Mike Slater

Chair & Conservation Officer British Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire Branch, Volunteer Warden Ryton Wood Meadows All photos used in tweets donated by others

[Mike Slater @MikeSlater5]

@DeniseSewell10 I think Swallow-tailed Moth please confirm I have brain freeze

[Denise sewell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍷🐸 @DeniseSewell10]

@MikeSlater5 help please, what is this beauty in my garden?

[Mike Slater @MikeSlater5]

@DeniseSewell10 will confirm and get back to you got brain freeze Think it's Swallow-tailed Moth. Once Id please give you Post Code to Nigel so he can enter in IRecord unless you are on that

[James Timms @JamesTimms5]

With 114 individuals the Small Skipper was by far the most numerous butterfly on this week transects. We finished just shy of last weeks total with only 498 individuals counted from 18 species. @BCWarwickshire @savebutterflies @ukbutterflies @NatureUK @NaturalEngland @WKWT

[Mike Slater @MikeSlater5]

@NeilFreeman14 Have way down the list can't cope at the moment Mike

[Max Anderson @maxando]

Despite seeing only one adult White-letter Hairstreak on and around the Elm in Phear park, Exmouth so far this year, I've already found 6 eggs amongst the low-hanging, sun-exposed branches. @BCDevon @ExmouthWildlife

[James Timms @JamesTimms5]

Painted Lady on Ryton Meadows @BCWarwickshire @MikeSlater5 this morning before the rain. Also had two Lunar Hornet Moths videoed coming to the lure but could not get it to load. @savebutterflies @ukbutterflies @NatureUK @NaturalEngland

[Ruth Newby @ruth_newby]

First Gatekeeper of the year in my garden just now, making g a beeline for the Oregano as usual! @savebutterflies @BCWarwickshire @_JoelAshton

[John C @John1Coakley]

Weston Wood part 3 with @bcwarks . Purple Hairstreaks another Purple Emperor & mating Small Skippers . @StevenW33436788 @Tazzyb @greatrav1 @johnoz99 @savebutterflies

[Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973]

Another successful trap overnight with 3 NYG/NFY - Elephant Hawk-moth (finally), Shoulder-striped Wainscot and Bird-cherry Ermine. Also Box-tree Moth, Silver Y and Scarce Footman with a couple of micros out for consultation B74 VC38 SK10 @BCWarwickshire @EcoRecording @ruth_newby

[Ruth Newby @ruth_newby]

You don’t often see a Meadow Brown keep its wings open long enough for a photo. At 8.30 am, this female must have been warming herself up. @savebutterflies @BCWarwickshire @BC_WestMids

[Judith Barnard @BarnardJudith]

Went to the garden centre to look for butterflies and spotted a Purple Emperor 😁 and a cat.
@BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1 @AdeysAlthorp

[BC Warwickshire @BCWarwickshire]

A species which has recently been moving northwards and looks to have finally reached Warwickshire. Amongst the catch of 2000+ individual moths of 169+ species were Kent black arches and Tree lichen beauty - 2 other northward spreading moths #mothmonday
📷 Alan Prior

[BC Warwickshire @BCWarwickshire]

Sound the first for Warwickshire siren!
Acleris umbrana is a micro moth that Alan Prior (one of our moth experts), suspects is a first county record. This individual was caught as part of a moth trapping survey near Bidford-upon-Avon on 30th June.

[Max Anderson @maxando]

Here's my article from the latest issue of Butterfly @savebutterflies - I just LOVE hairstreaks, and I want more people to experience their incredible life-cycle. I hope info like this can make these beautiful and elusive butterflies more accessible for all!

[Neil Freeman @NeilFreeman14]

Just 10 minutes of sun late this afternoon was enough to bring out a Gatekeeper and a Speckled Wood here in my Solihull garden @BCWarwickshire

[John C @John1Coakley]

A surprisingly good butterfly transect this morning at Brandon Woods . Stars of the show with 3 of each were Purple Emperor , Silver-washed Fritillary & White Admiral . @BCWarwickshire @savebutterflies . Pics Silver-washed Frit & White Admiral

[Neil Freeman @NeilFreeman14]

A walk down to my local spot by Wagon Lane this morning before the next showers arrived produced 9 Commas, 6 Small Torts and a couple each of Red Admirals and Speckled Woods as well as Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers, Ringlets and Small/Essex Skippers @BCWarwickshire

[Matthew Oates @MatthewOates76]

Male Green-veined Whites imbibing minerals from wet horse manure today, + a Comma. This is more GVWs than I'd seen all brood - a big hatch of them here today (in Glos, back to Knepp tomorrow, hopefully)

[Matthew Oates @MatthewOates76]

Hen party. 2 Purple Emperor females getting tanked up on fermenting oak sap today @KneppWilding...