Hen Harrier breeding success continues on community-owned Tarras Valley Nature Reserve. You know, the place the Scottish Gamekeepers Chair told a Parliamentary Committee was "a species desert" & "there is nothing there at all". New blog 👇👇 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/07/25/hen…

Lots of fresh Peacocks @MagogDown this morning. BC Cambs and Essex

Transect @MagogDown today Small Skpr 1 Essex Skpr 19 Small/Essex Skpr 29 Brimstone 18 Lrg Wht 6 Sml Wht 5 GV Wht 1 Small Blue 10 Red Admiral 4 Painted Lady 3 Peacock 30 Comma 1 Marbled Wht 12 Gatekeeper 60 Meadow Brn 141 Still waiting for the Chalk Hill Blues BC Cambs and Essex

Roesel's bush-cricket @MagogDown this morning.

A very fresh second brood Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary from the Heddon Valley today. BC Devon Branch

Female Common Blue egg laying and Small Blues feeding on dung @MagogDown today. It was very disappointing not to record Chalk Hill Blues again. It is looking likely that this year's poor weather has affected them badly, just as they were starting to establish. BC Cambs and Essex

Butterfly transect @MagogDown today: Small Skipper 1 Essex Skipper 4 Small/Essex 1 Small Wht 4 GV Wht 2 Small Blue 16 Brown Argus 1 Common Blue 3 Painted Lady 1 Red Admiral 1 Peacock 2 Comma 1 Gatekeeper 12 Meadow Brown 103 BC Cambs and Essex

Wall Brown from Combe Martin last week. BC Devon Branch

One of many Golden-ringed Dragonflies seen last week from the Heddon Valley, Devon.

This Frog has a substantial pond to sit in at the bottom of our garden. However, it prefers to sit alone in a bucket full of stagnant water. It's been here for weeks.

A few caterpillars from the garden this morning: Red Admiral, Comma and Cinnabar Moth, feeding on nettles, Elm and Ragwort, respectively.

Wasn't it supposed to be hot and sunny this weekend?

Brown Argus and Common Blue from today's transect @MagogDown: Essex Skipper 4 Brimstone 9 Large Wht 1 Small Wht 5 Small Blue 5 Brown Argus 3 Common Blue 21 Red Admiral 3 Peacock 2 Gatekeeper 5 Meadow Brown 158 Small Heath 1 Unidentified Fritillary species 1 BC Cambs and Essex

Male Marsh Harrier over fields along Babraham Road, Sawston, at 1145. Cambs Bird Club

Brimstone from yesterday's transect @MagogDown: Brimstone 3 Large White 2 Small White 9 Small Blue 2 Brown Argus 7 Common Blue 24 Peacock 1 Speckled Wood 1 Meadow Brown 121 Small Heath 7 BC Cambs and Essex

Peacock @MagogDown BC Cambs and Essex

I am impressed with the new(ish) meadow Wandlebury Woods. Lots of fresh Small Heath and Common Blues there today. BC Cambs and Essex

Female Brown Argus going through cycles of warming up, followed by egg laying. On Colin's Bank @MagogDown today. BC Cambs and Essex

Grayling RSPB Minsmere 🌍 this afternoon. BC Suffolk Branch

Male Willow Emerald Damselfly by the garden pond this lunchtime. Sawston, Cambs. British Dragonfly Society