We are the Dorset Branch of Butterfly Conservation. Butterfly Conservation (BC) is a UK-wide organisation with 32 branches working together to help butterflies and moths. www.dorsetbutterflies.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorsetbutterflies.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social/post/3mulzjf66hs2xIt’s week 23 of the transect season and autumn seems to be approaching fast. Adonis Blues are having a great season in north Dorset with over 100 on transect at Hambledon Hill. Small Heaths also seem to be having a resurgence since the rains came.03 Sep 2026 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:mkb4scbe6focnu6stvtn24lf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulzjf66hs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social/post/3mujyz52ngs2vAmazing late sighting of Silver-washed Fritillary at Kingston Lacey by the ever observant Shona Refoy on 1st September. I haven’t seen one for at least a month https://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2026/09/silver-washed-fritillary-kingston-lacy/02 Sep 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:mkb4scbe6focnu6stvtn24lf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujyz52ngs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social/post/3mufe4pgw4s23Our butterfly report for 2025 is out. You can read all about the changing fortunes of Dorset butterflies and how they fared in the long hot summer of 2025. Spoiler: they did a lot better than 2024 but only hit about average! Big thanks to all involved. https://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/No-109-Butterfly-Report-final.pdf31 Aug 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:mkb4scbe6focnu6stvtn24lf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufe4pgw4s23https://bsky.app/profile/dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social/post/3mu6eiyaszc2hIt’s bonanza time in Dorset for Clouded Yellow. They are now third in our sightings list, only just pipped by Common Blue and Small White. Looks like it will be a record year for this pretty migrant @savebutterflies.bsky.social https://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2026/08/clouded-yellow-bonanza/28 Aug 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:mkb4scbe6focnu6stvtn24lf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6eiyaszc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social/post/3mu2yx22yc22mAnyone else seeing Peacocks? [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:mkb4scbe6focnu6stvtn24lf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2yx22yc22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social/post/3mu2ywfdvk22mWeek 22 of the transect season started yesterday. Oh how summer is flying by. Meadow Browns are on the wane but Common Blues are showing strongly on many sites. Latest records here https://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/sightings/recent-sightings.php27 Aug 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:mkb4scbe6focnu6stvtn24lf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2ywfdvk22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social/post/3mtsx55sw6k24Adonis Blue seem to be having a reasonable second brood, at least in mid/north Dorset. Good numbers seen recently at Hod Hill by Mark Pike. What are your observations? https://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2026/08/adonis-blue-hod-hill-2/24 Aug 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:mkb4scbe6focnu6stvtn24lf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsx55sw6k24https://bsky.app/profile/dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social/post/3mtjt35gzrs2yIt continues to be an amazing year for moth migrants with lots of reports of Hummingbird Hawkmoths, the huge Convolvulous Hawk, Striped Hawks and now the appropriately named Passenger moth, seen in Weymouth by @paulupwey.bsky.social https://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2026/08/the-passenger-weymouth/20 Aug 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:mkb4scbe6focnu6stvtn24lf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjt35gzrs2y