The Mountain Ringlet (Erebia epiphron) is now on the wing, with the first spotted in Cumbria on the 21 May 🦋⛰️ We're asking visitors and locals in the Lake District to keep their eyes peeled for this elusive butterfly and report their sightings 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/…

Are you heading up to the Lake District fells this summer? You could help us monitor Mountain Ringlet - England's only mountain butterfly. This small, beautiful butterfly flies in June and July and we need help from hillwalkers to locate new colonies. buff.ly/AZYvjvk

Exciting news! Twywell Hills & Dales has been added to the Northamptonshire Black Hairstreak distribution list today after the transect walker photographed one drying out its wing after recently emerging. There are more details here in this blog post! northantsbutterflies.com/blog/its-time-…

Its week ten! Remember to record the % sunshine for each section of your transect - how to decide if its sunny? If you cast a shadow, that counts as sunshine. #UKBMS50

Join us tomorrow night to hear about a new survey method for the Northern Brown Argus. This is for butterfly surveyors in Scotland and Northern England. Sign up for the online workshop on June 10th - buff.ly/5iF4S3A 📷 : Mark Searle

Its week eleven! Have you started entering your data to the UKBMS website? Get ahead and enter your walks as you go instead of having a big pile to wade through at the end of the season. ukbms.org #UKBMS50

First branch Small Skipper report in 2025! See record at cumbria-butterflies.org.uk/sightings (file photo).

Large Skipper seen at Ormsgill Slag Banks, Barrow-in-Furness on 10 Jun 2025. Contribute your own sightings at: cumbria-butterflies.org.uk/report.

(1/) This week, we focus on the distinctive Common Blue butterfly. This species is fairly widespread in grassy habitats. Find out more about this species here: butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/co… Butterfly Conservation 🦋 UKBMS Live Data

Beautiful Marbled White butterflies now appearing in good numbers in rough grassland at Landseer Park, Ipswich, and mostly attracted to Knapweed flowers there (12th June 2025) BC Suffolk Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Can you help us monitor butterfly populations across the UK? Join the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey team, these fantastic volunteers survey 1km squares for butterflies starting July 1st. Find out more and check for available squares near you ⬇️ buff.ly/74kCfjO

Training next Tuesday evening for anyone interested in a Butterfly🦋 Square 😀 or existing volunteers who need a refresher 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/butterfly-sq…

Its week 12! For the keen beans - you can carry out more than one walk a week on your transect - as long at the weather is right. The data from multiple walks will be averaged for analysis. #UKBMS50

(1/) Today, we focus on Meadow Brown butterfly. This species is widespread and it can be found in a variety of habitats. It is sometimes seen on the wing during poor weather conditions. Species information: butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/me… Butterfly Conservation 🦋 UKBMS Live Data

The good weather is back, let's celebrate with some FIT-counts! 🌞 🐝 🪲 🪰 🦋 These ten-minute counts are vital for tracking pollinators and can be done anywhere—garden, park, or on your transect Find out more ⬇️ buff.ly/gG5E5fu UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme

The UK PoMS Scheme Annual report for 2024 is out! Lots of interesting findings and great to see the eight years of data start to stack up and provide robust evidence about the UKs pollinators. Check out the report here ⬇️ ukpoms.org.uk/reports

Week 13 and we're halfway through!! 🎉 👏 👏 The mid-point of the survey season, a good chance to look back and appreciate all we've seen and look ahead to the late summer species. #UKBMS50

14 Silver-washed Fritillaries seen on the Foxley Wood transect yesterday, a couple of White Admirals also spotted. #NorfolkWildlifeTrust #savebutterflies

Often the 'June gap' occurs at this time of year with the end of spring butterflies flight season occurring before summer butterflies emerge. That gap seems to have been closed this year with good numbers of Meadow Brown & Ringlet on the wing. #savebutteflies

(1/) Today, we focus on Ringlet Butterfly. This darkly coloured species with distinctive rings on its wing is often seen feeding on Brambles. You can find out more about it here: butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/ri… Butterfly Conservation 🦋 UKBMS Live Data