Butterflies 2017

Thursday 28th September - Thursday 11th October

Very quiet with just a maximum of 7 Large Whites, 3 Common Blues, 5 Meadow Browns and 3 Red Admirals.

Thursday 21st September

A quiet day, sightings included 5 Large Whites, 3 Common Blues, 13 Meadow Browns, 3 Red Admirals, 2 Peacock, 5 Gatekeepers, 4 Small Heaths, and 2 Small Tortoiseshells.

Wednesday 20th September

Sightings today included 19 Large Whites, 5 Common Blues, 22 Meadow Browns, 9 Red Admirals, 1 Peacock, 14 Small Heaths, and 2 Small Tortoiseshells.

Friday 15th September

A better day with a total of 21 Large Whites, 18 Common Blues, 29 Meadow Browns, 8 Red Admirals, 3 Peacock, 4 Gatekeepers, 9 Small Heaths, and 2 Small Tortoiseshells.

Thursday 14th September

Another quiet day with 4 Large Whites, 1 Wall Brown,  5 Common Blues, 9 Meadow Browns2 Peacock and 2 Gatekeepers.

Friday 8th September

A quiet day with sightings being, 7 Large Whites, 4 Common Blues, 9 Meadow Browns, 3 Red Admirals, 2 Peacock, 3 Gatekeepers, 6 Small Heaths, and 2 Small Tortoiseshells.

Thursday 7th September

Sightings today included 18 Large Whites, 5 Common Blues, 14 Meadow Browns, 5 Red Admirals, 1 Peacock, 9 Small Heaths, and 6 Small Tortoiseshells.

Thursday 31st August

A quiet day with 4 Large Whites, 8 Marbled Whites, 6 Common Blues16 Meadow Browns2 Peacock, 4 Gatekeepers and 4 Small Tortoiseshells.
  
Thursday 24th August

It was a day of low numbers again of butterflies with just 3 Large Whites, 2 Marbled Whites, 6 Common Blues10 Meadow Browns2 Peacock, 5 Gatekeepers and 2 Ringlets.
  
Wednesday 23rd August

Total's today included 2 Large Whites, 6 Marbled Whites, 7 Common Blues, 3 Red Admirals, 19 Meadow Browns, 3 Small Tortoiseshells, 2 Peacock, 3 Gatekeepers and 2 Ringlets.

Wednesday 9th August

Total's today included Large Whites, 3 Marbled Whites, 6 Common Blues, 8 Red Admirals, 4 Comma, 3 Small Tortoiseshells, 2 Peacock, 3 Gatekeepers and 2 Ringlets.

Thursday 3rd August


A better day but butterflies are still in fairly poor numbers with sightings being, 8 Large Whites, 9 Common Blues, 29 Meadow Browns, 3 Peacock, 7 Gatekeepers, 5 Small Heaths, and 6 Small Tortoiseshells.

Wednesday 2nd August


A quiet day with the weather being so poor sightings today included, 4 Large Whites, 2 Marbled Whites, 3 Common Blues13 Meadow Browns2 Peacock, 4 Gatekeepers and 2 Small Tortoiseshells.
  
Thursday 27th July

It was another day with low numbers of butterflies with just 2 Large Whites, 2 Marbled Whites, 9 Common Blues, 17 Meadow Browns, 2 Peacock, 3 Gatekeepers and 2 Ringlets.
  
Wednesday 26th July

It wasn't a great day with the weather, hence pretty low numbers of butterflies. Total's today included 2 Large Whites, 6 Marbled Whites, 7 Common Blues, 3 Red Admirals, 19 Meadow Browns, 3 Small Tortoiseshells, 2 Peacock, 3 Gatekeepers and 2 Ringlets.

Thursday 20th July

What a difference a day makes with better numbers today, totals included 7 Large Whites, 20 Marbled Whites, 17 Common Blues, 13 Red Admirals, 45 Meadow Browns, 9 Comma, 9 Small Tortoiseshells, 10 Peacock, 15 Gatekeepers and 7 Ringlets.

Wednesday 19th July

It was a quiet day for butterflies with just 2 Large Whites, 8 Marbled Whites, 3 Common Blues, 8 Red Admirals, 23 Meadow Browns, 5 Small Heaths, 2 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Small Tortoiseshells, 1 Peacock, 3 Gatekeepers and a Wall Brown.

Friday 14th July

Today was a very good day for butterflies and even more so considering some species are declining in such numbers. Today's sightings included 4 Large Whites, 31 Marbled Whites, 9 Common Blues, 8 Red Admirals, 90 Meadow Browns, 18 Small Heaths, 5 Comma, 5 Speckled Woods, 6 Small Tortoiseshells, 5 Peacock, 19 Gatekeepers and a Wall Brown.

Thursday 13th July

Sightings were very similar to yesterday which included 2 Large Whites, 15 Marbled Whites, 6 Common Blues, 5 Red Admirals, 63 Meadow Browns, 13 Small Heaths, 2 Comma, 5 Speckled Woods, 4 Small Tortoiseshells, 3 Peacock, 8 Gatekeepers and a Wall Brown.

Thursday 6th July

Sightings today included 1 Large White, 9 Marbled Whites, 2 Common Blues, 6 Red Admirals, 47 Meadow Browns, 15 Small Heaths, 2 Comma, 5 Speckled Woods, 4 Small Tortoiseshells, 3 Peacock and a Wall Brown.

Wednesday 5th July

Total's around the site today included 10 Marbled Whites, 2 Common Blues, 3 Red Admirals, 21 Meadow Browns, 11 Small Heaths, 2 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 3 Small Tortoiseshells and a Wall Brown.

Friday 30th June

It was another very good day with 33 Marbled Whites, 3 Common Blues, 3 Red Admirals, 39 Meadow Browns, 8 Small Heaths, 2 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 4 Small Tortoiseshells and a Wall Brown.

Thursday 29th June

Total's today included 65 Meadow Browns, 1 Large White, 7 Red Admirals, 6 Speckled Woods, 3 Small Tortoiseshells, 3 Comma, 18 Marbled Whites, 7 Small Heaths and a Wall Brown.

Thursday 22nd June

Another good day with 80 Meadow Browns, 15 Marbled Whites, 9 Red Admirals, 4 Peacocks, 17 Small Heaths, 4 Speckled Woods and another Large White (The latter still poor numbers still).

Wednesday 21st June

A good day today with 150 Meadow Browns, 20 Marbled Whites, 10 Red Admirals, 3 Common Blues, 7 Small Tortoiseshells, 18 Small Heaths, 3 Peacock and at long last a Large White.

Thursday 15th June

A total around the site of 38 Meadow Browns, 4 Wall Browns, 25 Small Heaths, 3 Small Tortoiseshells, 4 Peacocks and 10 Red Admirals. 

Wednesday 14th June

Today produced 10 Meadow Browns,13 Small Heaths, 3 Red Admirals, 4 Peacocks, 3 Wall Browns, 4 Speckled Woods, 7 Small Tortoiseshells and 1 Common Blue.

Thursday 8th June

The first of 7 Marbled Whites were out today, also 28 Meadow Browns, 20 Red Admirals, 7 Peacocks, 7 Wall Browns, 9 Small Tortoiseshells and 2 Common Blues.

Wednesday 7th June

A total of 9 Meadow Browns, 13 Red Admirals  2 Common Blues, 1 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshells and 16 Small Heaths.

Thursday 1st June

A better day with 1Red Admirals, 72 Meadow Browns, 11 Small Tortoiseshells, 13 Small Heaths, 2 Common Blues, 3 Wall Browns and 4 Comma.

Wednesday 31st May

The butterflies are starting to appear with 10 Red Admirals, 26 Meadow Browns, 10 Small Heaths, 2 Common Blues, 8 Speckled Woods, and 4 Wall Browns.

Thursday 25th May


Present today was the first 6 Speckled Woods, also 10 Small Heaths, 9 Red Admirals and 8 Small Tortoiseshells.

Wednesday 24th May

Recorded on site today was 2 Red Admirals, 7 Small Heaths, 2 Small Tortoiseshells, 3 Marbled Whites and 20 Meadow Browns on site today.

Thursday 18th May

Butterflies today included 2 Red Admirals, 8 Small Tortoiseshells, 2 Small Blues, 6 Small Heaths and a Comma

Wednesday 17th May

A quiet day with just 5 Small Tortoiseshells, 4 Small Heaths and a Comma.

Thursday 11th May

A total of 6 Small Tortoiseshells, 2 Red Admirals and 2 Peacock butterflies.

Friday 5th May

Present today was 3 Small Tortoiseshells, 2 Red Admirals and 1 Peacock.

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