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A few elusive High Browns and Dark Greens on Aish Tor yesterday and today. Hopefully numbers will rise. BC Devon Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Big, beautiful, brilliant and bombing around!

My favourite butterfly in one of my favourite places, Hisley wood. Quite a few White Admirals on the wing. So elegant and magical. Bottom right was so close to my favourite ever shot but I missed! Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Devon Branch

My first evening purple hairstreak of the year on the way home from work. Hopefully won't be long until more are around and they are putting on a display BC Devon Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋

A handful of white admirals seen today even on a grey day. I like this view as it shows their furry backs. BC Devon Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Numbers of white admirals seen dropped to 2 yesterday in the wind after Fridays heavy rain. Hoping numbers increase again. This one was looking a bit battered Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Devon Branch

High Brown Fritillary numbers have been low all season. Only a handful seen at 3 sites today on Dartmoor. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Devon Branch

The most confiding Brimstone I've ever seen. This one was only a few cms away for quite a while. BC Devon Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Only 3 purple hairstreaks on the oaks this evening. Hoping for many more in the next week. BC Devon Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋

A good purple hairstreak day. Numbers increasing. 10 in the afternoon and another 30 early evening. One tree peaked at 16. A bit of a relief. Last chance I'll get to see them chasing each other about this year. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Devon Branch

A few more purple hairstreak pics. These ones showing the array of colours dependant on the angle they pose. These ones were sunbathing in the early evening ready to fight for the best positions Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Devon Branch

My first ever Apollo, Clouded Apollo and Titania's fritillaries today along with at least 20 other species 1800m up in the amazing alpine meadows of the Mercantour. Mind blowing place. Is this purple edged copper Dr Marcus Rhodes or anyone else?

I've totally fallen in love with the Mercantour National Park. Amazing food, swimming, scenery and of course butterflies. I've seen at least 12 species of fritillary (6 new ones for me. Here are what I think are Queen of Spain, Niobe, Knapweed and Marbled.

The Mercantour is also amazing for Marmots! Lots of territorial shouting, chasing and spying. As well as eating flowers and bonding.

My 13th species of fritillary of the trip, the weaver fritillary. Loads of valezina Silver-Washed. The more common Scarce Swallowtail and a Cleopatra today at the campsite.

Pale clouded yellow, southern white admiral, great banded grayling and courting wood white whites in the Mercantour. Up to over 50 species identified in 10 days. Plenty of unidentified ones too! Especially the blues.

Some male adders are beginning to return to their spring haunts. And some females around their usual places. 5 seen over the last two days. No newly borns yet but fingers crossed for a few to come. ARG UK British Herpetological Society Alex

The beautiful delicate wood white on the wing at Meeth Quarry Devon Wildlife Trust BC Devon Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋 . A handful seen.

Wow, I am genuinely surprised that Dartmoor was the third-worst National Park in England and Wales for sewage discharges in 2022. And not much behind Lakes and Eryri ... both of which are bigger. New campaign by Campaign for National Parks ... link below

3 adders seen today including this young one. Not a newly born. I think it is probably a year old. ARG UK British Herpetological Society

A family of whinchats still up on Dartmoor today