Dave James
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Dave James
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· Apr 30
Northants Butterflies
A comprehensive guide to the butterflies of Northamptonshire, featuring species accounts, site guides, latest sightings, articles, and recording tutorials.
www.northantsbutterflies.com
If you’re interested in reading about the species of butterfly we have here in Northamptonshire, including where to see them, please check out my website. There are sightings updates, annual reviews, and identification guides to help you! www.northantsbutterflies.com
Sometimes you can be lucky enough to find a female Common Blue that is an absolute jewel! Such as this one, which was at Old Sulehay a few days ago.
July 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Sometimes you can be lucky enough to find a female Common Blue that is an absolute jewel! Such as this one, which was at Old Sulehay a few days ago.
Two new locations for Black Hairstreaks have been discovered so far this weekend in Northamptonshire. Please keep checking those blackthorns as there must be more out there. White-letter Hairstreaks are also now out so please check any elms for new populations of those too!
June 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Two new locations for Black Hairstreaks have been discovered so far this weekend in Northamptonshire. Please keep checking those blackthorns as there must be more out there. White-letter Hairstreaks are also now out so please check any elms for new populations of those too!
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This chart of the results of systematic timed counts at @wildlifebcn.org Brampton Wood shows just what an extraordinary year it has been for Black Hairstreak
(Figure courtesy of Vince Lea)
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(Figure courtesy of Vince Lea)
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June 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This chart of the results of systematic timed counts at @wildlifebcn.org Brampton Wood shows just what an extraordinary year it has been for Black Hairstreak
(Figure courtesy of Vince Lea)
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(Figure courtesy of Vince Lea)
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It’s fantastic to see Black Hairstreaks being recorded at Stanwick Lakes again for the 2nd year! Don’t forget to keep and eye on those blackthorns as I’m sure there are more colonies to be discovered!!
Black Hairstreak Butterfly (Satyrium pruni) with a Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma najas) at Stanwick Lakes, Northants
June 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It’s fantastic to see Black Hairstreaks being recorded at Stanwick Lakes again for the 2nd year! Don’t forget to keep and eye on those blackthorns as I’m sure there are more colonies to be discovered!!
Exciting news! Twywell Hills & Dales has been added to the Northamptonshire Black Hairstreak distribution list today after the transect walker photographed one drying out its wing after recently emerging. There are more details here in this blog post!
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It’s time to look for Black Hairstreaks! — Northants Butterflies
The Black Hairstreak season certainly seems to have started in earnest here in Northamptonshire. They were first recorded on the 29th of May at Glapthorn Cow Pastures, and by the time of writing (2nd ...
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June 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Exciting news! Twywell Hills & Dales has been added to the Northamptonshire Black Hairstreak distribution list today after the transect walker photographed one drying out its wing after recently emerging. There are more details here in this blog post!
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A Black Hairstreak in Salcey Forest this afternoon, what a stunning butterfly!
May 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A Black Hairstreak in Salcey Forest this afternoon, what a stunning butterfly!
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Appropriately it's #NoMowMay ,at Ransthorpe reservoir in #Northanmptonshire Sorrel,Birdsfoot Trefoil and Yorkshire Fog all growing on the dam bank and providing habitat for the butterflies that depend on them. #WildWebsWednesday @savebutterflies.bsky.social @davebjames.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Appropriately it's #NoMowMay ,at Ransthorpe reservoir in #Northanmptonshire Sorrel,Birdsfoot Trefoil and Yorkshire Fog all growing on the dam bank and providing habitat for the butterflies that depend on them. #WildWebsWednesday @savebutterflies.bsky.social @davebjames.bsky.social
I popped into Cambridgeshire today to look for the Great Reed Warbler at RSPB Ouse Fen. What a great bird! The other wildlife at the reserve didn't disappoint either!
May 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I popped into Cambridgeshire today to look for the Great Reed Warbler at RSPB Ouse Fen. What a great bird! The other wildlife at the reserve didn't disappoint either!
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Hearing rumours of sightings of Small Blue at the Newmarket end of Devil's Dyke (Cambs).
If you see one please let me know - here, or email, or iRecord. Thanks
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If you see one please let me know - here, or email, or iRecord. Thanks
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May 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Hearing rumours of sightings of Small Blue at the Newmarket end of Devil's Dyke (Cambs).
If you see one please let me know - here, or email, or iRecord. Thanks
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If you see one please let me know - here, or email, or iRecord. Thanks
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A quick update about how the butterfly season has been going so far here in Northamptonshire!
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A Warm Start To Spring! — Northants Butterflies
It has certainly been an interesting Spring here in Northamptonshire, made all the more fascinating by the record-breaking temperatures and long periods of sunshine. Spring, which is very often a rath...
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May 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A quick update about how the butterfly season has been going so far here in Northamptonshire!
www.northantsbutterflies.com/blog/a-warm-...
www.northantsbutterflies.com/blog/a-warm-...
If you’re interested in reading about the species of butterfly we have here in Northamptonshire, including where to see them, please check out my website. There are sightings updates, annual reviews, and identification guides to help you! www.northantsbutterflies.com
Northants Butterflies
A comprehensive guide to the butterflies of Northamptonshire, featuring species accounts, site guides, latest sightings, articles, and recording tutorials.
www.northantsbutterflies.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you’re interested in reading about the species of butterfly we have here in Northamptonshire, including where to see them, please check out my website. There are sightings updates, annual reviews, and identification guides to help you! www.northantsbutterflies.com
A male Orange-tip roosting on Cuckoo Flower in Hazelbrough Wood last weekend #butterfly #orange-tip #northants
April 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A male Orange-tip roosting on Cuckoo Flower in Hazelbrough Wood last weekend #butterfly #orange-tip #northants
It’s was great to record 31 Green Hairstreaks at Collyweston Quarries at the weekend. The highest number recorded at a single site in Northants since 2012!
April 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It’s was great to record 31 Green Hairstreaks at Collyweston Quarries at the weekend. The highest number recorded at a single site in Northants since 2012!