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SPECIES INFORMATION AND FIRST SIGHTINGS FOR 2004

This table shows the earliest sightings of resident and migratory species in the West Midlands region.

Click here to compare this year with 2003.

Click on the name to see further information about each species on the Butterfly Conservation website.
The information page also has a link to the National Biodiversity Network Gateway where you can
see a distribution atlas for each species.

Mail your local sightings to njstone@hotmail.com


Vernacular name Scientific name First sighting Location Seen By
Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon      
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 13/06/04 Brown Clee Richard Southwell
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola 17/07/04 Pedmore Richard Southwell
Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon      
Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma      
Large Skipper Ochlodes venata 31/05/04 Tugwood, Worcs Mike Southall
Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages 15/05/04 Saltwells NR, Dudley Richard Southwell
Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae 16/05/04 Wyre Forest - Postenplain Richard Southwell
Swallowtail Papilio machaon      
Wood White Leptidea sinapis 10/05/04 Bury Ditches, Salop Bill Davidson
Clouded Yellow Colias croceus 13/06/04 Kinswood CP Peter Newell
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni 19/02/04 Etruria Park, Nr Hanley,
Stoke-on-Trent		 James Hill
Large White Pieris brassicae 09/04/04 Brotheridge Green Neil Gregory
Small White Pieris rapae 09/04/04

09/04/04

 Weatheroak, Worcs

Northwick, Worcester

 Richard Southwell

Trevor Bucknall
Green-veined White Pieris napi 23/04/04 Stourbridge Richard Southwell
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines 09/04/04 Grafton Wood Trevor Bucknall
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi 24/04/04 Sherbrook Valley, Cannock Chase John Bennett & Lawrence Hobin
Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae 08/08/04 Roundhill Wood Paul Witcomb
Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus 10/06/04 Waresley, Worcs Mike Southall
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album 14/06/04 Old Hills Chris Johnson
Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni      
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas 07/05/04 Sutton Park Robert Pugh
Small Blue Cupido minimus 16/05/04 Rodborough Common Trevor Bucknall
Silver-studded Blue Plebeius argus 26/06/04 Prees Heath Richard Southwell
(Branch Trip)
Brown Argus Aricia agestis 30/07/04 West of Stourbridge Richard Southwell
Northern Brown Argus Aricia artaxerxes      
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus 18/05/04 Chasewater Robert Pugh
Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon      
Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus      
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus 09/04/04 Northwick, Worcester Trevor Bucknall
Large Blue Maculinea arion      
Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina 16/05/04 Rodborough Common Trevor Bucknall
White Admiral Limenitis camilla 16/06/04 Knightsgrove Wood, nr Worcester Trevor Bucknall
Purple Emperor Apatura iris      
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 11/02/04 Radnor Wood, Salop Bill Davidson
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 30/03/04 Clunbury, Salop Valerie Redgrave
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae 16/03/04 Crossway Green, Worcs Mike Southall
Peacock Inachis io 15/02/04 Consall Nature Park James Hill
Comma Polygonia c-album 30/03/04 Clunbury, Salop Valerie Redgrave
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene 30/05/04 Bell Coppice, Wyre Forest Bill Davidson
Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne 09/05/04 Old Railway Line, Wyre Forest Linda Dukes
High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe 20/06/04 Malvern Hills Trevor Bucknall
Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja 18/06/04 Bishops Castle, Salop Bill Davidson
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia 25/06/04 Wyre Forest John & Pam Bennett
Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia 23/05/04 Strawberry Bank, Cotswolds Trevor Bucknall
Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia      
Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia      
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria 23/04/04 Pensnett Trading Estate
Hall Green, Birmingham		 Richard Southwell
Alan Prior
Wall Lasiommata megera 10/05/04 Bury Ditches, Salop Bill Davidson
Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron      
Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops      
Marbled White Melanargia galathea 14/06/04 Old Hills Chris Johnson
Grayling Hipparchia semele      
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus 04/07/04 Alveley Country Park Richard Southwell
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina 09/06/04 Old Hills
Sneads Green		 Chris Johnson
Mike Southall
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus 09/06/04 Chaddesley Woods Steve Harper
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus 16/05/04 Pennerley Spoil Tip Bill Davidson
Large Heath Coenonympha tullia 26/06/04 Wem Moss Richard Southwell
(Branch Trip)
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