| EARLIEST
BUTTERFLY SIGHTINGS 2008 |
 |
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 previous years.
| Common Name |
Earliest
Sighting
2007 |
Earliest
Sighting
2008 |
Location |
Recorder |
|
Adonis Blue
|
04.05.07 |
18-05-08 |
Bonchurch Down, IoW |
Ian Pratt |
|
Brimstone
|
28.01.07 |
26.01.08 |
Froyle
Grayshott |
Sue Clark
Robin Turner |
|
Brown Argus |
21.04.07 |
04-05-08 |
Afton Chalkpit, Freshwater, IoW |
Ian Pratt |
|
Brown Hairstreak
|
28-07-07 |
30.07.08 |
Noar Hill |
Alan Thornbury |
|
Chalkhill Blue
|
03.07.07 |
04.07.08 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Lynn Fomison |
|
Clouded Yellow
|
28.03.07 |
10.05.08 |
Bitterne Park (Newton Rd) |
Glad Brown |
|
Comma
|
03.02.07 |
09.02.08 |
Queen Elizabeth Country Park |
Ashley Whitlock |
|
Common Blue
|
18.04.07 |
26-04-08 |
Noar Hill |
Ashley Whitlock |
|
Dark Green Fritillary
|
29.05.07 |
19-06-08 |
Pitt Down, Farley Mount
Adjacent to Porton Down |
Alan Thornbury
Simon Woolley |
|
Dingy Skipper
|
15.04.07 |
02-05-08 |
Chalton Down at Old Idsworth |
Richard Symonds |
|
Duke of Burgundy
|
13.04.07 |
22.04.08 |
Noar Hill |
Geoff Jones &
Robin Turner |
|
Essex Skipper
|
26.05.07 |
28.06.08 |
Havant Thicket |
Robert Beale |
|
Gatekeeper
|
12.06.07 |
23-06-08 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Lynn Fomison |
|
Glanville Fritillary
|
26.04.07 |
05-05-08 |
Bonchurch sea front/Wheeler's Bay
Isle of Wight |
Ian Pratt |
|
Grayling
|
01-07-07 |
11-07-08 |
Browndown South |
Alan Thornbury |
|
Green Hairstreak
|
02.04.07 |
14-04-08 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Patrick Fleet |
|
Green-veined White
|
09.04.07 |
09-04-08 |
Hermitage Garden, Gosport |
Geoff Jones |
|
Grizzled Skipper
|
07.04.07 |
14-04-08 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Patrick Fleet |
|
Holly Blue
|
07.03.07 |
09-02-08 |
Hermitage Garden, Gosport |
Peter Bowker |
|
Large Skipper
|
17.05.07 |
21-05-08 |
Afton Chalkpit/Carpark |
Ian Pratt |
|
Large Tortoiseshell |
20-06-07 |
10-02-08 |
Cambridge Road,
Lee-on-the-Solent |
Dr David Tinling |
|
Large White
|
19.01.07 |
12-02-08 |
Hermitage Garden, Gosport |
Dr David Tinling |
|
Marbled White
|
01.06.07 |
09.06.08 |
Ports Down |
Dr Richard Jones |
|
Marsh Fritillary
|
|
|
|
|
|
Meadow Brown
|
29.05.07 |
31-05-08 |
Ports
Down |
Mike & Mary Gwilliam |
|
Orange-tip
|
01.04.07 |
27.03.08 |
Titchfield Haven |
Geoff Jones |
|
Painted Lady
|
06.04.07 |
25-01-08 |
Elson, Gosport |
Leslie and Elizabeth Martin |
|
Peacock
|
01.01.07 |
12.01.08 |
Hook, near Warsash |
Mike Hesk |
|
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
|
16.04.07 |
06-05-08 |
Bentley Wood |
Paul Guymer
Mike Duffy |
|
Purple Emperor
|
20.06.07 |
25-06-08 |
Goose Green - Alice Holt Forest |
Ashley
Whitlock |
|
Purple Hairstreak
|
10.06.07 |
14-06-08 |
Christchurch |
Mike Gibbons |
|
Red Admiral
|
01.01.07 |
09.01.08 |
Magdalen Hill Down
Extension |
Paul Guymer |
|
Ringlet
|
10.06.07 |
13-06-08 |
Magdalen Hill Down Ext
Stockbridge Down East |
Thelma Smalley
Mike Wildish |
|
Silver-spotted Skipper
|
21.07.07 |
26.07.08 |
Stockbridge Down |
Mike Duffy |
|
Silver-studded Blue
|
03.06.07 |
07-06-08 |
Shirley Holms |
Gary Palmer |
|
Silver-washed Fritillary
|
09.06.07 |
19-06-08 |
Pamber Forest |
Graham Dennis |
|
Small Blue
|
21.04.07 |
10-05-08 |
Afton Down, IoW |
Ian Pratt |
|
Small Copper
|
01.04.07 |
08.04.08 |
Stanley Park, Gosport |
Geoff Jones |
|
Small Heath
|
19.04.07 |
28.04.08 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Andy Barker |
|
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
|
03.05.07 |
17-05-08 |
Bentley Wood |
Maurice Pugh
Roger Buchanan |
|
Small Skipper
|
08.06.07 |
22-06-08 |
Meon Valley
Barton Common |
Ashley Whitlock
Gary Palmer |
|
Small Tortoiseshell
|
03.02.07 |
08.02.08 |
Axmansford, Tadley |
Andrew Bolton |
|
Small White
|
11.03.07 |
08.02.08 |
Shirley, Southampton |
Andy Collins |
|
Speckled Wood
|
11.03.07 |
21-03-08 |
Normandy Farm,
Lymington |
Pete Durnell |
|
Wall
|
18.04.07 |
02-05-08 |
Keyhaven |
Mike Duffy |
|
White Admiral
|
03.06.07 |
10-06-08 |
Gosport |
Anne McCue |
|
White-letter Hairstreak
|
10.06.07 |
13-06-08 |
Private Site, Cosham |
Tim Doran |
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