Butterflies On Film

A handful of Clouded Yellows in a field full of Bristly oxtongue along with a less common 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 (female with black and white upper wings) near Harlestone, Northants @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1

Chicken of the Woods in a Northampton housing estate @missingmass1 #fungi

A Clouded Yellow, one of many in a field full of Lucerne near Pitsford Water @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1

Chasing Clouded Yellows around a field of lucerne in the Northamptonshire countryside @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1 @savebutterflies

Lucky to see the two Helice form of the Clouded Yellow at Creaton sewage works. The slowed down clips show the Helice has a black and white upper wing, greenish under wing and is female (spots on the black border) @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1 @savebutterflies

The Ravensthorpe Nursery gardens were looking spectacular today with colourful Asters and Sedum, attracting Painted Ladies, Red Admiral, Peacock, Comma and Small Copper. It is open tomorrow too, as part of the National Garden Scheme. @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1

Lucerne for #wildflowerhour a favourite of the Clouded Yellow butterfly @wildflower_hour @missingmass1

Bristly Oxtongue playing host to Clouded Yellow butterflies in a field in the Northamptonshire countryside @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1

An amazing field full of Lucerne with many Clouded Yellows including this mating pair. Also Common Blue, Peacocks, Small Coppers and Painted Lady @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1 @savebutterflies

At the Greek church ⛪️ in the Berrywood area of Duston, a Large White on the verbena and Small Copper on the sedum and on one of grave markers 🪦 @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1 @Duston_PC

Clouded Yellows filmed on the wing in a field of Lucerne in Creaton, Northamptonshire @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1

A nice time looking in the fallow fields of the Cottesbrooke Estate and fortunate to see this Hummingbird Hawkmoth nectaring on Lacy Phacelia (Fiddleneck). Despite the strong wind it did an amazing job of remaining steady ! @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1 @savebutterflies

A minute of mindfulness 🧘 and watch the butterflies

The @froglifers pond in Berrywood, Duston still flowering for the Holly Blues and Green-veined Whites. Watch to the end for a rare mammal spotted nearby 😃 @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1

Guess the moth Watch to the end for the reveal Spotted in a Northamptonshire hedgerow @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1

A male Clouded Yellow feeding on Crimson Clover in a agricultural meadow on the Cottesbrooke Estate, Northants @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1 @savebutterflies

A field of Clouded Yellow butterflies in the heart of Northamptonshire (Upper Harlestone). The hot summer has brought this migrant butterfly in from the continent. Film stills show both male and female present. @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1

The egg 🥚

Still plenty of Wood Whites in Hazelborough Forest with this one egg-laying @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1