2023 - Large Tortoiseshell
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 9:37 pm
Time to start this year's thread! We 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, and there's also a lot going on in the broader ecosystem (Twitter, Facebook etc.) that also warrant a mention. 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
Mar 25th
Houghton Forest, West Sussex
Source: https://twitter.com/Aliceparfitt/status ... 5151025152
Apr 2nd
3 adults seen at Peacehaven, East Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Apr 3rd
North-west Kent
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1135722 ... 777639719/
Apr 3rd
Newtown, Isle of Wight
Source: comment in: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1135722 ... 777639719/
Apr 4th
Herne Bay, Kent
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6671878 ... 695518388/
Apr 4th
Orlestone Forest, Ashford, Kent
Source: https://twitter.com/Chequertree1/status ... EVN8g&s=08
Apr 4th
Perry Hill, Arun, Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Apr 4th
Newchurch, Isle of Wight
Source: This thread
Apr 6th
Horseshoe Plantation (Beachy Head), Eastbourne, Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Apr 7th
A different individual also seen at Horseshoe Plantation (Beachy Head), Eastbourne, Sussex
Source: This thread
Apr 7th
Cranmore, Isle of Wight
Source: This thread
Apr 7th
Ringmer, Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Apr 7th
Male at Abbotts Wood (Hailsham), Sussex
Source: This thread
Apr 7th
Woodingdean, East Sussex
Source: This thread
Apr 9th
Blackheath, Wenhaston, Suffolk
Source: https://twitter.com/bc_suffolk/status/1 ... J3bgwpPxLQ
Apr 9th
St Francis Fields, Northiam, Sussex
Source: https://irecord.org.uk/record-details/l ... d=29869890
Apr 10th
Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
Source: This thread
Apr 19th
Cowes, Isle of Wight
Source: This thread
Apr 25th
Golden Hill Fort, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Source: This thread
Apr 29th
Hollingbury (Brighton), Sussex. Female LT released, after becoming trapped in (or after waking within) greenhouse.
Source: Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
May 7th
Dunwich, Suffolk
Source: https://twitter.com/gbchownster/status/ ... 63809?s=12
Jun 15th
Several larval webs, Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Jun 16th
Middleton Common, Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
June 19th
6 individuals of a possible release. Elmley NR, Kent
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6671878 ... 875636036/
June 22nd
Long Pits, Dungeness, Kent
Source: This thread
June 28th
Croyde, North Devon
Source: This thread
July 2nd
NT Trencrom Hill, West Cornwall
Source: This thread
July 2nd
Kestle Barton, Nr Helford, Cornwall
Source: This thread
July 11th
One photographed by Celia Curtis in her Felpham (near Bognor, Sussex) garden.
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Cheers,
- Pete
Mar 25th
Houghton Forest, West Sussex
Source: https://twitter.com/Aliceparfitt/status ... 5151025152
Apr 2nd
3 adults seen at Peacehaven, East Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Apr 3rd
North-west Kent
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1135722 ... 777639719/
Apr 3rd
Newtown, Isle of Wight
Source: comment in: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1135722 ... 777639719/
Apr 4th
Herne Bay, Kent
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6671878 ... 695518388/
Apr 4th
Orlestone Forest, Ashford, Kent
Source: https://twitter.com/Chequertree1/status ... EVN8g&s=08
Apr 4th
Perry Hill, Arun, Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Apr 4th
Newchurch, Isle of Wight
Source: This thread
Apr 6th
Horseshoe Plantation (Beachy Head), Eastbourne, Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Apr 7th
A different individual also seen at Horseshoe Plantation (Beachy Head), Eastbourne, Sussex
Source: This thread
Apr 7th
Cranmore, Isle of Wight
Source: This thread
Apr 7th
Ringmer, Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Apr 7th
Male at Abbotts Wood (Hailsham), Sussex
Source: This thread
Apr 7th
Woodingdean, East Sussex
Source: This thread
Apr 9th
Blackheath, Wenhaston, Suffolk
Source: https://twitter.com/bc_suffolk/status/1 ... J3bgwpPxLQ
Apr 9th
St Francis Fields, Northiam, Sussex
Source: https://irecord.org.uk/record-details/l ... d=29869890
Apr 10th
Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
Source: This thread
Apr 19th
Cowes, Isle of Wight
Source: This thread
Apr 25th
Golden Hill Fort, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Source: This thread
Apr 29th
Hollingbury (Brighton), Sussex. Female LT released, after becoming trapped in (or after waking within) greenhouse.
Source: Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
May 7th
Dunwich, Suffolk
Source: https://twitter.com/gbchownster/status/ ... 63809?s=12
Jun 15th
Several larval webs, Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
Jun 16th
Middleton Common, Sussex
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/
June 19th
6 individuals of a possible release. Elmley NR, Kent
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6671878 ... 875636036/
June 22nd
Long Pits, Dungeness, Kent
Source: This thread
June 28th
Croyde, North Devon
Source: This thread
July 2nd
NT Trencrom Hill, West Cornwall
Source: This thread
July 2nd
Kestle Barton, Nr Helford, Cornwall
Source: This thread
July 11th
One photographed by Celia Curtis in her Felpham (near Bognor, Sussex) garden.
Source: http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/