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21 Jun 2025
Mountain Ringlet seen at Raise, Glenridding on 20 Jun 2025. Photo © Ian Watts.
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Ian Watts retweeted
21 Jun 2025
Small Heath seen at Langdale Pikes, Chapel Stile on 19 Jun 2025. Photo © Ian Watts.
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Ian Watts retweeted
24 May 2025
First branch Mountain Ringlet report in 2025! See record at cumbria-butterflies.org.uk/s… (file photo).
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Crazy year. I normally go to this location in late June to see the Mountain Ringlet. I was hoping to see one or two early individuals but counted 29!
24 May 2025
Mountain Ringlet seen at Hartsop Dodd, Hartsop on 23 May 2025. Photo © Ian Watts.
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Ian Watts retweeted
14 May 2025
Massive surprise when I found a Glanville Fritillary on the mainland at Southbourne Undercliff Dorset today.Probably one flying from the IOW in the hot settled conditions. My first mainland coastal record since Hordle Cliff and Hurst Spit. @savebutterflies @BC_Dorset @HantsIoWBC
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My latest piece for the NS.
18 Apr 2025
The Scunthorpe crisis and the rebirth of national capitalism
By rescuing British Steel, Keir Starmer has marked a turn against neoliberal complacency. This realism should guide his government from here on.
🖊️ Ian Watts newstatesman.com/politics/ec…
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Ian Watts retweeted
15 Nov 2024
“Rachel Reeves will not have understood the importance still given to continuity and tradition in rural Britain and, in particular, the symbolic link between its inhabitants and the land itself.”
🖊️ Ian Watts newstatesman.com/thestaggers…
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Arnside Knott is now the go-to place for Brown Hairstreak in the North and possibly the most reliable site anywhere in England for a good sighting. They (mostly males) spend most of the day nectaring on Hemp Agrimony and are very easy to find.
7 Aug 2024
Brown Hairstreak seen at Arnside Knott, Arnside on 6 Aug 2024. Photo © Ian Watts.
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Ian Watts retweeted
13 Jul 2024
FIRST REPORT: Brown Hairstreak 13th July at @RSPBRainham, Essex. This is the best evidence yet that this species has successfully recolonised our region.
@RichardFoxBC @essexbna @savebutterflies
(Photo John Ferguson)
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The Burnt-tip Orchids seem to be the star attraction at Martin Down at the moment but I was equally impressed by the number of Marsh Fritillary there today (counted 21). Bumped into @lynda_lambert again too😄
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A phenomenal day, Julian. 25 Dukes (give or take one or two that might have been double counted) by my reckoning. Feels like the butterfly season is finally up and running. 👍
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Ian Watts retweeted
24 Mar 2024
Green Hairstreak seen at Duddon Mosses NNR, Broughton in Furness on 24 Mar 2024. Photo © Helen Wallace. Contribute your own sightings at: cumbria-butterflies.org.uk/r….
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Counted 19 eggs in around 15 minutes of searching a small patch of stubby Blackthorn. Also found one attached to a leaf (something I hadn't seen before).
13 Nov 2023
Brown Hairstreak seen at Arnside Knott, Arnside on 12 Nov 2023. Photo © Ian Watts.
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Because I am obsessed I returned to Ruislip this afternoon and was duly rewarded with 10 good sightings (all female). Seems to be a Brown Hairstreak season to remember. @Bc_HertsMiddx
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The elusive Brown Hairstreak doesn’t seem so elusive at Stafford Road. Visited with my daughter this morning and saw 8 (including 4 females) in just over an hour @Bc_HertsMiddx
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Wow! indeed.
14 Aug 2023
Wow! 28 Brown Hairstreak on and after todays Herts & Middx Butterfly Conservation event at Ruislip Gardens in West London. They are having a good year - my best total for this species. Thanks Nick Furtek @Bc_HertsMiddx @savebutterflies @BigCButterflies
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Chalkhill Blue numbers seem very low on Isle of Wight this week. Was it a very early emergence or have numbers crashed? @HantsIoWBC @RichardFoxBC
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