Dave O'Brien

Loves wildlife, photography, dinosaurs, Forteana, and posh beer!
VC62 Butterfly Recorder.
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@beatricegroves1 Here's a couple of Water Avens variants that I've found recently. I wonder if some of these contribute to the garden varieties.

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@AlisonPailing Looks like a Cuckoo Bee, Nomada sp.

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@murphy_about Fewer in N. Yorkshire too. I think the dry summer last year has affected them. At some sites the primroses were quite withered by the end of May.

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Longhorn Beetles from Pickering Woods yesterday. Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn, Wasp Beetle, Spotted Longhorn, and Black-striped Longhorn.
@nymr @NLonghornRS

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Heading up to Gateshead shortly to see Anna Lapwood!
https://t.co/Mux9T0YoZl

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Duke of Burgundy seen this morning near Hawnby, N. Yorkshire, at a site where it hasn't been recorded since 2019!
If you look closely, you can see the vestigial front legs on this male.
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N. Yorkshire Burnt-tip & Fly Orchid, seen this afternoon.
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Duke of Burgundy seen in Pickering Woods yesterday, at a site where we've carried out a lot of habitat management work They're just starting to emerge on this N. facing site and numbers are already higher than last year.
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Fasciated Water Avens seen in Pickering Woods, N. Yorkshire today.
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Two Common Lizards seen today in Pickering Woods, N. Yorkshire.
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Female Orange-tip in my garden yesterday morning. I'm hoping she's laid some eggs!
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@NatureSaxilby @BC_Lincolnshire @savebutterflies It's the bluest female I've ever seen. It was rather spectacular looking!

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A very blue female Common Blue seen yesterday at Twyford Woods, Lincolnshire. The forewings had an iridescent violet sheen to them.
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@ecofriendlydd @BC_Lincolnshire @savebutterflies Thanks Angelo. I completely agree!

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Grizzled Skippers, seen yesterday at Twyford Woods, Lincolnshire.
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@macro_action No worries. Google isn't always reliable!

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I once met a Euphemia. Proper 'Victorian great-aunt' vibes!

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@tanyaeyre @BC_Yorkshire @savebutterflies Thanks Tanya!

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Some N. Yorkshire Pearl-bordered Fritillaries seen this morning.
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