m wain

Working in the Morecambe Bay to help butterflies prosper and bring new management to wonderful woodland.

[m wain @mwain2]

@Jessica_E_Brown Hi Jessica done that… is that your bbc butterfly article ? :-)

[m wain @mwain2]

@BBC_Cumbria Great story bbc cumbria about mountain ringlet but a much better link to lots of resources and maps is to https://t.co/ctcna2Dgx6
Also they feed on Nardus grass commonly known as matgrass :-)

[m wain @mwain2]

Great research from Rosa Menendez, Clementine Larter and Tom Kenny on #BrownHairsteak butterflies. Also N2 effects on Butterflies by Hannah Risser, and Justin Patton on finding Least Minor moth larva. Today at student research conference @LancsUniLEC with @savebutterflies

[m wain @mwain2]

Brilliant butterfly research day today @LancsUniLEC hearing young people do fantastic science on priority species like #HighBrown, #MarshFritillary, #NettedCarpet and Northern Butterflies and Moths! Thanks to @savebutterflies Dan Hoare for starting the day

[m wain @mwain2]

Time for 2024 Lancaster autumn butterfly survey, @LancasterCC, checking the ivy and the last buddeia flowers along the alleys and the canal. Huge decline in numbers just 12 Red Admirals, 2 Comma and only 1 Peacock butterfly, in 2018 we saw average of 90! #ButterflyEmergency

[m wain @mwain2]

I'm calling on the Government to take immediate action to reverse butterfly declines.
So frightening to see so many important butterflies and moths missing this summer from Northern England!

Sign the petition:

https://t.co/OS8iPR72ph

[m wain @mwain2]

In such a bad year for butterflies, it’s nice to see our priority species Northern Brown Argus butterfly doing ok at #myersallotment @savebutterflies last week. Great management by the fantastic volunteer team, the grazier @grazingmatters and the landowner @LeightonHall

[m wain @mwain2]

What a super day I had at @savebutterflies #myersallotment reserve in Silverdale, North Lancashire. Met the A-team’ers stepping in to help out the Butterfly Conservations volunteer reserves officer. Thanks for all the above-and-beyond effort guys.

[m wain @mwain2]

@richardev @LancasterCC @Love_plants @NLancsWildlife @Lancswildlife @PattonJustine @StefanieGray01 @MarkCDavies1 Great to see this and well done @LancasterCC

[m wain @mwain2]

@Treebeard_793 @ArnsideSilverNL That seems to be doing very well! Is mistletoe quite widespread around arnside and silverdale?

[m wain @mwain2]

Surveying rare High Brown Fritillary butterflies in #cumbria, but cloudy with showers… I’ll just have to listen to exciting England cricket @bbctms …. Another 6! Marvellous

[m wain @mwain2]

Fabulous work going on in #Cumbria by #rspb for wildlife and @savebutterflies.

[Rewilding Britain @RewildingB]

Seeing hills thick with regenerating trees, a rewiggled river showing #rewilding's many benefits and meadows buzzing with life made a dream visit to @WildHaweswater 🏔️

Thanks @leeinthelakes @unitedutilities @Natures_Voice for sharing its wonderful – and still unfolding – story.

[Rewilding Britain @RewildingB]

Seeing hills thick with regenerating trees, a rewiggled river showing #rewilding's many benefits and meadows buzzing with life made a dream visit to @WildHaweswater 🏔️

Thanks @leeinthelakes @unitedutilities @Natures_Voice for sharing its wonderful – and still unfolding – story.

[Festivalbugs @FestivalBugs]

We've been bringing the excitement of science to music festivals for 10 years 🥳! Of course we'll be celebrating the #FestivalBugs' birthday 🎂 in the @sci_futures area of #Glastonbury, created by our founder Emma Sayer @panemma!
📰 Read about it: https://t.co/h5Uh3vuUQS

[m wain @mwain2]

@Moth_Lady @savebutterflies @stanleyestates @ForestryEngland @cumbriawildlife We were trying find that photo and to remember when that was! 2013… well done Zoe xx

[m wain @mwain2]

Lepidopterists 113 years apart outside the #DerbyArms inn, Witherslack, Cumbria. The pic hangs in the bar. Yesterday, @savebutterflies Butterfly Conservation staff outside the pub after day surveying rare species @stanleyestates @ForestryEngland and Methop Moss @cumbriawildlife

[m wain @mwain2]

Working with #OurUplandCommons project, with @LancsUniLEC and PhD student Sophie Mowbray, on Derwent Common #LakeDistrict today. To reaffirm presence of Mountain Ringlet butterflies, didn’t find them at a few 550m sites but did record over 14 above 600m. Perfect day for it.

[m wain @mwain2]

I was staggerd to see a marsh fritillary at 470m chase off a golden ringed dragon fly on the side of Robinson, above Buttermere today…. They’re getting around!

[Tim Knight 🇺🇦 @timknightwriter]

Mad, impulsive 4am dash from Cambridge to Cumbria (good forecast) in hope of seeing Mountain Ringlet. What a day! Also Northern Brown Argus, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary and a completely unexpected Marsh Fritillary at Latterbarrow. #30DaysWild @BC_Cumbria @savebutterflies

[m wain @mwain2]

Wowzer! Marsh fritillary at 459m (highest in England?) in sheltered beck valley on side of Robinson, near Buttermere. I’ve seen no food plant so it’s just moving through, but mountain passes no obstacle to expansion in Cumbria!

[m wain @mwain2]

@richardev @s4r4h_l @timknightwriter @BC_Cumbria @savebutterflies Yes marsh fritillary appear to be expanding all over the central Lake District. Hard to keep track of them. Great record in Borrowdale! Hope to be there Tuesday so will let you know