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UKB Site Listings
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 3:58 pm
by Catteraxe
As Locations Coordinator for UKB I have been, over the last few months, researching potential butterfly sites not yet listed via our excellent Site Listings directory. The main thrust of our exercise is to record locations where the less common species are found (with the exclusion of sensitive sites which we don't list) although, with the general decline in our butterfly species, I appreciate the term 'less common' is subjective.
With this in mind it would be very useful if our army of UKBers could assist by letting me know of sites as yet unlisted in our directory so that we might compile a comprehensive listing of butterfly locations across the UK. In particular we seem to be thin on the ground in Wales, an area rich in species - locations such as Silent Valley SSSI, Branches Fork Meadows, Priory Wood SSSI, Strawberry Cottage Wood SSSI and many, many more. Being Wales-based I will be visiting some myself but cannot cover them all for obvious reasons. Of course this exercise is not limited to Wales, we need to build a comprehensive database of sites UK-wide.
If members have fresh data on currently listed sites, such as previously unrecorded species becoming established or existing species disappearing, this would be equally as important so that I can update those sites with the latest information.
All you need to do is let me know the name of the location, where it is and the species found there and I will endeavour to add them to our site listings. You can contact me via
kevin@ukbutterflies.co.uk.
Many thanks in anticipation of your support and in the hope this will be a good year for our butterflies.
Kevin.
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 11:03 am
by m_galathea
Hi Kevin,
I visited Lathkill Dale in Derbyshire on Saturday. Orange-tips were more common here than most places I visit. Three Green Hairstreaks were also present.
The other species I noted were Green-veined White, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell and Speckled Wood.
Regards
Alex
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 6:18 pm
by Catteraxe
Many thanks, Alex. I will update our site records.
Kevin.
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:36 pm
by Rosalyn
Holme Fen TL199896 - Small Copper, White Admiral, Silver-washed Fritillary
Aversley Wood,TL164821 - Silver-washed Fritillary, Purple Haistreak, White-letter Hairstreak
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 3:01 pm
by Catteraxe
Thanks Rosalyn.
Kevin.
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 8:36 am
by peterc
Hi Kevin,
You might like to add the following species to Bison Hill (SP999184):
Dingy Skipper
Green Hairstreak
both well established here.
ATB
Peter
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 6:41 pm
by Catteraxe
Thanks Peter.
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 7:40 pm
by Mark Senior
A fuller list of species for Castle Hill NNR Woodingdean Brighton
Dark Green Fritillary
Silver Spotted Skipper
Grizzled Skipper
Dingy Skipper ( nearly always a 2nd brood )
Small , Chalkhill , Adonis and Common Blues
Brown Argus
Green Hairstreak
Marbled White
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 2:50 pm
by Catteraxe
Thank you, Mark. Seems I'm going to be busy!
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 6:43 pm
by Rosalyn
Aston Rowant
Adonis Blue, only on the north side though
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Thu May 19, 2016 9:57 am
by Mark Senior
Beacon Hill Nature Reserve Rottingdean East Sussex
Whilst not a spectacular site compared to many others , there is a very good population of Marbled Whites here . A few Dark Green Fritillaries are seen most years and a very small colony of Chalkhill Blues seems to have clung on for many years in limited suitable habitat . The odd Adonis Blue has been recorded here but they are probably strays from other nearby sites .
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 1:49 pm
by Catteraxe
Site listings have now been updated. Many thanks for the contributions. If there are any further updates members wish to submit I'll ensure they are included in our listings.
Kevin.
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:07 pm
by Pete Eeles
Thanks Kevin!
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:11 pm
by Wurzel
Where possible could we also include a usable Post Code for sites as most Sat Nav systems don't actually use Grid References? Some are available on Wildlife Trust webpages or a nearby pub is quite handy?
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:46 pm
by Pete Eeles
Wurzel wrote:Where possible could we also include a usable Post Code for sites as most Sat Nav systems don't actually use Grid References? Some are available on Wildlife Trust webpages or a nearby pub is quite handy?
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Hi Wurzel - just bank the grid reference into StreetMap then, below the map, click on "Click here to convert coordinates". I'll look into doing this automatically at some point.
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:53 pm
by Catteraxe
Hi Wurzel,
The site listings also include a link to Google which lists website links for the location. From there you can get postcodes and glean other information about the local area such as pubs, directions, local activities. etc. Hope this is helpful but we're always open to suggestions as to how we might improve our site listings.
Thanks,
Kevin.
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 4:25 pm
by Mark Tutton
Hi Wurzel
most Sat Navs that I have encountered have a 'navigate to point on map' facility whereby you move a cursor where you want to go and hit navigate to!
I find this much more useful that using a postcode as you can be absolutely specific about where you want to get to, far away from the nearest postcode, down dirt tracks etc.
During the winter I worked through numbers of sites I intended to visit, first identifying them on Ordnance Survey and then plugged them into my favourites on the Sat Nav - this is even more useful when you want to navigate between sites in unfamiliar territory. Got me all the way to Glasdrum Wood last week and arrived straight to the car park no problem at all.
Hope that is useful.
Mark
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 9:20 pm
by Matsukaze
It should be worth adding the new BC reserve at Westbury Beacon (Somerset - ST502507) - unusual species include Chalkhill Blue, Dark Green Fritillary, Wall, Dingy Skipper and Grizzled Skipper.
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 9:37 pm
by David M
Matsukaze wrote:It should be worth adding the new BC reserve at Westbury Beacon (Somerset - ST502507) - unusual species include...Wall...
How the once mighty are fallen! Such a shame that this once widespread and common species is now a rarity.
Re: UKB Site Listings
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:45 am
by Catteraxe
Hi Matsukaze,
Thanks for the Westbury Beacon note. It does already appear in our sites listings as 'Westbury Beacon BC Reserve' including all the species you mentioned. What would be very useful is an indication of how numerous each of the species is, if you know that level of detail. Thanks again.
Kevin.