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David James

@dave_b_james

Northamptonshire county butterfly recorder. When I'm not chasing butterflies I'm chasing anything else nature has to offer!

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I've created a new website, here you will find lots of information about the butterflies of Northants. It includes species and site guides, tips on recording and the latest butterfly sightings. I've shared a lot of my photos on it too. Hope you enjoy it! northantsbutterflies.com


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We have a new branch committee position available for the role of Social Media Officer to help promote the branch and its activities on our social media accounts. If you think this role is for you, please apply here - volunteer.butterfly-conservation.org/opportunities/…


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The Beds and Northants Branch of Butterfly Conservation needs you! Please read the blog post below, and get in touch if you feel that you could help! northantsbutterflies.com/blog/the-beds-…

BedsNthantsBC's tweet image. The Beds and Northants Branch of Butterfly Conservation needs you! Please read the blog post below, and get in touch if you feel that you could help!
northantsbutterflies.com/blog/the-beds-…

The work party schedule has been announced at Fermyn Country Park today! Starting on the 19th Oct, the team of volunteers will meet on the the 3rd Sunday of every month to carry out valuable conservation work. Please email Dan on the email address below to confirm attendance.

dave_b_james's tweet image. The  work party schedule has been announced at Fermyn Country Park today!  Starting on the 19th Oct, the team of volunteers will meet on the the 3rd Sunday of every month  to carry out valuable conservation work. Please email Dan on the email address below  to confirm attendance.

It's not every day that I get to add a new (or in this case, returning) butterfly to the species accounts on my website! A Wall was photographed in Woodnewton on the 8th of September, which is the first confirmed sighting in the county for 15 years! northantsbutterflies.com/wall


I was very please to find my first local Wasp Spiders yesterday at Wootton Pocket Park in Northampton. I’ve submitted the records to the spider recording scheme. I’m hoping to find a few more over the coming days! @BritishSpiders

dave_b_james's tweet image. I was very please to find my first local Wasp Spiders yesterday at Wootton Pocket Park in Northampton. I’ve submitted the records to the spider recording scheme. I’m hoping to find a few more over the coming days! @BritishSpiders
dave_b_james's tweet image. I was very please to find my first local Wasp Spiders yesterday at Wootton Pocket Park in Northampton. I’ve submitted the records to the spider recording scheme. I’m hoping to find a few more over the coming days! @BritishSpiders

A second brood Wood White in Bucknell Wood this morning. The males of this brood look absolutely tiny!

dave_b_james's tweet image. A second brood Wood White in Bucknell Wood this morning. The males of this brood look absolutely tiny!

Sometimes you can be lucky enough to find a female Common Blue that is an absolute jewel! Such as this one, which was at Old Sulehay a few days ago.

dave_b_james's tweet image. Sometimes you can be lucky enough to find a female Common Blue that is an absolute jewel! Such as this one, which was at Old Sulehay a few days  ago.

Mammatus clouds forming over Pitsford Nature Reserve at 11am this morning! @NNweather

dave_b_james's tweet image. Mammatus clouds forming over Pitsford Nature Reserve at 11am this morning! @NNweather

Two new locations for Black Hairstreaks have been discovered so far this weekend in Northamptonshire. Please keep checking those blackthorns as there must be more out there. White-letter Hairstreaks are also now out so please check any elms for new populations of those too!

dave_b_james's tweet image. Two new locations for Black Hairstreaks have been discovered so far this weekend in Northamptonshire. Please keep checking those blackthorns as there must be more out there. White-letter Hairstreaks are also now out so please check any elms for new populations of those too!

Exciting news! Twywell Hills & Dales has been added to the Northamptonshire Black Hairstreak distribution list today after the transect walker photographed one drying out its wing after recently emerging. There are more details here in this blog post! northantsbutterflies.com/blog/its-time-…


A Black Hairstreak in Salcey Forest this afternoon, what a stunning butterfly!

dave_b_james's tweet image. A Black Hairstreak in Salcey Forest this afternoon, what a stunning butterfly!

I popped into Cambridgeshire today to look for the Great Reed Warbler at RSPB Ouse Fen. What a great bird! The other wildlife at the reserve didn't disappoint either!

dave_b_james's tweet image. I popped into Cambridgeshire today to look for the Great Reed Warbler at RSPB Ouse Fen. What a great bird! The other wildlife at the reserve didn't disappoint either!
dave_b_james's tweet image. I popped into Cambridgeshire today to look for the Great Reed Warbler at RSPB Ouse Fen. What a great bird! The other wildlife at the reserve didn't disappoint either!
dave_b_james's tweet image. I popped into Cambridgeshire today to look for the Great Reed Warbler at RSPB Ouse Fen. What a great bird! The other wildlife at the reserve didn't disappoint either!
dave_b_james's tweet image. I popped into Cambridgeshire today to look for the Great Reed Warbler at RSPB Ouse Fen. What a great bird! The other wildlife at the reserve didn't disappoint either!

A quick update about how the butterfly season is progressing here in Northamptonshire! northantsbutterflies.com/blog/a-warm-st…


It was fantastic to count so many Green Hairstreaks at Collyweston Quarries today. A total of 31 were recorded which is the highest count at one site in Northamptonshire for 13 years @wildlifebcn

dave_b_james's tweet image. It was fantastic to count so many Green Hairstreaks at Collyweston Quarries today. A total of 31 were recorded which is the highest count at one site in Northamptonshire for 13 years @wildlifebcn

An Orange-tip roosting on a Cuckoo Flower in Hazelborough Wood.

dave_b_james's tweet image. An Orange-tip roosting on a Cuckoo Flower in Hazelborough Wood.

We’re looking for someone to take on a butterfly transect survey at a site near Barby in Northamptonshire. If anyone is interested please let me know via the contact page on my website. northantsbutterflies.com/contact


I'm a bit late to the party but it was good to catch up with the Richard's Pipit at Newport Pagnell today.

dave_b_james's tweet image. I'm a bit late to the party  but it was good to catch up with the Richard's Pipit at Newport Pagnell today.

A few shots of the Mandarins at Barnwell Country Park. You have to admit they are a very dapper duck!

dave_b_james's tweet image. A few shots of the Mandarins at Barnwell Country Park.  You have to admit they are a very dapper duck!
dave_b_james's tweet image. A few shots of the Mandarins at Barnwell Country Park.  You have to admit they are a very dapper duck!
dave_b_james's tweet image. A few shots of the Mandarins at Barnwell Country Park.  You have to admit they are a very dapper duck!
dave_b_james's tweet image. A few shots of the Mandarins at Barnwell Country Park.  You have to admit they are a very dapper duck!

It was an absolute delight to see this stunning male Red-breasted Merganser busily feeding in the channel by the road bridge at Blatherwyke Lake at lunchtime today. What a bird! #northantsbirds @bonxie

dave_b_james's tweet image. It was an absolute delight to see this stunning male Red-breasted Merganser busily feeding in the channel by the road bridge at Blatherwyke Lake at lunchtime today. What a bird! #northantsbirds @bonxie
dave_b_james's tweet image. It was an absolute delight to see this stunning male Red-breasted Merganser busily feeding in the channel by the road bridge at Blatherwyke Lake at lunchtime today. What a bird! #northantsbirds @bonxie
dave_b_james's tweet image. It was an absolute delight to see this stunning male Red-breasted Merganser busily feeding in the channel by the road bridge at Blatherwyke Lake at lunchtime today. What a bird! #northantsbirds @bonxie
dave_b_james's tweet image. It was an absolute delight to see this stunning male Red-breasted Merganser busily feeding in the channel by the road bridge at Blatherwyke Lake at lunchtime today. What a bird! #northantsbirds @bonxie

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After Chequered Skipper went extinct in England some 50 years ago, the reintroduction of the butterfly has been declared a success by conservationists: bit.ly/3C4bNtg


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