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Our Achnacree #BogSquad work party in #NorthConnel #Argyll was a great success removing a large area of #InvasiveRhododendron, despite the hail storm at lunch #Thankyou very much to all our volunteers that took part on the day

Join Butterfly Conservation's #BogSquad Sat 22nd Feb to clear rhoddies at Moss of Achnacree (North Connel), home to the Endangered #LargeHeath #Butterfly, which only lives on #peatlands. To book your place email pphillpot@butterfly-conservation.org tinyurl.com/3t88ecm9

Huge congratulations to all our wonderful #BogSquad volunteers for being nominated for a Readers Award from @TGOMagazine in The Extra Mile Award category! Vote for them now up until Sunday 15th December tinyurl.com/38dx8abs 📷P.Phillpot Restoring #peatlands #mothsmatter

Great turnout for our #BogSquad work party @LanglandsLNR to clear scrub. If left, the trees will dry out the bog, threatening special #biodiversity. Thanks to all those that helped out. A great way to celebrate #StAndrewsDay. Thanks to @PeatlandACTION for support &📷 Jackie Reid.

Join our Bog Squad at Cathburn Moss, Newmains, North Lanks this Sat 2nd Nov! Help clear scrub to protect this moss & the Green Hairstreak butterflies that call it home! tinyurl.com/yu3dyvwz Bog Squad is supported by @PeatlandACTION Image of Green Hairstreak by Iain Leach.

Thanks to @SPRenewables solar panel team for helping #BogSquad @LanglandsMoss yesterday removing birch saplings to help rewet the bog and help bog #biodiversity #largeheath @PeatlandACTION @ClydePeatlands @SouthLanCouncil @IUCNpeat @savebutterflies

Red Underwing, Catacola nupta, to light last night among a Poplar stand in East Lothian. An exciting start to a Friday! #MothsMatter @BC_Scotland

It's been a busy year for West Lothian Council. Managing 24 wildflower meadows, 7 sites of high-density bulb planting and 9 raingardens in parks is good news for pollinators. Flowering and fruiting trees have also been added to several parks. 🐝🪲🦋🍎

The Old Lady of North Berwick have now been and gone for 2024. At first I bemoaned how few there were, following a couple of yrs with bumper counts. But looking at the data (red line) 🤓 this year wasn't that bad! How will they do next year? #Data #ShiftingBaseline #MothsMatter

Despite heavy rain nearly all night the haul was 523 of 54 in the MV and 52 of 16 to Sugar (4sp not recorded at light). Probably one of my bigger September catches. Also an insane number of Violet Ground Beetles to sugar last night #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

It's September and the beginning of meteorological autumn! Be on the lookout for these butterflies and moths 🦋🍂 Discover more species with tips on how you can help them by signing up to our monthly enewsletter 👉 butrfli.es/2Td2KQg #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

Bog-tastic news! Our Bog Squad has been granted funding to keep protecting precious peatlands in the Central Belt for another year. Thanks to @PeatlandACTION! Read the full story here: butterfly-conservation.org/.../bog-squad-…...

Unfortunately it didn't play ball for good photo but I was delighted to have seen my first ever Loch Leven Wall Brown at Levenmouth this morning. It's only the second one I've heard about locally. It was quite territorial, chasing off Peacocks.

A mini-rush of new garden moths last night in #Portsoy. Nothing unexpected but Pine Carpet and Black Rustic were also new for hectad. Also Brown-spot Pinion, Canary-shouldered Thorn and Agonopterix nervosa (not pictured). @BC_Scotland

Buff Footman in the garden trap this morning. New for here, but seems to be going from strength to strength after first appearing in NE Scotland just four years ago. @BC_Scotland

The beautiful Magpie moth (Abraxas grossulariata) is one of our species to see this month 😍 Most abundant on northern heather moorland but can also be found in gardens, allotments, hedgerows and woodland. 📷: Patrick Clement, Mark Parsons, Dave Shenton #MothsMatter #MothMonday

Did you see us on Good Morning Britain yesterday? Find out why butterfly sightings have been so low this year!

Will you be joining members of our #BuglifeScotland team at the #Bannockburn Bioblitz this weekend? 📅 Saturday 10 August 🕚 11:00-15:00 📌 Bannockburn, #Stirling Its a free event to connect with a local #nature spot & we can't wait to see you there! @wildbannockburn

Over the past 3 weeks almost 80,000 citizen scientists got out for the #BigButterflyCount! 🦋🙌 We are so grateful to everyone who joined in and for sending us your fantastic photos and videos!

A few recent moths, D&G VC73. Reasonable numbers on the few decent nights for trapping and some nice moths in the last week or two. Four-spotted Footman, Northern Arches, Minor Shoulder-knot, Manchester Treble-bar. @BC_Scotland @BritishMoths @ukmoths