2021 - Large Tortoiseshell
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:20 pm
Hi all - I thought it would be useful to summarise all of the Large Tortoiseshell adult sightings this year, thus far. I often get asked by 'the great and the good' to let them know what's been posted on UKB before the formal records are collated at the end of the year, but there's also a lot going on in the broader ecosystem (Twitter, Facebook etc.). I intend to keep this list up to date so, if you have any additional sightings, do let me know (or post a reply to this thread). Thanks!
Cheers,
- Pete
Contributions from: Jim Baldwin, Nick Bowles, Peter Clarke, David Coupe, Bob Eade, Dom Greves, Gerry Hinde, Neil Hulme, Will Langdon, Dave Law, Ashley Whitlock, Martin Wills, Tony Wilson
Feb 26th
Rufus Castle (near Church Ope), Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/GerryHinde/status/1 ... 8918117385
Feb 26th
Highdown Hill, Ferring, West Sussex
Source: Neil Hulme [unknown observer, but Neil has verified from an image]
Feb 27th
5 seen at Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/radareggleton/statu ... 9345546241
Feb 27th
East Cosham, Hampshire
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2140026 ... sn=scwspwa
Feb 27th
Callestick, Cornwall
Source: https://twitter.com/TWTamar1/status/1365716679456673792
Feb 27th
Shide, Isle of Wight
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5709007 ... 9745742389
Feb 27th
Northwood Cemetery, Isle of Wight. Sighting of a worn individual only a quarter of a mile away from a Large Tortoiseshell sighting in 2020.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5709007 ... 5799069117
Feb 27th
Seaford, Sussex
Source: https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/record-de ... d=19428286
Feb 28th
East Cosham, Hampshire
Source: http://www.hantsiow-butterflies.org.uk/news.php
Feb 28th
Brighton, Sussex
Source: https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Mar 17th
Coombe Creek, Cornwall
Source: https://twitter.com/ProffField/status/1 ... 1767014400
Mar 21st
Rowland Wood, Sussex
Source: https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Mar 22nd
Rowland Wood, Sussex
Source: https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Mar 22nd
Rufus Castle (near Church Ope), Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/GerryHinde/status/1 ... 8327149569
Mar 22nd
Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/record-de ... d=20086498
Mar 22nd
3 seen at Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: Mitch Stone (in this thread)
Mar 22nd
Pennsylvania Castle Wood, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/record-de ... d=20086494
Mar 22nd
Kelling Heath, Norfolk
Source: https://twitter.com/BC_Norfolk/status/1 ... 5777491972
Mar 23rd
Darland Banks, Kent
Source: https://twitter.com/rehtaeh1/status/1374401023154872325
Mar 23rd
Private garden near naval cemetery, Isle of Portland, Dorset.
Source: UKB (Jester68 in this thread)
Mar 27th
2 seen near Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/jamezcartwright/sta ... 1575599104
Mar 27th
Arreton Down, Isle of Wight
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Isleofw ... 8797740746
Mar 29th
RSPB Fore Wood, Crowhurst, East Sussex
Source: Neil Hulme [sighting by Dr Simon Young]
Mar 29th
Pennsylvania Castle Wood, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/record-de ... d=20135807
Mar 29th
Cawsand, Cornwall
Source: Will Langdon [in database of Cornwall BC]
Mar 30th
Incombe Hole, Buckinghamshire
Source: https://twitter.com/wibsdad/status/1376991941188071434
Mar 30th
3-5 at Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/MatthewOates76/stat ... 6542101512
Mar 31st
Incombe Hole, Buckinghamshire
Source: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.philp ... 1066918274
Source: https://www.upperthames-butterflies.org ... _sightings (same individual)
March 31st
Abbotts Wood, East Sussex
Sure: Bob Eade (Badgerbob) in this thread
Apr 1st
Landguard Observatory, Suffolk
Source: https://twitter.com/Wykebirding/status/ ... 0650126337
Apr 1st
Mill Hill, Sussex
Source: https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Apr 1st
Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire
Source: https://hertsmiddx-butterflies.org.uk/sightings-new.php
Apr 2nd
Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/GriffinWildlife/sta ... 3796567051
Apr 2nd
Rufus Castle (near Church Ope), Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/GerryHinde/status/1 ... 3159399426
Apr 2nd
Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/record-de ... d=20157593
Apr 4th
Poole, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/MikeRob66/status/13 ... 9289212928
Apr 4th
Between Dover & St Margarets, Kent
Source: Facebook
Apr 8th
Near Rufus Castle, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: Sighting sent privately by Gerry Hinde
Apr 17th
Near Rufus Castle, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: Sighting sent privately by Gerry Hinde
Apr 21st
Southford, Isle of Wight
Source: Sighting sent privately
Apr 24th
Friston Forest, East Sussex
Male seen by Gary Norman not far from where he had one a few years back.
Source: Neil Hulme (in this thread)
May 5th
Bouldnor, Isle of Wight
Source: Sighting sent privately (and mentioned in this thread)
May 12th
Hutchinsons Bank, Croydon
Source: Martin Wills ('Mr. Spock' in this thread)
May 27th
Hutchinsons Bank, Croydon
Source: https://twitter.com/anand_ramesh18/stat ... 6853882880
July 15th
Tout Quarry, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2021/ ... ut-quarry/
Jul 31st
Near Ramsey Wood, West Suffolk
Source: https://twitter.com/mattgarnham90/statu ... 9060632581
Aug 1st
Clayton, West-Mid Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings.html
Aug 2nd
Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: Private WhatsApp group
Aug 2nd
2 seen at Tout Quarry, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: Private WhatsApp group
Aug 11th
Darland Banks, Kent
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6671878 ... 611147702/
Cheers,
- Pete
Contributions from: Jim Baldwin, Nick Bowles, Peter Clarke, David Coupe, Bob Eade, Dom Greves, Gerry Hinde, Neil Hulme, Will Langdon, Dave Law, Ashley Whitlock, Martin Wills, Tony Wilson
Feb 26th
Rufus Castle (near Church Ope), Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/GerryHinde/status/1 ... 8918117385
Feb 26th
Highdown Hill, Ferring, West Sussex
Source: Neil Hulme [unknown observer, but Neil has verified from an image]
Feb 27th
5 seen at Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/radareggleton/statu ... 9345546241
Feb 27th
East Cosham, Hampshire
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2140026 ... sn=scwspwa
Feb 27th
Callestick, Cornwall
Source: https://twitter.com/TWTamar1/status/1365716679456673792
Feb 27th
Shide, Isle of Wight
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5709007 ... 9745742389
Feb 27th
Northwood Cemetery, Isle of Wight. Sighting of a worn individual only a quarter of a mile away from a Large Tortoiseshell sighting in 2020.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5709007 ... 5799069117
Feb 27th
Seaford, Sussex
Source: https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/record-de ... d=19428286
Feb 28th
East Cosham, Hampshire
Source: http://www.hantsiow-butterflies.org.uk/news.php
Feb 28th
Brighton, Sussex
Source: https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Mar 17th
Coombe Creek, Cornwall
Source: https://twitter.com/ProffField/status/1 ... 1767014400
Mar 21st
Rowland Wood, Sussex
Source: https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Mar 22nd
Rowland Wood, Sussex
Source: https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Mar 22nd
Rufus Castle (near Church Ope), Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/GerryHinde/status/1 ... 8327149569
Mar 22nd
Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/record-de ... d=20086498
Mar 22nd
3 seen at Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: Mitch Stone (in this thread)
Mar 22nd
Pennsylvania Castle Wood, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/record-de ... d=20086494
Mar 22nd
Kelling Heath, Norfolk
Source: https://twitter.com/BC_Norfolk/status/1 ... 5777491972
Mar 23rd
Darland Banks, Kent
Source: https://twitter.com/rehtaeh1/status/1374401023154872325
Mar 23rd
Private garden near naval cemetery, Isle of Portland, Dorset.
Source: UKB (Jester68 in this thread)
Mar 27th
2 seen near Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/jamezcartwright/sta ... 1575599104
Mar 27th
Arreton Down, Isle of Wight
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Isleofw ... 8797740746
Mar 29th
RSPB Fore Wood, Crowhurst, East Sussex
Source: Neil Hulme [sighting by Dr Simon Young]
Mar 29th
Pennsylvania Castle Wood, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/record-de ... d=20135807
Mar 29th
Cawsand, Cornwall
Source: Will Langdon [in database of Cornwall BC]
Mar 30th
Incombe Hole, Buckinghamshire
Source: https://twitter.com/wibsdad/status/1376991941188071434
Mar 30th
3-5 at Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/MatthewOates76/stat ... 6542101512
Mar 31st
Incombe Hole, Buckinghamshire
Source: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.philp ... 1066918274
Source: https://www.upperthames-butterflies.org ... _sightings (same individual)
March 31st
Abbotts Wood, East Sussex
Sure: Bob Eade (Badgerbob) in this thread
Apr 1st
Landguard Observatory, Suffolk
Source: https://twitter.com/Wykebirding/status/ ... 0650126337
Apr 1st
Mill Hill, Sussex
Source: https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Apr 1st
Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire
Source: https://hertsmiddx-butterflies.org.uk/sightings-new.php
Apr 2nd
Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/GriffinWildlife/sta ... 3796567051
Apr 2nd
Rufus Castle (near Church Ope), Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/GerryHinde/status/1 ... 3159399426
Apr 2nd
Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/record-de ... d=20157593
Apr 4th
Poole, Dorset
Source: https://twitter.com/MikeRob66/status/13 ... 9289212928
Apr 4th
Between Dover & St Margarets, Kent
Source: Facebook
Apr 8th
Near Rufus Castle, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: Sighting sent privately by Gerry Hinde
Apr 17th
Near Rufus Castle, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: Sighting sent privately by Gerry Hinde
Apr 21st
Southford, Isle of Wight
Source: Sighting sent privately
Apr 24th
Friston Forest, East Sussex
Male seen by Gary Norman not far from where he had one a few years back.
Source: Neil Hulme (in this thread)
May 5th
Bouldnor, Isle of Wight
Source: Sighting sent privately (and mentioned in this thread)
May 12th
Hutchinsons Bank, Croydon
Source: Martin Wills ('Mr. Spock' in this thread)
May 27th
Hutchinsons Bank, Croydon
Source: https://twitter.com/anand_ramesh18/stat ... 6853882880
July 15th
Tout Quarry, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: https://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2021/ ... ut-quarry/
Jul 31st
Near Ramsey Wood, West Suffolk
Source: https://twitter.com/mattgarnham90/statu ... 9060632581
Aug 1st
Clayton, West-Mid Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings.html
Aug 2nd
Church Ope Cove, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: Private WhatsApp group
Aug 2nd
2 seen at Tout Quarry, Isle of Portland, Dorset
Source: Private WhatsApp group
Aug 11th
Darland Banks, Kent
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6671878 ... 611147702/