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No. 46 NEWSLETTER Summer 2000
WEST MIDLANDS BRANCH, BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION
1999
WEST MIDLANDS
BUTTERFLY AND MOTH
ANNUAL REVIEW
First & Last Butterfly sightings 1999
| Name of Species | First Sighting | Last Sighting |
| Small Skipper | 29/6 Floggin DWh (25/6/98) | 29/8 West Malvern C&HD (23/9/98) |
| Essex Skipper | 17/7 Windmill Hill GF (21/6/98) | 5/9 Nr. Mathon C&HD (18/7/98) |
| Large Skipper | 29/5 Castlemorton IGD (24/5/98) | 14/8 West Table Hill C&HD (12/8/98) |
| Dingy Skipper | 3/5 Mathon PG (8/5/98) | N/A (21/6/98) |
| Grizzled Skipper | 2/5 Wyre Forest via MJW (17/5/98) | 27/5 Nr. Willersey IJD (12/6/98) |
| Wood White | 3/5 Monkwood F/trip (28/4/98) | 11/8 Monkwood DWh (15/8/98) |
| Clouded Yellow | N/A (21/6/98) | N/A (11/10/98) |
| Brimstone | 19/1 Worcester via PAW (9/1/98) | 18/10 Perry Wood PAW (23/10/98) |
| Large White | 1/4 Perry Wood PAW (31/3/98) | 14/10 Perry Wood PAW (1/10/98) |
| Small White | 17/3 Areley Wood TJH (18/3/98) | 18/10 Ripple C&HD (25/9/98) |
| Green-veined White | 9/4 Nr. Blaenau JA (31/3/98) | 14/10 Perry Wood PAW, Droitwich DWh (24/9/98) |
| Orange Tip | 1/4 Pedmore DSw (31/3/98) | 1/6 Dunstall Common C&HD, Perry Wood PAW (31/5/98) |
| Green Hairstreak | 28/4 Penny Hill Bank TJH (2/5/98) | 25/6 West Sugarloaf Hill C&HD (21/6/98) |
| Brown Hairstreak | 5/8 Nr. Stock Green RSt (18/8/98) | 30/8 Stock Green RM (22/9/98) |
| Purple Hairstreak | 26/6 Perry Wood PAW (4/7/98) | 9/9 Floggin DWh (23/9/98) |
| White letter Hairstreak | 25/6 Hawford TBu (3/7/98) | 5/8 Perry Wood PAW (15/8/98) |
| Small Copper | 4/5 Chase End IGD (2/5/98) | 19/10 Ryall Farm C&HD (21/10/98) |
| Silver-studded Blue | N/A (N/A) | N/A (N/A) |
| Brown Argus | 26/5 Ryall Farm C&HD (18/5/98) | 11/9 Nr. Trumpet PG (1/10/98) |
| Northern Brown Argus | N/A (N/A) | N/A (N/A) |
| Common Blue | 22/5 Hereford AN (13/5/98) | 17/9 Floggin DWh, Ryall Farm C&HD (29/9/98) |
| Holly Blue | 17/3 Nr. Wellington JK (30/3/98) | 6/10 Droitwich DWh (30/9/98) |
| White Admiral | 25/6 Monkwood TJH (21/6/98) | 5/8 Nr. Stock Green RSt (19/8/98) |
| Red Admiral | 14/3 Upper Welland IGD (13/2/98) | 21/12 Kidderminster PL (11/11/98) |
| Painted Lady | 11/6 Ryall Farm C&HD (19/5/98) | 19/10 Ryall Farm C&HD (9/10/98) |
| Small Tortoiseshell | 13/3 Stourport TJH (8/2/98) | 12/11 Ryall Farm C&HD (10/10/98) |
| Peacock | 5/1 Worcester via PAW (8/1/98) | 3/11 Baynhall Bogs C&HD (6/11/98) |
| Comma | 13/3 Perry Wood PAW (13/2/98) | 6/11 Worcester TBu (10/11/98) |
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | 29/5 Ewyas Harold SY (23/5/98) | 24/6 Wyre Forest TJH (3/7/98) |
| Pearl-bordered Fritillary | 3/5 Wyre Forest PH/MT (6/5/98) | 24/6 Wyre Forest TJH (4/6/98) |
| High Brown Fritillary | 20/6 Malverns CP (28/6/98) | 13/7 Nr. Aymestrey JT (23/7/98) |
| Dark Green Fritillary | N/A (N/A) | N/A (28/7/98) |
| Silver-washed Fritillary | 23/6 Wyre Forest MT (3/7/98) | 2/9 Wyre Forest TJH (30/8/98) |
| Marsh Fritillary | 25/5 Trench Wood KHT(27/5/98) | N/A (N/A) |
| Speckled Wood | 17/3 Perry Wood PAW (19/3/98) | 3/11 Perry Wood PAW (18/10/98) |
| Wall Brown | 1/6 Chase End IGD (23/5/98) | N/A (N/A) |
| Marbled White | 22/6 Nr. Penny Hill DWh (19/6/98) | 7/8 West Malvern C&HD (10/8/98) |
| Grayling | 10/7 The Bog RSw/PH/DJ (27/7/98) | N/A (16/8/98) |
| Gatekeeper | 2/7 Malvern FH, Perry Wood PAW (3/7/98) | 4/9 Hagley Wood DWh (17/9/98) |
| Meadow Brown | 11/6 Malvern FH (28/5/98) | 14/9 Floggin DWh (25/9/98) |
| Ringlet | 20/6 Bredon CCM (25/6/98) | 20/8 Perry Wood PAW (19/8/98) |
| Small Heath | 19/5 Ryall Farm C&HD (9/5/98) | 9/9 Upper Dingle, W. Malvern C&HD (5/9/98) |
| Large Heath | N/A (16/6/98) | N/A (N/A) |
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