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#AButterflyADay Grizzled Skipper at Martin Down in May #Bugsky #UKButterflies #UKWildlife
A Grizzled Skipper, a small brown and white butterfly, on a stone in the sun
January 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Green-veined White at Fishlake Meadows in 2024 #AButterflyADay #Bugsky #UKWildlife
A Green-veined White butterfly on a leaf at Fishlake Meadows, Hampshire in August 2024
January 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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#AButterflyaday This Green veined white butterfly taken during the summer last year. #Butterfly #ButterfliesUK #butterflies, #butterflyphotography #nature, #insects, #transformation, #mariposa, #metamorphosis #naturelover, #wildlife,
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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#AButterflyADay Green Hairstreak at Magdalen Hill Down in 2020. #Bugsky #UKWildlife #UKButterflies
Green Hairstreak, a small green butterfly, on a leaf in the sun
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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#AButterflyADay A blast from the past as I’ve only seen this species once, Glanville Fritillary at Ventnor in 2013. #Bugsky #UKWildlife
A photo of a Glanville Fritillary, an orange and brown butterfly, at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight in June 2013
January 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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Gatekeeper at Lakeside last year #AButterflyADay #Bugsky #UKWildlife
Gatekeeper, a brown and orange butterfly, on a yellow fleabane flower
January 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Hedge Brown butterfly taken in the woodlands in 2024. #Butterflies #UKWildlife #ButterfliesUK
January 4, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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#AButterflyADay Essex Skipper at Hayling Island Oysterbeds in 2023 #Bugsky #UKWildlife
A photo of an Essex Skipper, a small orange butterfly on a green leaf, with the upperwing view of a male showing its straight and short scent brand (black line on its wing) parallel to the edge of the wing compared to the similar Small Skipper's longer and curved scent brand
January 4, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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#AButterflyADay Duke of Burgundy at Noar Hill in April #UKButterflies #Bugsky #UKWildlife
Duke of Burgundy, an orange and brown butterfly, in the sun
January 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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Dingy Skipper at Martin Down in May #AButterflyADay #UKWildlife #Bugsky
Dingy Skipper, a brown butterfly, on yellow horseshoe vetch flowers in the sun
January 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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#AButterflyADay Dark Green Fritillary at Martin Down in 2024 #Bugsky #UKWildlife
An orange Dark Green Fritillary butterfly on purple thistle flowers in the sun
January 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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Grayling at Thursley in September #AButterflyADay #Bugsky #UKWildlife
A Grayling butterfly on heather in the sun
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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#AButterflyaday Taken during the summer this year this stunning Peacock butterfly loved the Buddleia. Hope to see more British butterflies in 2026! #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Butterfly #Butterflies #WildlifePhotography
December 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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#AButterflyADay Common Blue at Lakeside last year #Bugsky #UKWildlife
A photo of a Common Blue butterfly in the sun
December 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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#AButterflyADay Comma at Martin Down last year #UKWildlife #Bugsky
Comma, a bright orange butterfly, on a green leaf in the sun
December 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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#AButterflyADay One of my key species this year the Clouded Yellow, at St Catherine's Hill in August. #Bugsky #UKButterflies #UKWildlife
A photo of a Clouded Yellow, a yellow butterfly, on a purple thistle flower
December 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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#AButterflyADay Chalkhill Blue at Stockbridge Down in August #Bugsky #UKWildlife
A Chalkhill Blue, a light blue butterfly, on a purple/pink marjoram flower in the sun
December 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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#AButterflyADay Brown Hairstreak at Shipton Bellinger in July #Bugsky #UKWildlife #UKButterflies
A photo of a Brown Hairstreak, a brown, orange and white butterfly, on a knapweed flower
December 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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#AButterflyADay A beautiful Brown Argus at Lakeside Country Park in 2023. #UKWildlife #Bugsky
A Brown Argus butterfly on a plant in the sun
December 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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#AButterflyADay Brimstone at Rutland Water in July #Bugsky #UKWildlife
A green Brimstone butterfly on purple and green burdock flowers in the sun
December 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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I’m going to post #AButterflyADay for the next seven(ish) weeks. Here’s the first, an Adonis Blue and an explanation of why. #UKWildlife #Bugsky #UKButterflies
A photo of an Adonis Blue, a vibrant blue butterfly, in the sun at Martin Down Nature Reserve, Hampshire in May 2023 A screenshot of an iPhone notes page with some text explaining why I am posting one of my butterfly photos per day for the next few weeks. The text reads: On the site then known as Twitter in and around the Covid lockdowns I did various intervals of #AButterflyADay, posing photos of a different species a day, firstly to help the days roll by and I got to enjoy the reflections of working through my butterfly life list. I thought it’d be nice to do it again on Bluesky this winter as a little addition to my usual posts in the darker months. This time I’ll do it all in one, so 48 days (where possible to do it every day) as that’s the amount of butterfly species I’ve ever photographed. It’ll be one photo a day and won’t necessarily be the ones I used on Twitter, in fact I’ll try to use ones taken after I completed it there in spring 2021 but there are at least a couple of species I’ve not taken many photos of so will be the same ones. This time I’ll work through my butterfly life list in alphabetical order, so of course up first is one of my favourites the Adonis Blue. If anyone wants to join in, with whatever species from anywhere and for however long you wish, it goes without saying please do.
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM