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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