Lunchtime Nature Survey Join us to try and identify as many species as possible as part of the City Nature Challenge!

Maybe you are in Shipston-on-Stour… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunchtime-...

City Nature Challenge - Salford Priors Join us to try and identify as many species as possible as part of the City Nature Challenge!

Salford Priors also has an event lined up - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-natur...

City Nature Challenge - Old Milverton Join us to try and identify as many species as possible as part of the City Nature Challenge!

And one in Warwick - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-natur...

City Nature Challenge 2026 - Abbey Fields, Kenilworth Join us at Abbey Fields, Kenilworth for the City Nature Challenge 2026 and explore local wildlife up close!

And another event on Sunday at Abbey Fields in Kenilworth: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-natur...

City Nature Challenge Bioblitz at Ryton Pools Country Park - Free Drop in Join the rangers to spot wildlife and take part in a global citizen science project!

One event is at Ryton Pools Country Park - an excellent place to look for butterflies to record 😉: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-natur...

Join one of the organised events or just join the project and record on your own. Visit www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2026-warwickshire-coventry-and-solihul

to find out how to take part.

City Nature Challenge 2026: Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull! Join us from 24–27 April 2026 as we take part in the global City Nature Challenge, a collaborative effort to document nature in cities and regions around the world. Over four days, people everywhere w...

Coming up this weekend! It’s the City Nature Challenge 2026! A global wide event that Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull is joining as part of a global citizen science event to document local biodiversity using inaturalist.

Two Emperor Moths on a bramble with wings open: one larger and grey (female) and the other smaller and orange (male)

Did you know that a male Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia) can smell a female more than 7 miles away? 👃

These winged wonders can be seen across the UK in open countryside such as heathland and moorland between April and May.

📷: Julian Dowding
#MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

Thanks for the fast reply! 😀Have any studies been done?

Photo taken from Lulworth Cove of a Lulworth Skipper nectarine. Photo by Tara Higgs 2025

Question for those of you familiar with the Lulworth Skipper!
Do the males use a patrol or a perch strategy to find a mate or both? #lulworth
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Warwickshire: Search for Emperor Moths Join us to search for Emperor Moths in the heather of Sutton Park National Nature Reserve.Pheromone lures will be used.Park in the small car park by the Streetly Gate entrance off B4138 Thornhill Road...

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Event alert! Tomorrow it is the ‘Search for Emperor Moths’ at Sutton Park starting at 2pm with David Brown.
Park in the small car park by the Streetly Gate entrance off B4138 Thornhill Road, Streetly, B74 3EW butterfly-conservation.org/events/warwi... #TeamMoth

We have been working closely with WCC & partners to ensure our butterflies & moths are included & helping identify key species & key sites. 😀🦋
Find out more about the LNRS in the article above.

Bringing nature back: Warwickshire supports major plan for parks, rivers and wildlife – Warwickshire County Council Restoring natural habitats, improving the quality of rivers, supporting the recovery of vulnerable species and creating more green spaces in tow

Great news! The Warwickshire Local
Nature Recovery Strategy has been approved by the cabinet this week & now will be submitted to the government for final adoption. 💚

www.warwickshire.gov.uk/news/article...

Great to see these metallic looking moths out! Green Longhorn - Adela reaumurella. #TeamMoth

A great company - Emorsgate Seeds 🙂

Streamer flushed out the woodshed
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Butterflies were al making up for lost time this afternoon but a few settled briefly . Seen on a walk after our work party at #AshlawnCuttingLNR @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Female Orange-tip settled in my garden this morning. She hasn't moved since the clouds built up again and is still there now @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A packet of wildflower seeds and a hoe laid on the grass. We have been spreading a range of wildflowers for butterflies at Ryton Wood Meadows.

2 volunteers working on replacing a fence post in the far meadow at Ryton Wood Meadows. Image shows a post on the ground and 2 people working on the stock fence.

2 volunteers shovelling gravel from a large pile into wheelbarrows

Image of the driveway with holes filled with gravel and soil and 2 volunteers with wheelbarrows heading up the drive to another hole.

What have our practical habitat volunteers been up to?
This Tuesday they were busy spreading wildflower seeds, fixing posts & improving the main driveway. Top work as usual! Thank you volunteers! #volunteers #workparties #habitatwork

More than half of Britain’s butterfly species in decline, monitoring scheme shows Warmer weather has benefited some species in Britain, but others that rely on specific plants or habitats have struggled “Insectageddon” has not occurred, but there has been a loss of butterfly diversity over the past half a century, according to the world’s largest insect monitoring scheme. More than 44m butterfly sightings scientifically collected in Britain since 1976 show that of the 58 native species recorded, 33 species have declined and 25 have increased in number. Continue reading...

More than half of Britain’s butterfly species in decline, monitoring scheme shows

Nice! And I can see a Orange-tip egg on the Cuckoo-flower 😀🥚🦋

Ruby Tiger moth perched on purple flowers

Side view of a Ruby Tiger moth resting on a dead plant stem

Side view of a Ruby Tiger moth resting on a dead plant stem

Look out for the spectacular Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) this month 🐯

This small, chunky tiger moth regularly appears in garden moth traps and can be seen during the day as well as at night.

📸: Rachel Scopes, Rob Blanken, Ivan Lynas
#MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

A messy garden is a glorious garden. We need to stop tidying, titivating and paving them over | Emma Beddington I’ve just watched another of my neighbours rip up everything green and growing around their home, writes Emma Beddington. It’s enough to make David Attenborough weep

A messy garden is a glorious garden. We need to stop tidying, titivating and paving them over | Emma Beddington

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Gonepteryx rhamni, Brimstone butterfly, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 08/04/26 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #Lepidoptera

Butterflies of 2026 - a collage of butterfly photos of butterflies sent this year with dates 1st recorded.

David Brown, our county macro moth recorder, taking about his new book coming out. The projector behind him shows the book cover.

Mel Mason from West Midlands giving a talk on the Pear-bordered fritillaries project.

We had a great time at our Spring Meeting yesterday! We took a look at last years results as well as a quick look at 2026 so far. David Brown did a quick talk on his new book & Mel did a fantastic talk! Thank you to all our fabulous supporters for coming 😀❤️🦋

It was lovely to see you Ruth and thank you for the cake! 😀

Stunning!🤩