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Emma Butler
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Head of Communications & PR at Butterfly Conservation. 🦋 Lover of nature. 🦋 Trustee of Hen Harrier Action.
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Hen Harrier killing continues on England’s #grouse moors in 2025. A parliamentary debate back in June did not generate a step change.

Blog: markavery.info/2026/01/20/r...

Photo: Dynamo/Ivan Ellison

@rspbinvestigations.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk @forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
#Defra
January 20, 2026 at 6:09 AM
emmabutlerfly.bsky.social
It was worth staying up late last night. So rare to see this in Wiltshire, England.
A band of green aurora with a large band of pink aurora above it in the night sky. At the bottom of the image a dark field with a bank of cloud sitting low in the sky.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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henharrieraction.bsky.social
📢Big Announcement!

#SkyDancerDay is back for 2025!

🗓️ 10th May, 2025
📍 Malham Cove, Yorkshire Dales
⏰ 11:00 AM BST, Live on YouTube

Get ready for an action-packed show with exclusive wildlife footage, thrilling guests, and a few surprises!

➡️ www.henharrierday.uk/get-involved...
March 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
Neonic pesticide use has been denied for 2025/2026 @savebutterflies.bsky.social #butterfly_emergency
January 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
emmabutlerfly.bsky.social
Visiting my childhood home in Welney, Norfolk, and treated to this glorious Christmas Eve sunset with the wonderful background sounds of honking Whooper Swans.
Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas 🎄
A river at sunset, with the orange glow of the sky reflected in the water.
December 24, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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richardfoxbc.bsky.social
All welcome at Butterfly Conservation’s free online UK Moth Recorders' Meeting (Saturday 25 January 2025 on Zoom). Reserve your place now bit.ly/3Z2MOzc There’s a fab line-up of speakers: bit.ly/3Z2MxfE #TeamMoth please repost to spread the word!
Welsh Clearwing (Iain Leach)
December 5, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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richardfoxbc.bsky.social
📢 NEW PhD opportunity: Peatlands, plants, and pollinators.

This exciting project will use population genetics & landscape info to inform conservation management strategies for the endangered Large Heath butterfly across Scotland's peatlands.
👇🏼
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Large Heath butterfly (Bob Eade)
November 20, 2024 at 2:44 PM
emmabutlerfly.bsky.social
Hello! How could I not join when the icon is a butterfly?! 🦋
Red Admiral butterfly perched on a bridge over a cycle path and road
November 18, 2024 at 5:49 PM