First small copper of the year at Lyscombe today 😊
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A few highlights from this week at Lyscombe. A relatively healthy ash tree, common blues and brown argus butterflies and stonechats feeding chicks.
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Don't forget - we will be at the Dorchester Corn Exchange tomorrow from 9am-4pm to chat about all things beaver related! 🦫
Have your say about beaver reintroductions on the River Frome, and enjoy family-friendly activities and displays. ~ Jack
Adonis blue seen at Lyscombe today 😀 @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
A brilliant morning for a Lyscombe breeding bird survey.
A good variety of birds seen including a ringtail hen harrier, wheatear, male redstart, willow warbler, corn bunting, lesser and common whitethroat. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
6 marsh fritillaries seen at Bracketts Coppice today. One reported at Lyscombe yesterday as well 😀 @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
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Hundreds of cowslips are now flowering at Lyscombe, with even more still to flower!
From a few dozen last spring to this, a great indication that the grazing is working.
All we need now is some Duke of Burgundy's to find them 🤞
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A glorious day for a butterfly transect. The meadows in Lyscombe bottom looking incredible. Meadow browns, small heaths and marbled whites most numerous. Common blues, large + small skippers, small copper and small tortoiseshell seen also.
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Dorset Wildlife Trust
Do you live in east Dorset and like butterflies? We urgently need someone to take over a vital transect at Hod Hill that has been running for 44 years. See our website for details
www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2026/04/coul...
Have your say on the future of beavers in Dorset! 🦫
Join us in Dorchester this Saturday for a drop-in consultation session on plans to reintroduce beavers to the River Frome catchment.
📅 18 April | ⏰ 9am–4pm
📍 Dorchester Corn Exchange
Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4ckBfc4
📸 James Burland
Our regular butterfly counting (transect) walk on Hod hill has been going for 44 years, but needs more walkers if we are not to lose the value of the data already gathered.
