Butterflies 2018

Tuesday 6th November

A Peacock was at the top lake this afternoon.

Friday 2nd November

A total 2 Red Admirals were seen today.

Wednesday 31st October

2 Red Admirals were noted today.

Monday 29th October

There was a late Peacock on site this morning.

Friday 26th October

2 Red Admirals were seen at the top lake.

Monday 22nd October

A Red Admiral was seen today.

Friday 19th October

There was a total of 5 Red Admirals seen today. 

Thursday 18th October

Sighting today included 3 Red Admirals and 2 Large Whites. 

Wednesday 17th October

There was a total of 7 Red Admirals on site today.

Tuesday 16th October

Noted on site today was 3 Red Admirals, 1 Comma, 1 Peacock and 1 Large White.

Friday 12th October

Today's sightings included 3 Red Admirals, 1 Peacock, 2 Small Whites and 3 Speckled Woods.

Thursday 11th October

On site today was 3 Large Whites, 2 Small Whites, 2 Meadow Browns and 2 Red Admirals.

Thursday 4th October

2 Large Whites and 2 Red Admirals were present today.

Friday 28th September

There was a total of 10 Small Heaths, 2 Meadow Browns, 2 Speckled Woods and 3 Large Whites.

Thursday 27th September

Sightings today included 2 Red Admirals, 1 Peacock, 8 Small Heaths and 3 Small Whites.

Wednesday 26th September

It was certainly better today with 4 Speckled Woods now present, also 4 Meadow Browns, 2  Common Blues, 3 Red Admirals, 6 Small Heaths and 2 Comma.

Tuesday 25th September

Not to much around today but 2 Speckled Woods was nice, also 3 Small Heaths, 2 Red Admirals and 2 Meadow Browns.

Friday 21st September

Very small total's of butterflies today with just 3 Large Whites, 1 Comma, 8 Small Heaths and 8 Meadow Browns.

Thursday 20th September

Present on site today was 3 Small Whites, 2 Large Whites, 7 Small Heaths and 2 Comma.

Tuesday 18th September

There was very little on site today in blustery weather, sightings were just 3 Small Heaths, 2 Large Whites, 2 Small Whites and 1 Comma.

Monday 17th September

Total's today included 3 Large Whites, 3 Small Whites, 1 Comma, 3 Red Admirals, 6 Small Heaths, 3 Meadow Browns and 2 Common Blues.

Friday 14th September

The lovely weather brought out a late surge of butterflies which included 3 Small Whites, 8 Large Whites, 3 Comma, 4 Red Admirals, 10 Meadow Browns, 3 Common Blues, 13 Small Heaths and 2 Peacock.

Thursday 13th September

On site today was 6 Large Whites, 3 Small Whites, 1 Common Blue, 5 Small Heaths, 1 Small Copper, 4 Meadow Browns, 2 Red Admirals and 1 Comma.

Wednesday 12th September

Not surprisingly due to the weather there was very little in the way of butterflies, total's today included 4 Small Whites, 1 Small Copper and 1 Red Admiral

Tuesday 11th September

A Small Copper was seen this morning, also a total of 4 Large Whites, 2 Small Whites, 2 Red Admirals, 2 Comma and 4 Small Heaths.

Monday 10th September

Noted today was 1 Meadow Brown, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Small Whites, 3 Large Whites and 2 Comma.

Friday 7th September

On site today was 6 Large Whites, 2 Small Whites, 2 Red Admirals and 7 Small Heaths.

Thursday 6th September

Its certainly starting to get quieter out there with just 4 Large Whites, 2 Small Whites, 1 Red Admiral and 4 Small Heaths. 

Tuesday 4th September

A very quiet day with just 3 Large Whites, 2 Small Whites, 1 Comma, 6 Small Heaths and 2 Red Admirals.

Monday  3rd September

Total's today were 4 Small Whites, 4 Large Whites, 7 Meadow Browns, 1 Red Admiral and 7 Small Heaths

Friday 31st August

There was a total of 12 Large Whites, also 4 Red Admirals, 3 Small Heaths, 3 Meadow Browns, 2 Common Blues, 3 Small Whites, 1 Comma, 2 Red Admirals and 1 Peacock.

Thursday 30th August

There was very little today with just 2 Large Whites, 4 Small Whites, 2 Red Admirals, 1 Common Blue and 3 Small Heaths.

Friday 24th August

Total's today included 3 Small Whites, 7 Large Whites, 3 Red Admirals, 2 Comma, 3 Small Heaths and 1 Common Blue.

Thursday 23rd August

The poor weather certainly didn't help today, and there was very little noted on site. Total's today were just 2 Red Admirals, 2 Meadow Browns, 2 Small Heaths, 1 Comma, 3 Small Whites and 3 Large Whites.

Wednesday 22nd August

It was another very quiet day but it did produce a nice Painted Lady, 2 Red Admirals, 2 Wall Browns, 2 Small Tortoiseshells, 3 Small Heaths, 3 Small Whites, 1 Comma, and 4 Large Whites.

Tuesday 21st August

Today was another poor one with very little numbers around the site. Today's total's included 4 Small Whites, 4 Large Whites, 3 Small Heaths, 2 Red Admirals, 2 Small Tortoiseshells and 1 Common Blue.

Monday 20th August

A very poor day for Butterflies with just 3 Small Whites, 3 Red Admirals and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.

Thursday 2nd August

Butterflies noted today was 3 Peacocks, 8 Red Admirals, 19 Large Whites, 7 Small Whites, 3 Gatekeepers, 1 Wall Brown, 6  Marbled Whites, 2 Small Skippers, 1 Large Skipper, 7 Common Blues, 26 Meadow Browns and 2 Comma.

Wednesday 1st August

It was a quiet day which was a surprise considering the lovely weather, species noted were 4 Red Admirals, 13 Large Whites, 7 Small Whites, 3 Comma, 20 Meadow Browns, 1 Wall Brown (The first this year), 4 Marbled Whites and 5 Common Blues.

Friday 13th July


Red Admiral (Bottom Lake)
It was another good day with a total 10 Red Admirals, 4 Small Skippers, 4 Peacock, 30 Large Whites, 6 Small Whites, 40 Meadow Browns, 20 Marbled Whites, 5 Common Blues, 8 Small Heaths, 10 Gatekeepers and 4 Comma.

Thursday 12th July

Today was dominated by Large Whites with a total of 45 present around the site, also 12 Small Whites, 20 Marbled Whites, 6 Gatekeepers, 7 Small Heaths, 10 Ringlets, 3 Red Admirals, 7 Common Blues, 25 Meadow Browns, 4 Peacocks and 2 Small Skippers

Friday 6th July

Total's today included 35 Marbled Whites, 6 Gatekeepers, 10 Ringlets, 10 Large Whites, 11 Small Whites, 6 Red Admirals, 8 Common Blues, 11 Small Heaths, 2 Comma, 39 Meadow Browns and 3 Peacock.

Thursday 5th July

A very hot and sunny day once again produced some good numbers of butterflies including 44 Marbled Whites, 3 Comma, 9 Ringlets, 20 Meadow Browns, 6 Gatekeepers, 15 Large Whites, 10 Small Whites, 7 Red Admirals, 2 Peacocks, 8 Common Blues and 18 Small Heaths.

Thursday 28th June

As yesterday with another good total of 33 Marbled Whites, 18 Meadow Browns, 6 Large Whites, 4 Red Admirals, 6 Small Heaths, 3 Common Blues, 2 Comma and 3 Small Whites.

Wednesday 27th June

It was a good day for Marbled White butterflies with a total of 30 across the site, also 25 Meadow Browns, 13 Common  Blues, 9 Small Heaths, 5 Red Admirals, 4 Large Whites, 1 Comma, 2 Peacock and 5 Small Whites.  

Thursday 21st June

There was a good number of butterflies on site today including 30 Meadow Browns, 6 Marbled Whites, 14 Common Blues, 3 Comma, 4 Red Admirals, 3 Small Tortoiseshells, 9 Large Whites, 6 Small Whites and 13 Small Heaths.

Wednesday 20th June

Total's today included 3 Marbled Whites, 17 Meadow Browns, 8 Common Blues, 10 Small Heaths, 10 Large Whites, 8 Small Whites, 2 Red Admirals, 2 Peacocks and 1 Comma

Thursday 14th June

It was another good day with the first Marbled Whites on show with a total of 5 present around the site, also 18 Meadow Browns, 10 Small Heaths, 17 Common Blues, 2 Red Admirals, 3 Commas, 3 Peacock, 8 Large Whites, 4 Small Whites and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.

Wednesday 13th June

The number of Meadow Browns numbers increased to 25, and there was also a good number of Small Heath butterflies with at least 30 present around the site. Others included 4 Large Whites, 7 Small Whites, 2 Red Admirals and 12 Common Blues.

Thursday 7th June

Total's today included 10 Large Whites, 3 Small Whites, 25 Small Heaths, 3 Meadow Browns, 2 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Red Admirals and 11 Common Blues.

Wednesday 6th June

A good number of butterflies today with a total of 8 Meadow Browns, 9 Large Whites, 5 Small Whites, 19 Common Blues, 1 Orange Tip, 18 Small Heaths, 2 Speckled Wood, 2 Comma and 2 Red Admirals.

Thursday 31st May

Very similar to yesterday with a total of 21 Small Heaths, 14 Common Blues, 4 Large Whites, 3 Small Whites, 5 Red Admirals, 7 Speckled Woods,1 Orange Tip and 3 Comma.

Wednesday 30th May

It was a good day for butterflies with a total of 25 Small Heaths, 18 Common Blues, 7 Large Whites, 3 Small Whites, 3 Red Admirals, 3 Speckled Woods, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Orange Tip and 3 Comma.

Thursday 24th May

Very Similar sightings to yesterday with a total of 2 Orange Tips, 3 Commas, 3 Red Admirals, 5 Large Whites, 2 Common Blue, 2 Small Heath, 1 Speckled Wood and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.

Wednesday 23rd May

Today's sightings included 2 Orange Tips, 2 Commas, 3 Red Admirals, 2 Large Whites, 1 Common Blue, 2 Small Heath and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.

Thursday 10th May

A total of 5 Orange Tips were on site today, also 2 Comma, 2 Large White, 2 Small White, 1 Small Heath and 2 Peacock.

Wednesday 9th May

Still a little quiet with just 2 Orange Tips, 1 Small White, 1 Large White, 2 Peacocks and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.

Thursday 3rd May

The first Small White butterfly was seen today, also 2 Peacock and 1 Comma.

Thursday 26th April

An Orange Tip was the first this year, also 2 Peacock, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma and 1 Red Admiral.

Friday 20th April

2 Comma were seen today.

Thursday 19th April

A little bit of butterfly activity today with 2 Peacock, and 2 Comma.

Thursday 11th January

A Surprise today with the first butterfly sighting which was a Peacock at the bottom lake.

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