Decent amounts of sunshine at Portland despite the often chilly breeze so some nice butterflies seen including Adonis Blue, Wall, Dingy Skipper. Painted Lady, Small Heath and others. #mybutterflyyear #ukbutterflies #ukwildlife

Just to remind me it was warmer and summer-like only last week, in some places, here are a couple of pics from St Agnes. Hoopoe and Clouded Yellow, neither of which I am likely to see again this year! #ukbirding #mybutterflyyear

Perfect weather for Holly Blue butterflies...🦋🦋 #BlueSkyArtShow #Butterfly #Bugs #MyButterflyYear

VP with G, less of the same after a clear night, no sign of Curlew Sand. Greenshank, Green & Common Sand, Snipe, 3 Lapwing, juv Shelduck, 31 Shoveler. 8+ new brood Clouded Yellow round arable w Brown Argus, Common Blue, Sm Copper etc. #shropshirebirding 🪶 #mybutterflyyear @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

The inspiring Wern Farm in adjacent Monts with the wildlife groups on Weds produced several of the fine Calliphorid Cynomya mortuorum, Small Copper and fleeting views of Barn Owl amongst others. #diptera @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #mybutterflyyear #ukwildlife

First Painted Lady butterfly of the year...🦋🦋 #BugSky #Insects #Bugs #Butterfly #CanaryIslands #MyButterflyYear

So for #MyButterflyYear sharing favourite butterflies that I've seen during 2024.....Sweden in June the brilliant Cranberry Blue...🦋🦋.. #Butterfly #Insects #BugSky #Sweden

Wildlife Group on Weds were at Longdon Road Cemetery in town. Diverse mix of native and a few alien plants plus a few showy insects and many less showy ones. My first Ringlet of the year, Small Tortoiseshell (not seen many this yr) and Grey Sedge (uncommon in VC40). #mybutterflyyear #botany

Today with the wildlife group at a farm near Bicton we have been to before and always has some interesting species and a warm welcome. At least 2 Clouded Yellow nfy, loads of Painted Lady, a female Tabanus autumnalis (in a poly tunnel)✅, White-legged Damselflies etc. #ukwildlife #mybutterflyyear

VP early morning Green Sand, 2 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose, Barn Owl still out hunting at 0702, fledged juv Whitethroats, 8 Stock Dove, first Gatekeeper of the year, Painted Lady, Red Ads, Essex and Small Skippers etc #shropshirebirding #mybutterflyyear @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

Amazing sunny weather for Easter today bringing out the butterflies 🦋🦋 Male Orange Tip posing well... #Butterfly #Bugs #BlueSkyArtShow #MyButterflyYear #Shropshire

Also at Mowley Valley w the wildlife group, other highlights included yet another Clouded Yellow, a fine little bunch of Lispes (Muscidae) running about & courting on damp mud and the spotty eyed hover Eristalinus sepulchralis. #ukwildlife #mybutterflyyear #diptera @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

Some cultures believe butterflies carry the souls of the departed, this one sat with me long enough to wonder...💚 🦋🦋 the hard to find endemic Gran Canaria Green-striped White... #Butterfly #BugSky #CanaryIslands #Insects #Bugs #MyButterflyYear

I present the Provence Hairstreak butterfly, my favourite butterfly find in Spain earlier in 2024... 🦋🦋 we weren't expecting to see it, and they can be difficult to find...made it a super encounter... #Insects #BugSky #Butterfly #MyButterflyYear #Spain

One of my top butterflies seen in 2024, Frigga's Fritillary. This one found in the bogs of northern Sweden, above the Arctic circle line, in June...🦋🦋 #Butterfly #BugSky #Insects #Sweden #Arctic #MyButterflyYear