| EARLIEST
BUTTERFLY SIGHTINGS 2009 |
 |
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
2008 |
Earliest
Sighting
2009 |
Location |
Recorder |
|
Adonis Blue
|
18.05.08 |
09.05.09 |
Bonchurch Downs |
Ian Pratt |
|
Brimstone
|
26.01.08 |
16.02.09 |
Fordingbridge |
Peter Thompson |
|
Brown Argus |
04.05.08 |
24.04.09 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Graham Hoggarth |
|
Brown Hairstreak
|
30.07.08 |
31.07.09 |
Shipton Bellinger |
Mark Swann |
|
Chalkhill Blue
|
04.07.08 |
01.07.09 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Lyn Fomison |
|
Clouded Yellow
|
10.05.08 |
11.05.09 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Matthew Oates |
|
Comma
|
09.02.08 |
21.02.09 |
Littleton |
Alison Harper |
|
Common Blue
|
26.04.08 |
26.04.09 |
Noar Hill |
Richard Hughes |
|
Dark Green Fritillary
|
19.06.08 |
14.06.09 |
Hawkshill, NF |
Ashley Whitlock |
|
Dingy Skipper
|
02.05.08 |
19.04.09 |
Martin Down |
Gary Palmer
&
Paul Brock |
|
Duke of Burgundy
|
22.04.08 |
15.04.09 |
Noar Hill |
Sarah Patton |
|
Essex Skipper
|
28.06.08 |
21.06.09 |
Browndown South |
Dr David Tinling |
|
Gatekeeper
|
23.06.08 |
22.06.09 |
Gilkicker |
Dr David Tinling |
|
Glanville Fritillary
|
05.05.08 |
03.05.09 |
Winter Gardens, Ventnor
Bonchurch |
Colin Haygarth
Ian Pratt |
|
Grayling
|
11.07.08 |
26.06.09 |
Browndown South |
John Willis |
|
Green Hairstreak
|
14.04.08 |
04.04.09 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Andy Barker |
|
Green-veined White
|
09.04.08 |
15.03.09 |
Ann's Hill Cemetery, Gosport |
Anne McCue |
|
Grizzled Skipper
|
14.04.08 |
04.04.09 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Andy Barker |
|
Holly Blue
|
09.02.08 |
04.04.09 |
Ann's Hill Cemetery
Ann's Hill Cemetery
Mount Pleasant, Ropley |
Anne McCue
Dr David Tinling
Paul Fomison |
|
Large Skipper
|
21.05.08 |
24.05.09 |
Walters Copse, Newtown, Isle of Wight |
Barry Sowerby |
|
Large Tortoiseshell |
10.02.08 |
16.03.09 |
New Copse |
John Ruppersbery |
|
Large White
|
12.02.08 |
18.03.09 |
Piper's Wait, New Forest |
Anne McCue |
|
Marbled White
|
09.06.08 |
04.06.09 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Philip Budd |
|
Marsh Fritillary
|
|
|
|
|
|
Meadow Brown
|
31.05.08 |
29.05.09 |
Shirley
Holms, New Forest |
Gary Palmer |
|
Orange-tip
|
27.03.08 |
21.03.09 |
Farlington Marshes |
Stuart Ball |
|
Painted Lady
|
25.01.08 |
02.04.09 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Patrick Fleet |
|
Peacock
|
12.01.08 |
05.01.09 |
Bonchurch, IoW |
James Halsey |
|
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
|
06.05.08 |
21.04.09 |
New Copse |
John Ruppersbery |
|
Purple Emperor
|
25.06.08 |
24.06.09 |
Lodge Inclosure, Alice Holt |
Matthew Oates |
|
Purple Hairstreak
|
14.06.08 |
16.06.09 |
Christchurch |
Mike Gibbons |
|
Red Admiral
|
09.01.08 |
13.01.09 |
Lyndhurst |
Paul Brock |
|
Ringlet
|
13.06.08 |
11.06.09 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Thelma Smalley |
|
Silver-spotted Skipper
|
26.07.08 |
25.07.09 |
Stockbridge Down |
Piers Vigus |
|
Silver-studded Blue
|
07.06.08 |
02.06.09 |
Heath adj Shirley Holms |
Gary Palmer |
|
Silver-washed Fritillary
|
19.06.08 |
14.06.09 |
Whiteley Pastures |
Dave Ryves
Anne McCue |
|
Small Blue
|
10.05.08 |
02.05.09 |
Ports Down Transect |
Mary and Michael Gwilliam |
|
Small Copper
|
08.04.08 |
17.03.09 |
Southbourne cliffs |
Michael Skelton |
|
Small Heath
|
28.04.08 |
26.04.09 |
Oxenbourne Down |
Ashley Whitlock |
|
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
|
17.05.08 |
16.05.09 |
Bentley Wood |
Alan Thornbury |
|
Small Skipper
|
22.06.08 |
14.06.09 |
Gilkicker |
Dr David Tinling |
|
Small Tortoiseshell
|
08.02.08 |
15.03.09 |
Havant Thicket
Old Winchester Hill
Andover Newtown |
Ashley Whitlock
Pat & Robin Turner
Mike Wildish |
|
Small White
|
08.02.08 |
15.03.09 |
Privett Gardens , Gosport
Middlecroft Allotments, Gosport |
Anne McCue
Dr David Tinling |
|
Speckled Wood
|
21.03.08 |
21.03.09 |
Ann's Hill Cemetery, Gosport |
Dr David Tinling |
|
Wall
|
02.05.08 |
25.04.09 |
Merstone, Isle of Wight |
Colin Haygarth |
|
White Admiral
|
10.06.08 |
13.06.09 |
Southsea |
Frank Henry |
|
White-letter Hairstreak
|
13.06.08 |
07.06.09 |
IBM Lake
(SU649053) |
Tim Doran |
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