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Butterfly Conservation (Dorset Branch) @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social · 50m

STOP PRESS: Long-tailed Blue see at Southbourne on 9th October. This remarkable season keeps on going www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2025/10/long...

Long-tailed Blue, Southbourne

Two photos of a great butterfly to see sent in by Tracy telling us: It was great to spot a Long-tailed Blue at Southbourne yesterday, 09/10/2025 and my husband Gary managed to get a slight open win…

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 7h

Press briefing today at IUCN Global Biodiversity Conference, giving results of the new Red List of European butterflies. It’s not good. Full details will be published tomorrow. Watch this space @europebutterfly.bsky.social

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 18h

Looks fresh, second brood??

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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 1d

Denbies Hillside, Surrey: a sign of our times - October 9th, stood in a t-shirt watching Redwings and a Brambling at the same time as this Chalkhill Blue butterfly!! It’s all over the place…

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Andy Martin @andos13.bsky.social · 21h

A rather small helice form of Clouded Yellow at Southbourne today. This individual had a delecate lemon flush on the wings. 😀 @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 18h

Great work Marcus to save these fab sites in Cornwall

Dr Marcus Rhodes @marcusrhodes.bsky.social · 19h

Around Camborne and Redruth, we will be working within the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site to manage scrub, Cotoneaster and Buddleia at sites supporting Silver-studded Blue, Grayling and Dingy Skipper.

A male Silver-studded Blue butterfly perched on the purple flowers of Bell Heather. The underside of its closed wings are pale blue with black and orange spots. The outer row of hindwing spots have metallic, silvery-blue centres.

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to talking at the Upper Thames Branch AGM and members day on 25 October, will be great to meet up with one of @savebutterflies.bsky.social most lively branches

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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · 1d

We need more of this, ecological management of road verges. And it could save local authorities money!

Arjan van der Veen 🐝🦟🌳 @aveen.bsky.social · 2d

Lelystad schakelt over op ecologisch bermbeheer: 240 hectare natuurvriendelijk onderhouden vanaf 2026 flevopost.nl/lelystad/lel...

Lelystad schakelt over op ecologisch bermbeheer: 240 hectare natuurvriendelijk onderhouden vanaf 2026

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 2d

Places remain available to join us there in 2026. If booked before 1 Dec 2025, they qualify for our Early Bird discount, automatically taking £150 off the list price of the tour. And the tour generates a donation to support @europebutterfly.bsky.social. 🦋(2/2)

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Butterflies of the Italian Alps & French Mercantour

This tour will suit those who enjoy being surrounded by thousands of easily accessible alpine butterflies at a fabulous time of year, as the burgeoning vegetation in this glorious Italian and French a...

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 2d

"If I were to set out to create my perfect butterfly tour then this would be it"

"I have never personally seen so many butterflies in such a short time"

"An absolutely fabulous experience"

Wonderful guest feedback for Butterflies of the Italian Alps & French Mercantour! (1/2)

#butterflies

Guest feedback for Butterflies of the Italian Alps & French Mercantour

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 2d

Fascinating development, cant wait till they make trackers small enough for smaller butterflies. so much we dont know about mobility

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Butterfly Conservation (Dorset Branch) @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social · 3d

Dont forget our Members Day and AGM on Saturday 8th November. Helpers needed www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2025/10/annu...

Annual Members’ Meeting

Our AMM will be held in Cerne Abbas on Saturday 8 November – see our Events page for full details. You may be able to help…

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Márcio Zikán Cardoso @zikan.bsky.social · 3d

Today´s Guardian has an article about our study on butterfly colors, where we compare butterfly colors in native forest to those in eucalyptus plantations. This is study is a partnership between labs from Denmark, Spain, and Brazil.
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As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours

The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down

www.theguardian.com

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Chris van Swaay @chrisvanswaay.bsky.social · 4d

Now the 2025 field season for butterflies has come to an end, it is a good moment to look back at the great work of the recorders of Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects. Almost 400,000 butterflies counted in 2025 on 1372 locations, 8,5 million since 1990 on 212,327 km. Thanks for all hard work!

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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · 4d

The new European Butterfly Red List will be published this Friday at the IUCN Global Biodiversity Conference. Watch this space for the shocking findings

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 4d

Your guides to a feast of fritillaries and a bonanza of blues will be our popular, knowledgeable, and friendly team of Paul Selby & Michele Viganò.

Importantly, like ALL of our butterfly tours, this one generates a donation to support the great work of @europebutterfly.bsky.social. (2/2)

Scarce Fritillary (Euphydryas maturna) © Jon Dunn

Chequered Blue (Scolitantides orion) © Clive Burrows

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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 5d

🎉We are delighted to announce we won the 2025 Communications Award from the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) Europe, recognising the power of our #RestoreNature campaign.

Together, we can make a change. 💚

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 5d

OK not the best picture but definitely an October Clouded Yellow at Durlston in Dorset, along with a couple of Walls, Speckled Woods, and an egg laying Red Admiral. Happy.
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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 5d

Miriam Rothschild used to say that reintroductions appealed to our ‘get up and go’ genes, but that does not make them more important than saving what we have!

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 5d

Wow, the season goes on and on

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 5d

Same here: I just encountered one yesterday in Thuringia, Germany.

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 6d

Still a few very fresh Walls on Corfe Common, my first ever October sightings in UK. @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 7d

17 sp + 44 moths in my Corfe Castle #mothtrap yesterday. Inc 24 Lunar Underwings. Other lovelies were Centre-barred Sallow, Sallow, Feathered Brindle, and Frosted Orange @dorsetmoths.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social #teammoth

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 7d

Very many thanks, always good to check with a real human, and expert!

Moth Identification UK @mothiduk.bsky.social · 7d

Shuttle-shaped Dart

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 7d

White-tailed Eagle heading east at Swyre Head, Dorset, 17:35. Looks like an immature from my phone pic @harbourbirds.bsky.social @staldhelmsbirder.bsky.social

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