Steve Nikols
@nikols_steve
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Retired early - the best job I’ve ever had! Passion for wildlife photography, Chelsea FC, railways and rock music. Partial to the odd beer or two!
Nuneaton, England
Joined February 2016
Butterflies 2025: Small Blue, Bishop’s Hill, May 2. My earliest sighting of the species by seven days. @BCWarwickshire @savebutterflies @WKWT
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Snow Bunting showing rather well around the trig area at Beacon Hill Country Park, Leics, this morning. @LandRbirds
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Butterflies 2025: Pearl-bordered Fritillary showing off its finery, Wyre Forest, April 30. @BC_WestMids @WorcsWT @savebutterflies
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Butterflies 2025: It’s been an excellent year for Small Copper, starting with my earliest-ever sighting of the species, Brandon Marsh on April 28. @BCWarwickshire @savebutterflies @WKWT
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Butterflies 2025: Orange Tip feasting on Lady’s Smock (aka Cuckoo Flower), Ryton Wood Meadows, April 22. @BCWarwickshire @savebutterflies
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Butterflies 2025: Dingy Skipper, Ryton Wood Meadows, April 22. It’s the first year I’ve recorded the species during the month of April, the first sighting being on the 17th at Harbury Spoilbank. @BCWarwickshire @savebutterflies
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Butterflies 2025: Holly Blue (male) in the garden, April 20. The first sighting of the species for me this year was on April 7, nine days earlier than my previous record. @BCWarwickshire @savebutterflies
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Butterflies 2025: Grizzled Skipper, Harbury Spoilbank, April 17. My earliest record for the species by 13 days. @BCWarwickshire @savebutterflies @WKWT
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As this year’s butterfly season draws to a close, it’s time for me to reflect on an excellent 2025 which yielded a total of 51 species. The first sighting of Green Hairstreak was at Brandon Marsh on April 11, my earliest record by 15 days. @BCWarwickshire @savebutterflies @WKWT
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Wall Brown, a butterfly that has declined substantially in recent years and is now largely confined to coastal areas. This GB Red Listed Endangered species was in Biggin Bay, @STWDraycote this morning. @BCWarwickshire
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Excellent visit to Draycote Water today in the good company of @NuneatonBirder. The Grey Phalarope showed well in Toft Bay but we failed to find the drake Lesser Scaup reported mid-morning. Also of note, eight Black Tern. @STWDraycote @Draycotebirding
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