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Just wondering guys, whats the nearest butterfly site to you and whats in your area?

Mines at Mountstewart where I live. Here are the known butterfly species:

Meadow Brown
Ringlet
Small Tortoiseshell
Red Admiral
GV White
Small White
Large White
Orange-Tip
Peacock
Holly Blue
Clouded Yellow (Migrants)
Small Copper (but I only seem to seem them in Autmn, not before at their location)
Painted Lady (migrant)
Speckled Wood

Not an over lot, but plenty. More Meadow Browns and Ringlets than anything else. Never could figure why I only saw the small copper in Autumn as apossed to other times of year.

All of the above are regulars at my local spots except clouded yellow, plus:
Brimstone
Comma
Marbled white
Gatekeeper
Common blue
Brown argus
Small skipper
Large skipper
Essex skipper
Five spot burnet (moth)
Six spot burnet (moth)
Burnet companion (moth)
Occasional hummingbird hawk moth
Very occasional clouded yellow, and seen once, a purple hairstreak.
Recent vagrant visitors are silver washed fritillary and white admiral.

Hi! Up here in north Cumbria we get Comma, Red Admiral, Common Blue, Large, Small and Gv whites, Wall, Ringlet, Small Copper, Small Tortoiseshell,Orange Tip, Peacock, Painted Lady, Meadow Brown, Large & Small Heath, Large Skipper,Purple Hairsteak, Green Hairstreak, Small Blue,Marsh Fritillary, Small Pearl bordered Fritillary and the Clouded Yellow and to travel an hour to south Cumbria we get Brimstone, High Brown, Dark Green, Silver Washed and Pearl Bordered Fritillarys, Duke of Burgundy Northern Brown Argus and the Scotch Argus,Holly Blue, Dingy Skipper, Small Skipper,Speckled Wood, Grayling and Gatekeeper and of course the Mountain Ringlet, that makes 38 species so we don't do bad all we need is the weather,where has summer gone?
Ian

Hi Dave, as we live in Hampshire, we got loads of good sites all around us.
But if your talking about just really local sites, then that would be the field out the back.
Holy Blue
Common Blue
Brown Argus
Small White
Large White
Green-Veined White
Orange Tip
Brimestone
Small Copper
Comma
Dark Green Fritillary
Painted Lady
Red Admiral
Peacock
Small Tortoiseshell
Small Heath
Meadow Brown
Ringlet
Gate Keeper
Marbled White
Speckled Wood
Small Skipper
Essex Skipper
Large Skipper
Swallow Tail

Have all been seen out there.
Lied about the Swallow Tail,

Grudich

My local is Barnhill, overlooking Wembley Stadium. The hill is crowned by woodland, with a nice pond in a clearing at the summit. Surrounding the wood are some decent meadows. From the summit there is a great view down to Wembley Stadium, right down Olympic Way to the front entrance.

I have seen the following there:

Essex Skipper
Large Skipper
Small Skipper
Common Blue
Holly Blue
Small Copper
Comma
Painted Lady
Peacock
Red Admiral
Small Tortoiseshell
Brimstone
Green Veined White
Small White
Large White
Orange Tip
Gatekeeper
Meadow Brown
Speckled Wood


Wouldn't surprise me if Purple Hairstreak exists somewhere as lots of mature oaks. But not spotted any as yet. Can't remember if Small Heath exists. Lots of moths too. Burnet Companion was abundant this year. Plenty of 5-spot Burnets and Cinnabars too. Across Fryent Way is Fryent Open Space but don't know that area quite so well.

-Mike