Martin Warren

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Restoring grasslands = big wins for #biodiversity! Grasslands play a significant role in providing vital ecosystem services, including pollination, maintaining soil quality, and natural pest control. ⬇️ environment.ec.europa.eu/news/restorati… #SfEP

A week today I will be running my first Marvellous Moths event at Sandy Hill Arts in Corfe Castle, Dorset. Do come along if you live in the area @BC_Dorset

the most abundant butterfly in grafton wood today 16/7/25 5 puddling there were 8 but managed 5 @WorcsWT @savebutterflies @BC_WestMids

I only found one Chalkhill Blue at Badbury Rings, my target species today.

Silver-spotted Skipper seen at Perham Down yesterday.. @savebutterflies @BC_Wiltshire

And that's a wrap. Day 8 of the @Mariposa_Nature holiday to the French Alps. We added this gorgeous Silky Ringlet to the species list as we crossed the Col de la Bonette. 136 species in 8 days. You can join me next year on the same trip by booking here: mariposanature.com/tours/butterfl…

On Wednesday we finished our Spanish Pyrenees Tour with 64 species seen in Aisa and Hecho Valleys and two very special butterflies: Mountain Alcon Blue and Great Sooty Satyr. In total, 113 species seen in 7 days of tour which is amazing!

It's been an open secret now for a while among our regulars, but today's the day we announce our Early Bird booking discount for 2026. Any week-long 2026 holiday booked before 1 December 2025 will benefit from a £150 discount off the list price! Enjoy your holiday planning! 😃

⁦@martinswarren⁩ is running two more of his popular Marvellous Moths events in Corfe Castle this summer. First up on Sunday 27th July. 09:30-11:00. He usually gets some wonderful species. dorsetbutterflies.com/2025/07/moths-…

So good to see butterflies nectaring on my buddleia after a complete absence last year. One of two Commas and one of three Peacocks playing now you see me now you don't.

More than 60 species seen yesterday in our Spanish Pyrenees tour!! We are at the right time to see all the blues🦋 such as Glandon, Mazarine, Escher's, Amanda's, Turquoise, Chalkhill, Idas, Osiris and many more.

Nature-friendly farming boosts both biodiversity and crop yields — but scaling it up may need more government subsidies to become as profitable as intensive agriculture, a new study has found ceh.ac.uk/press/nature-f… 🧵 1/

Delighted to have prolonged close views of Cranberry Blue today on a sheltered heath beside an achingly beautiful fjord in the far north of Norway. A wonderful encounter for my @Mariposa_Nature guests too.

And the "lifers" keep coming. Arctic Ringlet, Northern Grizzled Skipp, Frigga's Fri. @Mariposa_Nature Led by @dunnjons and David Moore. Sunburnt, mosquitoed, soggy booted - but blissfully happy. Inside the Arctic Circle you won't see many species, but they are stunning!

Balkan Copper before breakfast anyone? 🦋 Also Bog Fritillary, Eastern Large Heath & Bulgarian Ringlet. The @Mariposa_Nature holiday to Serbia continues to amaze!

A couple more treasures from yesterday on a blanket bog in Swedish Lapland - Northern Grizzled Skipper, and Frigga's Fritillary. I absolutely love this part of the world - what a joy to share it with our @Mariposa_Nature guests.

Today at Durlston, Swanage the sun shining on this female Lulworth Skipper nectaring on Wild Thyme really brought out the crescent shape in the forewings. @savebutterflies @GreenDorset @SightingDOR @DorsetWildlife @BC_Dorset

Day 3 of the @Mariposa_Nature butterfly holiday to Serbia was spent around Stara Planina. This fabled butterfly spotting territory produced the goods big style. Balkan Copper, Hungarian Glider & Bog Fritillary were the highlights amongst many others.

Another amazing day on our Butterflies of the Italian Alps tour! Today had an ecology air to it, as Southern Swallowtail was found laying eggs on a member of the Apiaceae, with 7 eggs found on one plant. Spotted Fritillary was also seen laying on Perennial Yellow-woundwort.

My first Gatekeeper of the year was a highlight od a verry windy day at Dawlish Warren yesterday. @WarrenBirding @savebutterflies @DevonBirds @StephMurphy66