Three of my key butterfly species of 2026, an unforgettable butterfly year, Swallowtail, Clouded Yellow and Queen of Spain Fritillary. #Bugsky #UKWildlife #UKButterflies

Clouded Yellow nectaring on alfalfa, showing the "knee" in its proboscis #UKButterflies #butterflies

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Clouded Yellow at Leaden Hall in the New Forest today. Also good to see Small Heath and Painted Lady on the walk. #UKButterflies #UKWildlife #Bugsky

Wall Brown butterflies at Roydon Common this evening. I can't help but think they've left it a bit late in the year for this kind of romantic activity #ukwildlife #butterflies #ukbutterflies

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Yesterday we spotted a late flying Wall 🦋 on the coast. These are on the UK red list butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/...
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Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) larva in the garden this evening.

Feeding on Bird’s-foot Trefoil in Bournemouth. #UKButterflies

Another first for me was this gorgeous Small Copper butterfly this afternoon on my extended potter around the Kilnsea/Spurn area 🥰 #ukbutterflies #nature #wildlife #photography #nikonZ8 #spurn

Meanwhile, a friend spotted a massive flux of 100+ Clouded Yellow on mixed alfalfa/clover/trefoil fields in a nearby village. It would have been rude not to check them out. I counted about 50 CYs, and got an in-flight snapshot of one the males haring about #UKButterflies #MigrantSpecies

Found two Clouded Yellows (Colias croceus) in a meadow in Nazeing, Essex on 21st September, one typical and one pale form helice. Had fun trying to get some upper shots of the helice form, but as usual only a few blurry photos were the result. #EssexWildlife #UKButterflies

Clouded Yellow in the New Forest today. Also good to see Red Admiral and Migrant Hawker. #Bugsky #UKWildlife #UKButterflies

Coming towards the end of a very good butterflysummer, so I thought I'd post pics of the species I've seen for the first time this year. Some I've not spotted before because they're rare, and others because I wasn't paying enough attention. Details in alt text #ukwildlife #butterflies #ukbutterflies

I’ve spotted loads of Clouded Yellow #butterflies over the years, but they’ve never shown much of a desire to hang around… until today! This one was in the next door neighbour’s garden, demonstrating the value of having nectar sources at home! 🥳

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At #Seasalter yesterday ,the weather was a bit hit and miss ,but I managed to find 21 Clouded Yellows (3 Helice),probably 40-50 Wall Browns and numerous Common Blues .Good to see 3-4 Shrill Carder Bees,although they refused to come up out of their ditch ! @ssmikeg.bsky.social #UKButterflies#insects

Missed the Pectoral Sandpiper at the Ouse Washes but at least 7 Clouded Yellows along a 1km stretch of the bank by the Old Bedford River #UKBirding #UKButterflies

I missed the Queen of Spain Fritillaries earlier in the year on the Amberley Downs, so was excited to bump into this box fresh specimen on Friday with @wildkatdahl.bsky.social
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Grayling at Thursley today. #UKButterflies #Bugsky #UKWildlife

Brown Argus amongst the heather at Roydon Common. Taken a couple of weeks ago, when the persistent drizzle we're having today was just a distant dream #ukwildlife #ukbutterflies #butterflies

Lepidopteral highlights of a trip to the North Norfolk coast this afternoon. Speckled Wood at Titchwell and Wall Brown at Burnham Overy #ukwildlife #butterflies #ukbutterflies

Clouded Yellow on devil's-bit scabious at Pig Bush in the New Forest this afternoon. #Bugsky #UKWildlife #UKButterflies

When a friend sent this gripping pic of a Clouded Yellow in his Lancs garden, I showed it to Alex amidst a flurry of (complimentary) adjectives. She looked out of the kitchen window and calmly replied that there was one flying across our garden 😱 My photo wasn't quite as gripping...✅️ #ukbutterflies