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First Sightings this year on Isle of Wight
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:24 pm
by wightbutterflies
Just a quick mention of my first sighting, two red admirals close to Borthwood, Apse Heath on the Isle of Wight on 22 Jan 2006. It was quite warm in the spot where we we're walking when we saw them. hopefully the first of many...
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:07 am
by Pete Eeles
Hi Zoe,
It would be great if you could also submit your sightings to the Hampshire and IOW BC branch also, using their form at:
http://www.hantsiow-butterflies.org.uk/ ... _form.html
I'm still thinking about how we could combine the UK Butterflies sightings topic, and the various BC branch sightings forms, in order to minimise the number of posts you have to make. Given that others may post from other parts of the country. I'm not sure it's appropriate for the UK Butterflies website to become a portal for all sightings in the UK, but will look into how we can facilitate this (so that sightings get passed on, and formally recorded), since I appreciate seeing images and getting reports ASAP from the recorder, which is a facility that the UK Butterflies website has!
Cheers,
- Pete
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:05 pm
by Guest
No problem Pete
I have already sent my sightings to the BC site as well. It's hard to know which is the best way to inform everyone of the sigthings. I will watch this space...
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:40 pm
by Perseus
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.
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:40 pm
by Pete Eeles
This may sound stupid Andy, and my apologies in advance
, but what is "near"?
Cheers,
- Pete
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:27 pm
by Guest
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 atlas we do get them on the isalnd but I'm yet to see any. On my website I have updated a distibution map so you can see what has been spotted in which area, this is work in progress as I have a full time job and have just started an MSc so only have limited time to get out etc.
http://www.wightbutterflies.co.uk
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:12 pm
by Perseus
Anonymous wrote: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 atlas we do get them on the isalnd but I'm yet to see any. On my website I have updated a distibution map so you can see what has been spotted in which area, this is work in progress as I have a full time job and have just started an MSc so only have limited time to get out etc.
http://www.wightbutterflies.co.uk
Thanks for the reply. It is a long story. It will have to be later.