Banded Pine Carpet (Pungeleria capreolaria) last night in Bengeo, 1st record for Herts. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
Butterfly Conservation Herts & Middlesex Branch
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Welcome to the Herts & Middlesex branch of Butterfly Conservation - saving butterflies, moths and our environment Website: https://www.hertsmiddx-butterflies.org.uk/
Open Day – for everyone interested in butterflies & moths. Discovering new ways of recording. Sat 3rd October Box Moor Trust Centre, Hemel Hempstead. Booking is required. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000256220... #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social
It’s been a good year for butterflies! Hot weather has boosted overall numbers, but some species have done better than others. Find out who are the winners and losers and what might come next… @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social #butterflies @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
Richard Fox@richardfoxbc.bsky.social · last wk.Big Butterfly Count results are out 📈 📊🦋 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
Today’s star moth in VC20 is a Convolvulus Hawk-moth-a UK lifer for me!!! I knew persistence would eventually pay off growing huge quantities of Tobacco (Nicotiana) plants beside the moth trap & kept well watered! Otherwise a much quieter trap of late just 172 : 31 macro species #Teammoth
A visit to Woodoaks Farm - Hertfordshire (17/8/26) after work produced 2+ Whichats, 1 Wheatear, 2+ Stonechats 1 Yellow Wagtail & 4 Clouded Yellows #hertsbirds #birds #ukbirds #ukbirding @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
In spite of the overcast and breezy conditions today several Adonis Blues at Therfield Heath eastern/southern side. Some worn female Chalk Hill Blues also @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social #adonisblue #chalkhillblue
Anyone else noting a late 2nd/3rd brood of Small Blue @upperthames.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
An encounter between a male and female Clouded Yellow at Heartwood Forest, Herts @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
I think, a female Brown Hairstreak, this morning at Godolphin Community Gardens, Shepherds Bush, London - photo by one of our volunteers with @hcgagardens.bsky.social. @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Spotted on the pavement of the Uxbridge Road, walking to Shepherds Bush Market station, around 9.30 a.m. today. Managed to scoop up and place at foot of… a Lime tree with some lower growth. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social urban moth
Another terrific local river trail walk yesterday. There appeared to be swarms of Painted Lady's. It was a good day for butterflies. #Butterfly #Butterflies #Lepidoptera #LocalArea #LocalPond #ItWasHot #ItWasHumid #IWasDogged @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
Hummingbird Hawkmoth - Panshanger Park (Hertfordshire) 1/8/26 #ukmoth #hawkmoth #ukwildlife #teammoth @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
Breckland Plume (Oxyptilus distans) found Tuesday night in Bengeo, really attractive micro. @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social #teammoth
Minimum 217 Painted Lady's at Rivers Orchard site Sawbridgeworth this morning, anywhere there is Knapweed...
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Whitewbbs success. Court blocks plan for new Spurs women's academy in Enfield. North London councillors were "misled" over the environmental impact of a planned new training facility for Tottenham Hotspur football club... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Court blocks plan for new Spurs women's academy in Enfield
Local campaigners said planning permission for the football academy in Whitewebbs Park was unlawful.
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Many congratulations to all those involved with the SAVE WHITEWEBBS campaign. They've won at the High Court. See their Insta post for full details. Many people have worked so hard against all odds. Amazing achievement @savebutterflies.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social @malcolmhull.bsky.social
Painted Lady. So many this year. This resting yesterday on Ivy on our neighboring back wall, Shepherds Bush W12. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
An excellent visit to HMWT Panshangar Park today provided lots of lepidoptera. #HMWT #PanshangarPark #Lepidoptera #Butterfly #Butterflies #Moths @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
it's not often one sees an open-winged Purple Hairstreak but today I found one in the Knebworth Woods complex @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #purplehairstreak
Don't forget, there is planned maintenance on the UKBMS website TODAY from 5pm. This will mean you can't access the wesbite or enter data. Manitenance is expected to last until 9pm. Please keep hold of any data and enter it once the manintenance is complete. Thanks!
Ear moth spotted today on Butterfly Conservation walk at Bricket Wood Common near St Albans today. A lifetime first for me! @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social
A few butterflies from a couple of recent outings in Hertfordshire #hertsbutterflies #ukbutterflies @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social
Small Copper, Ringlet, Gatekeeper and Painted Lady in Panshanger Park, Hertford, 01/07/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
Large White, Meadow Brown, Peacock and Purple Hairstreak, Balls Wood, Hertford Heath, 29/06/2026 @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social
Essex Skipper, Large Skipper on Betony, Ringlet and male Silver-washed Fritillary in Balls Wood, Hertford Heath, 26/06/2026 @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
Essex Skipper, Small Skipper, Ringlet and Marbled Whites in Panshanger Park, Hertford, 23/06/2026 @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
