| EARLIEST
SIGHTINGS 2007 |
 |
Butterflies
The following is a complete listing of all resident and regular
migrant butterfly species found in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Follow the links below for earliest sightings for other years.
| Common Name |
Earliest
Sighting
2006 |
Earliest
Sighting
2007 |
Location |
Recorder |
|
Adonis Blue
|
29.05.06 |
04.05.07 |
Martin Down |
Andy Martin
Mark Litjens |
|
Brimstone
|
11.01.06 |
28.01.07 |
Bartley Heath |
Peter Vaughan |
|
Brown Argus
|
13.05.06 |
21.04.07 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Alan Thornbury |
|
Brown Hairstreak
|
30.07.06 |
28-07-07 |
Noar Hill |
Mark Litjens and Mike Duffy |
|
Chalkhill Blue
|
03.07.06 |
03.07.07 |
Stockbridge Down |
Mike Duffy |
|
Clouded Yellow
|
22.04.06 |
28.03.07 |
Southbourne undercliff |
Jeff Westlake |
|
Comma
|
08.03.06 |
03.02.07 |
Stansted Forest |
Adrian Hoskins |
|
Common Blue
|
14.05.06 |
18.04.07 |
Bentley Wood |
Mark Swann |
|
Dark Green Fritillary
|
17.06.06 |
29.05.07 |
Old Winchester Hill |
Ashley Whitlock |
|
Dingy Skipper
|
04.05.06 |
15.04.07 |
Oxenbourne Down
Martin Down |
Ashley Whitlock
Andy and Linda Barker |
|
Duke of Burgundy
|
26.04.06 |
13.04.07 |
Noar Hill |
Alan Thornbury |
|
Essex Skipper
|
11.06.06 |
26.05.07 |
Shalcombe Down |
Paul Millward |
|
Gatekeeper
|
02.07.06 |
12.06.07 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Andrew Brookes and Jenny
Mallett |
|
Glanville Fritillary
|
28.05.06 |
26.04.07 |
Wheelers Bay, IOW |
Ian Pratt |
|
Grayling
|
04.07.06 |
01-07-07 |
Browndown |
Alan Thornbury |
|
Green Hairstreak
|
21.04.06 |
02.04.07 |
Magdalen Hill Down
Ports Down |
Patrick Fleet
Theo and Maureen Roberts |
|
Green-veined White
|
06.04.06 |
09.04.07 |
Dogmersfield Park |
Tony Baines |
|
Grizzled Skipper
|
26.04.06 |
07.04.07 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Alan Thornbury |
|
Holly Blue
|
12.04.06 |
07.03.07 |
Gosport |
John Goldsworthy |
|
Large Skipper
|
31.05.06 |
17.05.07 |
Browndown North |
Geoff Jones |
|
Large Tortoiseshell |
27.04.06 |
20-06-07 |
Titchfield Haven |
Stuart Ball |
|
Large White
|
22.04.06 |
19.01.07 |
Seaview, IoW |
Pauline Peach |
|
Marbled White
|
15.06.06 |
01.06.07 |
Magdalen Hill Down
Ports Down |
via Jenny Mallett
Stuart Ball |
|
Marsh Fritillary
|
23.05.06 |
|
|
|
|
Meadow Brown
|
01.06.06 |
29.05.07 |
Mount Pleasant Ropley |
Lynn Fomison |
|
Orange-tip
|
09.04.06 |
01.04.07 |
Hawkley |
Steve Mansfield |
|
Painted Lady
|
01.04.06 |
06.04.07 |
Amport |
Michael Hardy & Rachel Urwin |
|
Peacock
|
20.01.06 |
01.01.07 |
Tadley
|
Andrew Bolton |
|
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
|
09.05.06 |
16.04.07 |
Bentley Wood
|
Dave Ransom |
|
Purple Emperor
|
28.06.06 |
20.06.07 |
Alice Holt Forest |
Matthew Oates,
Tony Baines |
|
Purple Hairstreak
|
22.06.06 |
10.06.07 |
Christchurch |
Mike Gibbons |
|
Red Admiral
|
04.01.06 |
01.01.07 |
Crab Wood
Chilworth
Tadley
Whiteley Pastures
Blackgutter Bottom
Stansted Forest
Newport
Cadnam
Tinsbury |
Ivan Arnold
Andy & Linda Barker
Andrew Bolton
Mike & Mary Gwilliam
via Geoff Jones
Adrian Hoskins
Ian Pratt
Maurice Pugh
Dave Ransom |
|
Ringlet
|
17.06.06 |
10.06.07 |
Bentley Wood |
Mike Gibbons |
|
Silver-spotted Skipper
|
23.07.06 |
21.07.07 |
Stockbridge Down |
Mike Duffy |
|
Silver-studded Blue
|
16.06.06 |
03.06.07 |
Silchester Common
Beaulieu Heath |
Colin Baker
Marcus and Zoe Ward |
|
Silver-washed Fritillary
|
16.06.06 |
09.06.07 |
Bentley Wood
Walters Copse, IOW
Boarhunt Woods |
Andy Martin
Ian Pratt and Paul Millward
Andrew Brookes |
|
Small Blue
|
11.05.06 |
21.04.07 |
Afton Chalkpit |
Ian Pratt |
|
Small Copper
|
05.04.06 |
01.04.07 |
Chilling |
Rupert & Sharron Broadway |
|
Small Heath
|
07.05.06 |
19.04.07 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Andy Barker |
|
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
|
23.05.06 |
03.05.07 |
Bentley Wood |
via Mike Duffy |
|
Small Skipper
|
17.06.06 |
08.06.07 |
Lee on the Solent |
Geoff Jones |
|
Small Tortoiseshell
|
06.03.06 |
03.02.07 |
Fleet Services |
Richard Coomber |
|
Small White
|
03.04.06 |
11.03.07 |
Whiteley Pastures
Gosport |
Alan Thornbury
Dr. David Tinling |
|
Speckled Wood
|
05.04.06 |
11.03.07 |
Alverstone Mead, IOW |
Paul Millward |
|
Wall
|
03.05.06 |
18.04.07 |
Keyhaven |
Gary Palmer |
|
White Admiral
|
06.06.06 |
03.06.07 |
Micheldever Woods |
Robert Bryant |
|
White-letter Hairstreak
|
21.06.06 |
10.06.07 |
Cosham |
Tim Doran |
Moths
To be completed.
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