Hello, 8 July 2007 The first Chalkhill Blue Butterfly of the year was seen on the lower slopes of Mill Hill on a cloudy day. It was one of twelve species seen in the first hour. Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2007.html Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@... Adur...

I saw a couple more yesterday.

Andy Horton

Hello, The last of the first brood was seen in Shoreham on 3 July 2006. I have an odd sighting on 30 July 2006, and the new brood now seems to be just coming out with two seen. Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2006.html Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@hotmail.c...

Hello, I saw my first Adonis second brood on Mill Hill on 6 August 2006. This year seems to be a good year and 66 seen in less than an hour is the most I have seen for the second brood on the Shoreham Bank. Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2006.html Cheers...

Papillo are on my shortlist at number one.

Hello, 26 April 2006 With the sun out so were the flying insects with twenty butterflies of seven species which included my first Green-veined White Butterfly of the year chased by a smaller Speckled Wood on the Waterworks Road, Old Shoreham. The lower slopes of Mill Hill hosted by first Dingy Skipp...

Missed the warm day for local butterflies. Red Admirals are fewer in March than any other month locally. Not many in April. I will not expect to see any before the end of the month.

Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List 2005
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2005.html

Andy Horton

may interest you to know that two "tatty" Red Admirals were reported on the Lancaster & District birding site on 31/03/2006 as being seen in Torrisholme, Morecambe, Lancashire Are these likely to to be migrants or residents? I don't know. Does anybody else? On the south coast of Engla...

Hi Andy, I thought that sourcing of wildflower seed for habitat creation has become more of a consideration - how true is this? On the one occasion I queried the source, the well known and recommended supplier could not provide the information regarding Horseshoe Vetch and became indignant when I a...

Hi Andy I am lead to believe that Brading Down, the next town from Ryde should be a good place for the Chalkhills. The only place I've ever seen the Glanvilles is along the southwest part of the island. That's not to say that they may not be in other parts of the island. According to the Millenium ...

This butterfly walk will also occur on the previous Sunday on 14 June 2006. It should be nearly as good.

Are there any good butterfly sites near Ryde please? I was thinking of Adonis, Glanvilles and Chalkhills.

I can explain why I want this information, but it is a long story.

No Red Admirals were recorded locally in February 2006. They are the only butterfly to be recorded in all months of the year.

http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2006.html

However, the tenmperature only dropped briefly below freezing, although the dew point was much lower.

Andy Horton

A Revised History of the Butterflies and Moths of Sussex

Colin R Pratt
Publisher: Booth Museum of Natural History
CD-ROM 1999

Excellent research. Poor format.

I wanted to bring your attention to the Elm Report, produced by Andrew Brookes. This is an excellent publication, and is specifically targeted at assisting the White-Letter Hairstreak. A downloadable copy of the report is available from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight BC branc website at: http://ww...

21 May 2006 (Sunday Morning) Butterfly Walk on Mill Hill, north of Old Shoreham Meet at the southern car park TQ 212 067 (layby just north of the bridge) at 10:00 am. Leader: Andy Horton All genuine enthusiasts welcome. Suitable for all ages including children. Bring digital cameras, magnifying glas...

PS: it is quite interesting how I came to the conclusion of foreign seed sources. I am not an expert on by plants by a long way and I had difficulty in identifying a comment plant like Salad Burnet. I then discovered by a posting on UK Leps or UK Botany that the Salad Burnet was a foreign variety. A...

Thanks for showing the interest, last post. No the Slonk Hill Cutting site is not grazed and never will be. There is no grass, not fertile enough, too dry or not enough soil (if any). The Horseshoe Vetch grows more upright. But the most pertiment thing is that there is no Chalkhill Blue Butterfly. A...

I am not about to make a point. I tend to agree with you in principle. In this case it is 35 years for the Small Blues on the Slonk Hill Cutting. I think, in all probability, introductions are unlikely to be successful even with climate change. The trend is with not sufficient detailed appraiisal th...

Hello, Locally, in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, there has been a successful introduction of Small Blues. Slonk Hill Cutting http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Slonk2005.htm We have lost the Dark Green Fritillary and earlier we lost other species as well. Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List http://www.glaucus.or...