDay The SBBT team have been out searching for the British Swallowtail in the Norfolk Broads in the UK.
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Celebrate #WorldSwallowtailDay this Sunday 8th June. Post your favourite pictures of Swallowtail and Birdwing butterflies with #WorldSwallowtailDay
Checkout our website at sbbt.org.uk for lots more information about Swallowtails
Checkout our website at sbbt.org.uk for lots more information about Swallowtails
June 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Celebrate #WorldSwallowtailDay this Sunday 8th June. Post your favourite pictures of Swallowtail and Birdwing butterflies with #WorldSwallowtailDay
Checkout our website at sbbt.org.uk for lots more information about Swallowtails
Checkout our website at sbbt.org.uk for lots more information about Swallowtails
Celebrate #WorldSwallowtailDay this Sunday 8th June. Post your favourite pictures of Swallowtail and Birdwing butterflies with #WorldSwallowtailDay
Checkout our website at sbbt.org.uk for lots more information about swallowtails.
Checkout our website at sbbt.org.uk for lots more information about swallowtails.
June 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Celebrate #WorldSwallowtailDay this Sunday 8th June. Post your favourite pictures of Swallowtail and Birdwing butterflies with #WorldSwallowtailDay
Checkout our website at sbbt.org.uk for lots more information about swallowtails.
Checkout our website at sbbt.org.uk for lots more information about swallowtails.
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Join me for a fabulous day out hunting for swallowtails on the Norfolk Broads. The weekend break is sold out but day trips on Tues 10th and Weds 11th June still available greenwings.co/our-holidays... (pics by one of our former guests @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social)
May 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join me for a fabulous day out hunting for swallowtails on the Norfolk Broads. The weekend break is sold out but day trips on Tues 10th and Weds 11th June still available greenwings.co/our-holidays... (pics by one of our former guests @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social)
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Butterfly enthusiasts in Scotland and Northern England - we are pioneering a new monitoring method for the Northern Brown Argus - egg counts.
Join this online workshop on June 10th to find our more and get involved - butterfly-conservation.org/events/north...
📷 : Peter Eeles
Join this online workshop on June 10th to find our more and get involved - butterfly-conservation.org/events/north...
📷 : Peter Eeles
May 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Butterfly enthusiasts in Scotland and Northern England - we are pioneering a new monitoring method for the Northern Brown Argus - egg counts.
Join this online workshop on June 10th to find our more and get involved - butterfly-conservation.org/events/north...
📷 : Peter Eeles
Join this online workshop on June 10th to find our more and get involved - butterfly-conservation.org/events/north...
📷 : Peter Eeles
A good number of Small Blues were seen in Teesside, close to their original release site. There was however no Kidney Vetch in sight when there is normally vast swathes of it. This is concerning for future generations. It's supposed to be a drought tolerant plant. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A good number of Small Blues were seen in Teesside, close to their original release site. There was however no Kidney Vetch in sight when there is normally vast swathes of it. This is concerning for future generations. It's supposed to be a drought tolerant plant. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
A small number of Duke of Burgundy were found sunning themselves at the Hawnby Hill site in North Yorkshire. The few visible primroses were beginning to look a bit dry. @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A small number of Duke of Burgundy were found sunning themselves at the Hawnby Hill site in North Yorkshire. The few visible primroses were beginning to look a bit dry. @bcyorkshire.bsky.social