Judith Barnard
@BarnardJudith
Web Officer & Treasurer for Beds & Northants Butterfly Conservation, photographer & videographer
A whopper of a grass snake 🐍 in Hazelborough Wood today @missingmass1 @froglifers @NorthantsARG
Around 25 second brood Wood White seen today in Salcey Forest @BedsNthantsBC @UpperThamesBC @missingmass1 @savebutterflies
Jersey Tiger Moths sitting out the summer heat on a shady tree 🌳 Sensible.
A Purple Hairstreak spotted egg-laying by @missingmass1 @BedsNthantsBC @savebutterflies
An amazing 34 second brood Wood Whites in Hazelborough Forest, as good, if not better, than the first brood! Lots of tufted vetch around to keep them busy. Around 20 species in total, including other second broods and a Valezina still around. @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1
The Big Butterfly Count begins this Friday 18th July How are butterflies faring in a Butterfly Emergency? Help us find out by taking part in the world's biggest butterfly survey! The film shows some of the species you may encounter. …erflycount.butterfly-conservation.org
Alan spotted a Purple Hairstreak on thistle in the Harlestone area @missingmass1 @BedsNthantsBC
Dr. Richard Claxton humorously explores the concept of green prescriptions. Increasingly, patients receive Green Social Prescriptions from their doctors, as highlighted by various national organizations. H ngs.org.uk/green-prescrip…
The bridleway in Alderton, Northants is always impressive this time of year with lots of butterfly species. This time a White-letter Hairstreak was filmed egg-laying on the elm trees at the bottom of the walk. @missingmass1 @BedsNthantsBC @UpperThamesBC @savebutterflies
Looking for the elusive White-letter Hairstreak on elm trees in the Harlestone area of Northamptonshire, by @missingmass1 @BedsNthantsBC
Filmed on the island of Jersey, the summer form (prorsa) of the Map butterfly
Hummingbird Hawk moth egg-laying - I presume on some type of bedstraw. Filmed on the island of Jersey, July 2025
Hottest June day in Jersey today. 130 years of records. It will also be the warmest June on record - warmer than 1976.
With a maximum temperature of 33.4°C, today is the hottest June day since records began in 1894 in Jersey, exceeding the 33.2°C of 17th June 2022. June 2025 is provisionally the warmest June on record with a mean temp for the month of 18.7°C, exceeding the 18.6°C of June 1976.
Pendulous sedge🌾in Salcey Forest for #GrassChallenge #WildflowerHour @missingmass1
I love this whispy hairgrass in Salcey Forest for #GrassChallenge🌾#WildflowerHour @missingmass1
The Purple Emperor and White Admiral are not easy to film, but I just about managed it today in Salcey Forest - in oak tree tops (PE) and on bramble (WA). The Purple Emperor fly past has been slowed down to a 10th speed! @BedsNthantsBC @UpperThamesBC @missingmass1
Two months after the first sighting in Northants on the 26th April, the Wood White is still going strong. This was one of three in Salcey Forest. @BedsNthantsBC @UpperThamesBC @missingmass1
A number of locations in NE America saw highest June temperature on record yesterday. Data going back over a century in some locations.
Exciting to find two new locations in Hazelborough Forest for the Purple Emperor. I was lucky not tread on one which was in its own little world on dried scat! A bonus to film ther other purple target species: the Purple Hairstreak. @BedsNthantsBC @missingmass1 @savebutterflies