Chris Ambrose

Volunteer at Ainsdale NNR, WWT Martin Mere and BftB Gems in the Dunes project.

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

Nice Small Copper form caeruleopunctata along our week 24 UKBMS butterfly transect today. @UKBMSLive @BC_Lancs @savebutterflies

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

Female Wall along the fixed dune section of our @AinsdaleNNR UKBMS Butterfly transect walk last week. @BC_Lancs @savebutterflies @UKBMSLive

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

Getting this week's transect records verified in the field 🤣 @UKBMSLive @savebutterflies @BC_Lancs

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

@BC_Norfolk Our Dark Green Fritillaries at Ainsdale NNR are looking a little worn now. 2nd generation Wall out today. @savebutterflies @BC_Lancs

[Lancs Butterfly Conservation @BC_Lancs]

Please read and enjoy our 2025 UKBMS Transect Report 🦋

https://t.co/OMYNb13F2i

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

@MatthewOates76 4 Chaffinches on our feeder just now - a new record for us! @_BTO

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

@MatthewOates76 @BC_Wiltshire Hi Matthew. This female at @WWTMartinMere was enjoying the sunshine and 17°c yesterday. 🌞

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

Mating pair of Wall along the Ainsdale NNR UKBMS transect yesterday @BC_Lancs @savebutterflies @UKBMSLive

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

@MatthewOates76 My favourite caterpillar of this year. Fully grown Puss Moth out on the fixed dunes at Ainsdale NNR. @BC_Lancs @savebutterflies

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

Grayling numbers are good again this week along the @AinsdaleNNR butterfly transect. One even deciding to hitch a lift! 🤣 @savebutterflies @BC_Lancs @UKBMSLive

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

This has been a good year for both Grayling and Wall along our @AinsdaleNNR UKBMS butterfly transect walk. However, it's not been so good for Common Blue or Small Copper..? @savebutterflies @UKBMSLive @BC_Lancs

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

@FilbertCobb @AinsdaleNNR @BC_Lancs @savebutterflies Have noted that with Ground Elder in our garden 😡

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

This was a big surprise on our @AinsdaleNNR butterfly transect last Friday, 1st August. Lovely male Silver-washed Fritillary gliding amongst the tall Hemp Agrimony and Fleabane along a track in the coastal woodland section @BC_Lancs @savebutterflies

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

@Dukeofburgundy2 @AinsdaleNNR @BC_Lancs @savebutterflies Wow - that is a suprise. We thought it might have been blown down from the Morecambe Bay area as there was a strong North Westerly breeze blowing at the time - but Manchester?? Our Dark Green Fritillaries are all looking very pale and worn now.

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

We saw our first Wall's of the year yesterday along the @AinsdaleNNR UKBMS transect. Always nice to see. @BC_Lancs @savebutterflies

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

Lovely Orange Underwing along our @AinsdaleNNR butterfly transect yesterday afternoon. 25 butterflies noted, including Peacock, Comma, Speckled Wood, Orange Tip and Green-veined White. Great start to the year. @BC_Lancs @savebutterflies

[Patrick Barkham @patrick_barkham]

An A* (or should that be a 9?) for the government for announcing Natural History GCSE. And full marks to @curlewcalls for making it happen! https://t.co/I5OwzMu25E

[Chris Ambrose @chrisambrose22]

@MatthewOates76 Lovely Hazel catkins, Matthew, but isn't March the first month of Spring? Well, it is according to my copy of What to 'Look for in Spring' anyway!! 🤣

[David James @dave_b_james]

Here is the review of the 2024 butterfly season in Northamptonshire, with accounts of the winners and losers (spoiler alert, it's mainly losers). Let's hope our butterflies do much better in 2025!
https://t.co/lDe1PV6Rl1

[Dr Marcus Rhodes @MarcusWRhodes]

Scilly's own brand of Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria insula) from Tresco today.