Second brood male Adonis Blue. Aston Rowant NR, Oxfordshire 19/8/24 BC Upper Thames Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Adonis Blue, Aston Rowant, 16/8. AstonRowantNNR BC Upper Thames Butterfly Conservation 🦋

🦋 A Farming in Protected Landscapes #FiPL grant is helping increase Duke of Burgundy butterfly sites in the Chilterns. The landowner, Chiltern Rangers & BC Upper Thames will improve scrub habitat & ensure there are plenty of cowslips – the foodplant of the caterpillars. 🐛🌼

Silver-spotted Skipper, Aston Rowant, 16/8. AstonRowantNNR BC Upper Thames Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Adonis blue #Buckinghamshire BC Upper Thames

Late summer Butterfly ID for Chiltern Rangers Chilterns National Landscape New Shoots today. Chalk grassland species ID (Adonis & Chalk-hill Blue 👍) and intro to formal WCBS surveying. Thanks BC Upper Thames for your expertise, @bbowt for hosting us at Yoesdon Bank NR & Buckinghamshire Council 👍👍

Female Common Blue, Aston Rowant, 16/8. AstonRowantNNR BC Upper Thames Butterfly Conservation 🦋

I took this picture in my garden (Berks/Oxon border) back in 2015. As far as I can recall, I haven't seen Small Tortoiseshell in the garden since and have seen very few while out and about in the UTB area. Are other other people having more luck ? BC Upper Thames

Red Admiral with stunning underwing, never seen the like before. Do the colours change depending on direction of light? Top photos, same butterfly, different angles. 25.8.2024. Homefield Wood. BBO Wildlife Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Upper Thames

Another sighting of Long-tailed Blue in the Upper Thames yesterday. Claire Williams took these photos at West Wycombe Hill.

Chalkhill Blue (female), Aston Rowant, 16/8. AstonRowantNNR BC Upper Thames Butterfly Conservation 🦋

A Long-tailed Blue seen during my weekly transect on West Wycombe hill on Sunday 25 August. A wonderful surprise. Only the 7th recorded in our BC region but 3 of those were 2024. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Upper Thames OM Digital Solutions National Trust West Wycombe Park NT #butterflies #westwycombe

The tiniest Holly Blue 🦋 I’ve ever seen, a second brood Small Heath and other butterflies in the forest 🌳 Beds and Northants BC BC Upper Thames Alan Neale

Great to see the silver spotted skipper #butterfly BBO Wildlife Trust Grangelands today Chilterns National Landscape Chalk Cherries and Chairs Team BC Upper Thames

Male chalkhill blue #butterfly in hot pursuit of the female BBO Wildlife Trust Grangelands BC Upper Thames Chalk Cherries and Chairs Team

UTB moth event. This Sunday, Sept 1st, 10.30am. We will be opening traps left overnight at BBOWTS College lake. Come down and join us and dip into the wonderful world of moths! Then enjoy a walk at this lovely reserve.

Good thing I had my binoculars to spot this brown hairstreak high up on an oak today Bernwood & Ray BC Upper Thames

This special sighting of a wall brown butterfly was sent to us by one of our volunteer surveyors on her Greenham Common butterfly transect! 🦋 The species is now incredibly rare in our three counties, having largely retreated to the coast over the last few decades.

Small copper #Buckinghamshire one from earlier this summer, only seen 3, numbers drastically down BC Upper Thames