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Topside and underneath shots of one of the 5 + Small Bordered Fritillarys seen last saturday on a trip to the Wyre Forest with Steve Nikols & Gary Hobbs . Also noted were a male & female Common Clubtail dragonfly a lifer for me . Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Thanks to the ‘lure men’ John C and Gary Hobbs, several White-barred Clearwing were attracted to pheromones at the Wyre Forest, 31/5. Worcs Wildlife Trust WorcestershireWildlife West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Ireland's oldest breeding White-tailed Eagle feared poisoned. Press release from National Parks & Wildlife Service. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/03/ire…

Underwing view of a Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Wyre Forest, 31/5. Gary Hobbs John C Worcs Wildlife Trust WorcestershireWildlife West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Male Redstart, Wyre Forest, 31/5. Gary Hobbs John C Worcs Wildlife Trust WorcestershireWildlife

#OTD 6 people lost their life in a train crash at #Nuneaton Wreaths will be placed at 10am British Transport Police NBBC NBBCtowns

Female Redstart, Wyre Forest, 31/5. Gary Hobbs John C Worcs Wildlife Trust WorcestershireWildlife

Male and female White-legged Damselfly from a trip to the Wyre Forest last saturday . Steve Nikols Gary Hobbs

Let’s hear it for Network Rail. Ripping out 25x mature trees on Ryton Willows LNR in Gateshead in the middle of the nesting season We have Tawnies & Buzzards & more raising young in there. They don’t give a *>?k about wildlife do they? Gateshead Council RSPB BBC North East

Another Raven found shot dead next to a grouse moor in notorious persecution hotspot in Peak District National Park. Just up the road from the #springwatch site. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/09/ano…

Currant Clearwing, attracted to lure in my Nuneaton garden this afternoon

Undertook a trip to northern Shropshire yesterday with Gary Hobbs riding shotgun. Whixhall Moss NNR produced in excess of 20 Large Heath, the occasional one stopping for a brief moment before frustratingly disappearing into the peatbogs. West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Mating Silver-studded Blues, Prees Heath Common, Shropshire, 11/6. Gary Hobbs West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Nectaring on Bell Heather, one of several female Silver-studded Blue upper wing colour variations noted at Preece Heath Common, 11/6. Gary Hobbs West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Female White-faced Darter, Whixall Moss, 11/6. Gary Hobbs British Dragonfly Society

Male White-faced Darter, Whixall Moss, 11/6. Gary Hobbs British Dragonfly Society

Large Heath, Whixall Moss, 11/6. Gary Hobbs West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

White Admiral well into double figures at Ryton Wood yesterday. Gary Hobbs BC Warwickshire Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Mega-fresh Marbled White, 50+ on the wing at Harbury Spoilbank, 16/6. Also four photo-shy Dark Green Fritillary which disappeared as quickly as they appeared! Gary Hobbs BC Warwickshire Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Silver-washed Fritillary, Ryton Wood, 16/6. Gary Hobbs BC Warwickshire Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Warwickshire Wildlife Trust