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Kirsty Evans

@kirstyevans.bsky.social

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An enthusiastic amateur, I love the great outdoors and all aspects of the natural world. The more I learn, the more I realise how little I know!

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 22h

This is very sad indeed. I’m travelling to the Arctic next summer, and hoping to see the rarities mentioned

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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · 23h

In the new European butterfly Red List, 8 sp are threatened in Scandinavian tundra where the climate crisis is causing warmer + drier conditions that allows scrub to spread on sensitive bog and open habitats. eg Agriades aquilo; Boloria freija; Euphydryas iduna. www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

Agriades aquilo, Arctic Blue (Photo: Nils Ryrholm)

Boloria freija, Freia's Fritillary (Photo: Nils Ryrholm)

Euphydryas iduna, Lapland Fritillary (Photo: Nils Ryrholm)

Overgrown bog habitat as a result of climate warming (Photo: Nils Ryrholm)

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 2d

Sure to fly off the shelf. Just look at that line up! 🦋🤩

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 2d

Exciting! 😍

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 2d

Caught my eye out on a walk this week in Newton Poppleford East Devon. Black Nightshade looking fresh and mysterious! #wildflowerhour

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 2d

Prepare to discover absolute treasures on this flagship trip! 😍

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 3d

She’s adorable! 🐸 🍂

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 5d

It's #FrohawkFriday, the day we celebrate the butterfly studies and artwork of FW Frohawk.

Today's featured species is Small Heath - a small tawny brown butterfly of, aptly enough, heathland, but also rough grassland. Frohawk's artwork doesn't do their hairiness justice!

#butterflies

Plate 41 of FW Frohawk's 'Natural History of British Butterflies', featuring Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 5d

Fabulous Frohawk Friday! And this week’s delightful little butterfly is blissfully abundant on my local patch 🦋☺️

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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · 6d

We need more of this, ecological management of road verges. And it could save local authorities money!

Arjan van der Veen 🐝🦟🌳 @aveen.bsky.social · 6d

Lelystad schakelt over op ecologisch bermbeheer: 240 hectare natuurvriendelijk onderhouden vanaf 2026 flevopost.nl/lelystad/lel...

Lelystad schakelt over op ecologisch bermbeheer: 240 hectare natuurvriendelijk onderhouden vanaf 2026

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 6d

When snails ruled the earth.......

BL Add MS 49622, f.162v

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 6d

Reminds me of cottage cheese with paprika! I love the weirdness of this fungus

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 8d

Little dragons!

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 9d

What a bevy of beauties! 🦋🤩 Hard to resist the temptation of a week in stunning Alpine scenery to seek these out.

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 9d

Passionately wild by nature #wildflowerhour

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 9d

Afternoon Delights! 🦋☺️

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 9d

Cool! 😎

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 9d

Fabulous! Ah, a Long-tailed Blue - I know them well! 🦋

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 9d

Cute! You learn something new every day! 😍

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 10d

That glorious moment as day breaks. Your life is golden!

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 10d

A bit of a Dream Team, you two, turning up treasures like this! 💎🤩

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 10d

What a treasure trove! 💎

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 10d

Some really fun guys (sorry😂) around on my walks right now. Love the Shaggy Mane - brilliantly named! And the Fly Agaric instantly transports me back to childhood fairy stories🍄

Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 10d

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Kirsty Evans @kirstyevans.bsky.social · 11d

Delicate and pretty! Dreaming of future encounters as an antidote to this wild weather.