Female Clouded Yellow form helice (where the usual golden yellow colour is replaced by pale cream/white.) Grafton Wood, Worcs 14/8/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Common Blue and Brown Argus at roost. Grafton Wood, Worcs 12/8/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Female Brown Hairstreak. Grafton Wood, Worcs 7/8/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Second brood male Adonis Blue. Aston Rowant NNR, Oxon 3/8/26 @rowantnnr.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Silver-spotted Skipper at Aston Rowant NNR yesterday (1/8/26.) @rowantnnr.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Sometimes the butterfly gods smile down on you... A bilateral gynandromorph Common Blue at Grafton Wood, Worcs 1/8/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

Scotch Argus. Arnside Knott, Cumbria 22/7/26 @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Male and female Clouded Yellow. Grafton Wood, Worcs 20/7/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Brown Hairstreak. Grafton Wood, Worcs 17/7/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Purple Hairstreak. Grafton Wood, Worcs 13/7/26. In what's been a good year for all species locally this seems to be the exception - I've only seen a handful so far... @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Nothing quite like a freshly emerged Brown Argus. Grafton Wood, Worcs 12/7/26 @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Chalkhill Blue at Prestbury Hill, Gloucs 11/7/26 @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Female Purple Hairstreak. Grafton Wood, Worcs 6/7/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Three Clouded Yellow seen in the fields surrounding Grafton Wood, Worcs yesterday (1/7/26) inc a helice form female. All looking very fresh so I suspect beginning of local emergence @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Gatekeepers huge at Tiddesley Wood, Worcs today (27/6/26.) 😏 @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Large Heath at Whixall Moss, Shropshire this morning. Arrived 7.15am to beat the heat but by 9ish not settling at all. About a dozen seen. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Female High Brown Fritillary. Alun Valley, Vale of Glamorgan 22/6/26 @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Tiddesley Wood, Worcs this afternoon (19/6/26.) Two male Purple Emperor seen holding territory up in the oak canopy. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Large Blue. Daneway Banks, Gloucs 19/6/26. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Female White-letter Hairstreak. Burlish Meadows, Worcs 18/6/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Silver-washed Fritillary. Tiddesley Wood, Worcs 16/6/26 @westmbms-99.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social

At least 6 Swallowtail seen at Hickling Broad, Norfolk today (14/6/26.) @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Swallowtail. Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk 12/6/26 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

Black Hairstreak. Glapthorn Cow Pastures NR, Northants 9/6/26 @bcbedsnorthants.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

White Admiral. Monkwood, Worcs 5/6/26 @westmbms-99.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Common Blue. Wyre Forest 29/5/26 @westmbms-99.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary. Wyre Forest early this morning (27/5/26.) Only one seen and not easy to spot amongst the Pearl-bordered already flying. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

First Large Skippers of the year for me at Monk Wood, Worcs this morning. 4 seen before I retreated at 9.35am when it was already 28c... @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

A very gravid female Marsh Fritillary. Prestbury Hill, Gloucs 22/5/26 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

Adonis Blue ab. krodeli (missing most of the underwing markings.) Prestbury Hill, Gloucs 22/5/26. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social