Latest Sightings 2010 - Butterflies reported in Devon during 2010
The following 43 species have been reported so far:-
January: Peacock March: Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Brimstone, Speckled Wood April: Comma, Orange Tip, Pearl Bordered Fritillary, Green-veined White, Green Hairstreak, Dingy Skipper, Clouded Yellow, Holly Blue, Large White, Wall Brown May: Wood White, Small Blue, Small Copper, Common Blue, Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary, Painted Lady, Dingy Skipper, Small Heath, Small White, Marsh Fritillary, Grizzled Skipper, Dark Green Fritillary June: Large Skipper, Meadow Brown, Silver Washed Fritillary, Ringlet, Marbled White, Silver Studded Blue, Heath Fritillary, White Admiral, Essex Skipper, Small Skipper, July: High Brown Fritillary, Gatekeeper, Grayling, Purple Hairstreak, White-letter Hairstreak, Brown Hairstreak
4th Jan
A Small White found at The Marles, Exmouth (SY011825), reported by Liz Hamling.
She reported "I was called to a house in Exmouth where the owner had found a
butterfly in their porch. The butterfly was not worn and was fairly active. I
suggested that they put it in a ventilated box with egg boxes and crumpled
tissue and to put a small amount of sugar water in a shallow dish in the box.
The box will be put in back where the insect was found - in the enclosed porch."
(As this was a premature indoor sighting I have not included it in seen so
far.)
17th Jan
A Peacock seen at East Prawle by Eleanor Ludgate
See photo
5th March
At last after all the cold weather two sightings for this date. Mike
Gough saw a Small Tortoiseshell sunning itself in his garden at Sidford
(SY135901). Ray Jones saw a Peacock fly over his garden at Tiverton
(SS 947129).
8th March
A Peacock seen by Mike Gough at Sidford (SY135901).
10th March
A Small Tortoiseshell seen by Rog & Liz Hamling at Lympstone, East
Devon.
13th March
A Small Tortoiseshell seen by Eileen Jones at Tiverton ( SS 947129).
14th March
A Red Admiral reported by Eileen Jones at Tiverton ( SS 947 129).
27th March
A Brimstone seen by Alan Woods at Stover Lake (SX8374).
A Speckled Wood seen by Rosalie Rhodes at Wembury Point (SX505485), on a hedge at base of muddy lane, pristine condition.
2 April
Red Admiral seen by Mike Braid at Stowford (SS625265)
4 April
Two Small Tortoiseshells seen by Ray Jones atTiverton (SS947129)
6 April
A Brimstone seen by Ray Jones at Burlescombe (ST080173)
Jenny Evans reported nine plus Brimstones, two Peacocks and a Comma at Dunsdon Wildlife Reserve
8th April
Ray Jones reported a Comma at Ebear Bridge on the Grand Western Canal
(ST061164) also Small Tortoiseshells, Brimstones and Peacocks
along the canal totaling 19 in all.
David Land reported the first Orange Tip of Spring at Clapham, Devon (SX897871)
10th April
A Speckled Wood seen at Bay View Road, Northam (SS438288) by Mike
Braid.
Peacocks and Brimstones seen near New Bridge, Dartmoor (SX697717,SX702706) by Leonie van Wijk -We started our walk at the carpark at New Bridge (SX 711709) to Sharrah Pool (SX 697717) next to the river Dart. It was a warm spring day, about 15-17 degrees celcius. During this walk we saw quite a few of the species recorded above. The peacock on the attached photo was very easy to photograph as it was sunbathing for quite a while on the warm stones next to the river. It looks like its left wing is a little bit damaged. I reckon it has been hibernating and is from last summer. During the walk there often were a couple of peacocks "dancing" with eachother. Is this a mating ritual? The Brimstones however did not feel like posing for a photo, they were just frantically flying around on their own happy that it is finally spring. See photo
16th April
A Green-veined White seen at Stowford (SS625265) by Mike Braid.
17th April
David Helliar saw a Green Hairstreak, a Dingy Skipper and a
Clouded Yellow (helice form) at Littlecombe Shoot, Branscombe(SY180880) also
some Speckled Woods, Peacocks and Small Tortoiseshells.
18th April
Andrew Parris saw a Pearl Bordered Fritillary at Ramshorn Down
(SX792738).
Mike Braid saw about seven Orange Tips and several Green-veined Whites at Stowford (SS625265)
21st April
Two Holly Blues seen by Jenny Evans at Bratton Clovelly (SX475918)
23 April
Andrew Edwards-Jones reported an Orange Tip and Large White and
several Small Whites and Speckled Woods at Warleigh Point Nature
Reserve (SX448609).
24 April
Bill Deakins reorted a Wall Brown at Crabrock Point, Mansands (SX925532).
3 May
Phil Parr reported a Wood White on Berry Cliff west of Branscombe
(SY192881)
5 May
Bill Deakins reported two Small Blues at Lummaton Quarry, Torquay
(SX913666). (Note this has no public access).
10 May
Tom Stevenson saw eight Wall Browns, five Green Hairstreaks,
six Small Coppers, a Large White, a Green-veined White,
three Speckled Woods, a Common Blue and a Pearl Bordered Fritillary on the cliff
West of Prawle Point (SX770354). Also fourteen Wall Browns, four
Green Hairstreaks, a Green-veined White, ten Speckled Woods, a
Red Admiral and a Pearl Bordered Fritillary between East Portlemouth
and Gara Rock (SX750370).
12 May
Allen Beechy saw a Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary at Heddons Mouth
(SS652488) also two Small Coppers and an Orange Tip
13 May
Allen Beechy saw four Painted Ladies on the West Coast of Lundy Island
(SS130444).
19 May
Liz Hamling saw five Dingy Skippers and a Small Heath at Bystock nature
reserve, Exmouth (in the meadow) (SY030849) .
21 May
Paige Bwye reported a Small White at St Petroc College Barnstaple
.
23 May
Nigel Cottle reported the following at Coombe Woods. Goodleigh, Barnstaple
(Woodland Trust Reserve) (SS596336), Dingy Skipper, Orange Tips, Small
Whites, Green-veined White, Large White, Red Admirals, Common Blues and Speckled
Woods.
26 May
Kevin Bastow reported the following at Holwell Lawn, Widecombe, Dartmoor
(SX743781), a Marsh Fritillary, Green Hairstreak, Green-veined Whites and a
Small Heath.
Rob Wolton saw eight Grizzled Skippers at Wadland Down Plantations (SX515967) (see Photo)
31 May
Andy Cudmore sent in photos of Marsh Fritillary at Devon Wildlife Trust
reserve, Volehouse Moor, Woolsery, North Devon (see
photo).
Paul & Barbara Heatley reported the following in the Lannacombe area, Small Pearl Bordered Fritillaries ( SX807369), Dark Green Fritillary (see photo) (SX805369), Green Hairstreak (SX823373), Orange Tip and Common Blue.
6 June
A Large Skipper (see photo), 25 plus
Speckled Woods, 20 Green-veined Whites and five Large Whites
seen at Eastwood near Bideford (SS476266) by Andy Cudmore.
12th June
Six Meadow Browns seen by John Keele on the Sidmouth Coastal Path (see
Photo). Also one seen Ray Jones on the Grand Western Canal Ebear
Bridge (ST061164)
14 June
Two Meadow Browns reported by Ade Jupp in the wildflower meadow at the
Met Office (SX960929).
18 June
Nigel Cottle reported the following from Marsland DWT Reserve Common Blues,
Orange Tips, Meadow Browns, Speckled Woods, a Green Hairstreak, Large
Skippers, a Ringlet, Silver Washed Fritillary and a Large White.
19 June
Nigel Cottle reported the following from Coombe Woods Goodleigh
(Woodland Trust Reserve) (SS596336) Large Skippers, Marbled Whites, a
Green-veined White, Ringlets, a Common Blue, Red Admiral, Meadow Browns
and Speckled Woods.
Clare and Rick Carter saw the following at Withycombe Raleigh Common near Exmouth (SY035843) Silver Studded Blues, a Common Blue, Green Hairstreaks, Small Pearl Bordered Fritillaries, Small Heaths, Large Skippers also Brown Silver Lines and Large Emerald Moths.
20 June
Jules Cross saw 15-20 Heath Fritillaries in the Lydford Gorge reserve
(see Photo)
21 June
John Randall reported 9 Silver Studded Blues at TDC Bovey Heathfield
Reserve the last record in the Branch database was 1997.
27 June
Clare & Rick Carter saw a White Admiral at Bystock Pools near Exmouth
28 June
Nigel Wood reported seeing an Essex Skipper near Berry Head.
29 June
Two Marbled Whites (see Photo),
two Small Skippers
(see Photo) and 16 Meadow Browns
seen by John Keele on the coastal path at Sidmouth (SY133874)
2 July
Three High Brown Fritillaries (see photo),
a Silver Washed Fritillary (see photo)
, a Comma and two Large Skippers seen by John Carter at Deeper
Marsh (SX714713)
6 July
Two Gatekeepers seen by Ade Jupp at the Met Office Exeter.
7 July
Rog and Liz Hamling reported two Graylings at Withycombe Raleigh Common
near Exmouth (SY035843).
11 July
Simon Thurgood reported ' a surprisingly good day' at Dunsford Meadow DWT
Reserve. He wen't looking for High Brown Fritillaries of which he
saw two, but also saw a Purple Hairstreak
(photo) and two White Admirals (photo)
as well as three Silver Washed Fritillaries
(photo), 13 Commas (photo), large numbers of Ringlets, Small
Skippers a few Large Skippers (photo)
several whites (photo) a Marbled White
and a Tortoiseshell.
16 July
Eleanor Ludgate sent in a photo of a Purple
Hairstreak seen at Chagford today
21 July
One female White-letter Hairstreak seen at close
quarters feeding on Creeping thistles at grassy slope adjacent to SW corner of
Clennon Pools, Paignton (SX883592) by Colin Bath. Also small numbers of
Large and Small Skippers and Small Coppers.
29 July
A Brown Hairstreak seen by John Randall sitting in an Ash tree at Preston
Down (SX890624). Also Small Coppers, a Common Blue, Holly Blue, Red
Admiral, Comma, Speckled Woods, Gatekeepers and Meadow Browns.
