Professor of Archaeological Heritage researching the history and ethics of collecting material culture. Heritage and its impact. Museums & Archives. FRSA FSA https://linktr.ee/davidwjgillhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mufhsd6jj22jAugust ends with just under @savebutterflies.bsky.social 4000 observations, 600 behind the whole of 2025. Painted lady remains at no. 4. @bc-suffolk.bsky.social31 Aug 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufhsd6jj22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mtywn4yj622wButterfly observations for 2026 just passed those for 2024 @jamescbr.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social26 Aug 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtywn4yj622whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mt57syt5us2r3,500 butterfly observations this year; 1,000 for sm white; 267 painted lady @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social NB 1,000 less than 2025; 300 less than 202415 Aug 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt57syt5us2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3ms4kde5sec2yOver 3000 observations this year though large whites very low @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social 1500 more needed to equal 2025 @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social02 Aug 2026 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4kde5sec2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mqzekrzr722hWhile numbers for some species are up, this does not seem to be a good year for butterflies where I am ... but perhaps numbers will increase during August @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social19 Jul 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzekrzr722hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mqr32h4buk2bMore objects linked to Dietrich von Bothmer and Fritz Bürki deaccessioned by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/07/two-more-bothmer-donations-returned-to.html16 Jul 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr32h4buk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mqf6462x5s2o2100 butterfly observations this year. Painted lady numbers are striking; but overall numbers seem to be down @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social11 Jul 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqf6462x5s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mq3kcojtpc26The scale of classical returns from New York's @metmuseum.org is staggering @manhattanda.bsky.social https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/07/classical-returns-from-new-yorks.html07 Jul 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3kcojtpc26https://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mptymabibk2v#heritagecrime #Cymru #offroading #Cadw #Wales https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkv8ndjnkgo04 Jul 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptymabibk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mnxmjia6wc2vProtection for the site of the battle of Granikos #AlexandertheGreat https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/buyuk-iskenderin-ilk-buyuk-zaferini-kazandigi-granikos-savas-alani-koruma-altina-alindi/395995410 Jun 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxmjia6wc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mnc7kkyg6c2rHeritage Crime #Scotland https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4p701j2llo02 Jun 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnc7kkyg6c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mn3yaboxvs22Over 1,000 butterfly observations this year - and especially with large numbers of Painted Lady @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social Here is my list of top 10 sightings.30 May 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3yaboxvs22https://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mn3xul7p2s22Presumably a hawk-moth feeding on the valerian in our garden @bc-suffolk.bsky.social30 May 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3xul7p2s22https://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mmei3gydnc2m@bc-suffolk.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social21 May 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmei3gydnc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mkv72jjw522wFirst painted lady of the year basking on the Suffolk coast at Hollesley Marshes @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social02 May 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv72jjw522whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mkliwv6h722vVolcanic activity on the Methana peninsula, Greece https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/environment/1302236/greeces-methana-shows-volcanoes-can-slumber-a-long-time-before-reawakening/28 Apr 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkliwv6h722vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mklifkivts2w#archaeology #Scotland https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8pn564715o28 Apr 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklifkivts2whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mkdm5q4srs2nWell over 100 observations - 9 species - today bringing this year's total to 450. Plenty of male and female orange-tips with a few holy blues. @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social25 Apr 2026 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdm5q4srs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mjrzkgqess2jFirst sightings of green-veined white and red admiral today at Flatford; numerous female orange tips; this year's count just went over the 200 mark @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social18 Apr 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrzkgqess2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mjmapm7rfc2mLate Roman portrait excavated in the agora at Izmir in the early 1930s has been returned to Türkiye from the Denver Art Museum @denverartmuseum.bsky.social https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/04/denver-art-museum-returns-roman.html16 Apr 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmapm7rfc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mj2z2jut2c22First 100 observations this year: Peacock (65), sm white (21), brimstone, orange tip, sm tortoiseshell, comma, sp wood @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social09 Apr 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2z2jut2c22https://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3me4zvjexpc23Association with Becchina overlooked at the Cycladic conference @metmuseum.org discussing the Stern collection of Cycladicising material #provenance https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/02/drawing-attention-to-provenance-at-met.html05 Feb 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4zvjexpc23https://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3md66nm3xn22211 species in the @rspb.bsky.social Big Garden Birdwatch bit.ly/3tgxjGS https://bit.ly/3tgxjGS24 Jan 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3md66nm3xn222https://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3mc6ownxphc2qRoman villa identified at Margam @swanseauni.bsky.social #archaeology https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk8j1gkxelo11 Jan 2026 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc6ownxphc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidwjgill.bsky.social/post/3maevf362h22f#wildlife #Athens #urban #fox https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/environment/1290225/wildlife-increasingly-wandering-into-cities/19 Dec 2025 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:capaofz3ndedhinembj555uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3maevf362h22f