EARLIEST BUTTERFLY SIGHTINGS 2010 |
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The following is a complete listing of all resident and regular migrant butterfly species found in Wiltshire
Please treat these dates as provisional.
| Common Name |
Earliest
Sighting
2009 |
Location |
Recorder |
| Small Skipper |
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| Essex Skipper |
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| Silver-spotted Skipper |
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| Large Skipper |
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| Dingy Skipper |
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| Grizzled Skipper |
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| Clouded Yellow |
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| Brimstone |
1 March |
Wanborough |
David Train |
| Large White |
15 April |
Picket Wood |
Mike Fuller |
| Small White |
17 April |
Cotswold Water Park |
Wayne Clinch |
| Green-veined White |
8 April |
Picket Wood |
Nick Wynn |
| Orange-tip |
9 April |
Somerford Common |
Terry Dabner |
| Green Hairstreak |
17 April |
Pewsey Down (NNR) |
Wayne Clinch |
| Brown Hairstreak |
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| Purple Hairstreak |
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| White-letter Hairstreak |
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| Small Copper |
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| Small Blue |
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| Silver-studded Blue |
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| Brown Argus |
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| Common Blue |
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| Chalkhill Blue |
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| Adonis Blue |
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| Holly Blue |
18 April |
Westbury Ponds |
Steve Covey |
| Duke of Burgundy |
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| White Admiral |
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| Purple Emperor |
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| Red Admiral |
18 January |
Stratton St Margaret |
Desmond Ponting |
| Painted Lady |
9 April |
Westbury |
Mervyn Tyte |
| Small Tortoiseshell |
1 January |
Wroughton |
Geoff Brown |
| Large Tortoiseshell |
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| Peacock |
6 January |
Melksham |
Rachel Honeysett |
| Comma |
15 March |
Picket Wood |
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| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
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| Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
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| Dark Green Fritillary |
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| Silver-washed Fritillary |
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| Marsh Fritillary |
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| Speckled Wood |
10 April |
Clattinger Farm (wwt reserve) |
Wayne Clinch |
| Wall |
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| Marbled White |
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| Grayling |
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| Gatekeeper |
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| Meadow Brown |
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| Ringlet |
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| Small Heath |
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EARLIEST BUTTERFLY SIGHTINGS 2009 |
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The following is a complete listing of all resident and regular migrant butterfly species found in Wiltshire
Please treat these dates as provisional.
| Common Name |
Earliest
Sighting
2009 |
Location |
Recorder |
| Small Skipper |
1 June |
Piquet Hill (Bratton) |
Penny Aberhard |
| Essex Skipper |
11 June |
Salisbury Plain (West) |
TBF |
| Silver-spotted Skipper |
30 July |
Porton Down |
SC |
| Large Skipper |
23 May |
West Yatton Down |
Maurice Avent |
| Dingy Skipper |
18 April |
Boscombe Railway Cutting |
Wayne Clinch et al |
| Grizzled Skipper |
13 April |
CWP Waterhay |
Richard Pooley |
| Clouded Yellow |
25 May |
Cockley Down |
PM |
| Brimstone |
11 February |
Swindon |
John Booth |
| Large White |
16 March |
West Yatton Down |
Maurice Avent |
| Small White |
15 March |
Trowbridge |
AB |
| Green-veined White |
2 April |
Bradford-on-Avon, Trowbridge |
Mike Fuller , AB |
| Orange-tip |
3o March |
Downton |
(H&ML) |
| Green Hairstreak |
16 April |
Cotley Hill,
Heytesbury |
Nick Wynn |
| Brown Hairstreak |
2 August |
North Wilts |
(MO) |
| Purple Hairstreak |
23 June |
Picket Wood |
Mike Fuller |
| White-letter Hairstreak |
26 June |
Bently Wood |
David Lambert |
| Small Copper |
16 April |
Upton Cow Down |
Geoff Hobson |
| Small Blue |
10 May |
Cotley Hill, Heytesbury |
(JH) |
| Silver-studded Blue |
24 June |
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Gordon Mackie |
| Brown Argus |
1 May |
Grovely Wood (W) |
Gordon Mackie |
| Common Blue |
1 May |
Porton Down |
SC |
| Chalkhill Blue |
16th July |
Bratton Castle |
Mike Fuller |
| Adonis Blue |
10 May |
Bratton Castle transect |
Geoff Hiscocks |
| Holly Blue |
16 April |
Westbury garden |
Nick Wynn |
| Duke of Burgundy |
22 April |
Dean Hill Park (Wilts sector) |
David Lowe |
| White Admiral |
13 June |
Bently Wood |
David Lambert |
| Purple Emperor |
28th June |
Bently Wood |
(MGi) |
| Red Admiral |
10 February |
Alderbury garden |
Rosemary Nicholls |
| Painted Lady |
18 April |
ATE, SP(C) |
Bob Hastie |
| Small Tortoiseshell |
2 March |
Roundway, Devizes |
(BG) |
| Large Tortoiseshell |
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| Peacock |
14 February |
Harnham garden |
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| Comma |
7 March |
Harnham garden |
(GN) |
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
10 May |
Bently Wood |
David Lambert |
| Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
19 April |
Bentley Wood (Hawksgrove) |
Paul Guymer, David Lambert |
| Dark Green Fritillary |
11 June |
Chickengrove Bottom |
Nick Wynn |
| Silver-washed Fritillary |
11 June |
Bently Wood |
David Lambert |
| Marsh Fritillary |
5 May |
Bently Wood |
David Lambert |
| Speckled Wood |
30th March |
Cotswold Water Park |
Thomas Smith |
| Wall |
5 May |
Cotley Hill |
Nick Wynn |
| Marbled White |
3 June |
Oliver's Castle, Devizes |
(PC) |
| Grayling |
25 July |
Enford Down, ATE SP |
Stephen Edwards |
| Gatekeeper |
13 June |
Throope Hill |
(VH) |
| Meadow Brown |
2 June |
Great Cheverell Hill |
Nick Wynn |
| Ringlet |
4 June |
Orcheston Down
ATE SP(C) |
(SW) |
| Small Heath |
19 April |
West Yatton Down |
Maurice Avent et al. |
EARLIEST BUTTERFLY SIGHTINGS 2008 |
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The following is a complete listing of all resident and regular migrant butterfly species found in Wiltshire
Please treat these dates as provisional.
| Common Name |
Earliest
Sighting
2008 |
Location |
Recorder |
| Small Skipper |
13th July |
Green Lane Wood |
Wayne Clinch et al |
| Essex Skipper |
15th July |
Bratton Castle |
Mike Fuller |
| Silver-spotted Skipper |
28th July |
ATE, SP(E), Perham Ranges |
John Moon |
| Large Skipper |
24th May |
West Yatton Down |
Terry & Gaynor Dabner |
| Dingy Skipper |
27th April |
West Yatton Down |
Maurice Avent |
| Grizzled Skipper |
27th April |
Pewsey Downs NNR |
Stuart Gough |
| Clouded Yellow |
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| Brimstone |
8th January |
Bentley Wood |
David Lambert |
| Large White |
13th April |
Bradford-on-Avon |
Mike Fuller |
| Small White |
3rd March |
Cockey Down |
Piers Mobsby |
| Green-veined White |
9th April |
Picket Wood |
Mike Fuller |
| Orange-tip |
4th April |
Hens Wood |
John Booth |
| Green Hairstreak |
27th April |
West Yatton Down |
Maurice Avent |
| Brown Hairstreak |
27th Julty |
Ravensroost Wood |
Matthew Oates |
| Purple Hairstreak |
21st June |
Red Lodge Wood |
Tricia Portch |
| White-letter Hairstreak |
7th July |
Prickmoor Wood & Corsham |
Bruce Maxfield |
| Small Copper |
27th April |
West Yatton Down |
Mary Avent |
| Small Blue |
10th May |
Cotley Hill |
Nick Wynn |
| Silver-studded Blue |
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| Brown Argus |
10th May |
King's Play Hill & Cotley Hill |
Bruce Maxfield : Nick Wynn |
| Common Blue |
11th May |
Cotley Hill |
Nick Wynn |
| Chalkhill Blue |
24th July |
West Yatton Down |
Maurice Avent |
| Adonis Blue |
13th May |
Bratton Castle |
Mike Fuller |
| Holly Blue |
3th April |
Hilperton |
Ian Bartlett |
| Duke of Burgundy |
6th May |
Dean Hill Park |
Mike Fuller et al. |
| White Admiral |
26th June |
Red Lodge Wood |
Terry & Gaynor Dabner |
| Purple Emperor |
10th July |
Bentley Wood |
Richard Banbury |
| Red Admiral |
14th January |
West Swindon |
Rebecca Harker |
| Painted Lady |
14th May |
ATE, SP(E), Beach's Barn |
Bob Hastie |
| Small Tortoiseshell |
6th February |
Hilperton |
Ian Bartlett |
| Large Tortoiseshell |
24th April |
Grovely Wood |
Gordon Mackie |
| Peacock |
28th January |
Swindon |
Martin Buckland |
| Comma |
8th February |
Picket Wood |
Mike Fuller |
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
11th May |
Bentley Wood |
Barry Fox |
| Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
3rd May |
Blackmoor Copse |
Paul Guymer |
| Dark Green Fritillary |
1st June |
Upton Cow Down |
Geoff Hobson |
| Silver-washed Fritillary |
26th June |
Red Lodge Wood |
Terry & Gaynor Dabner |
| Marsh Fritillary |
8th May |
Scratchbury Hill |
Geoff Hobson |
| Speckled Wood |
31st March |
Bradford-on-Avon |
Mike Fuller |
| Wall |
26th April |
Beacon Hill, Bromham |
Bruce Maxfield |
| Marbled White |
19th June |
Nr. Savernake Forest |
John Booth |
| Grayling |
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| Gatekeeper |
13th July |
Green Lane Wood |
Wayne Clinch et al |
| Meadow Brown |
4th June |
Bratton Castle |
Nick Wynn |
| Ringlet |
10th June |
Wadswick Common |
Denise Whittle |
| Small Heath |
5th May |
West Yatton Down |
Maurice Avent |
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