Access pages featuring species accounts for several of the county's rarer butterflies, plus read our historical review and atlas of Nottinghamshire butterflies, which is the first such review for many years. There are several pages particularly devoted to migrant butterflies, including details of the massive Painted Lady influx of late May 2009 and six years prior to that in August 2003. | ||
Species
accounts/guides |
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Nottinghamshire Butterflies | A review and modern atlas of Nottinghamshire Butterflies | |
Sherwood's Purple disaster | How recording work revealed a huge egg failure for the Purple Emperor in 2022 | |
The origins of the Purple Emperor in Nottinghamshire | A look at the historical and most recent records of this beautiful butterfly | |
Dingy and Grizzled Skippers in Nottinghamshire | A recent history of both Dingy and Grizzled Skipper in Nottinghamshire | |
The Green Hairstreak in Nottinghamshire | The history and recent records of this Nottinghamshire butterfly | |
Some recent Nottinghamshire records of the Wall Brown | The latest on this once common Nottinghamshire butterfly | |
The silent disappearance of the Wall (and Brown) | How a once common butterfly has disappeared without notice | |
The White Admiral in Nottinghamshire | Where and when to see this Nottinghamshire rarity | |
The Marbled White in Nottinghamshire | Where and when to see the Marbled White in Nottinghamshire | |
The Essex Skipper at Eakring | The discovery of the Essex Skipper at Eakring in 2003 | |
White-letter Hairstreak | The White-letter Hairstreak at Eakring | |
Population crash of the Small Skipper | The population crash of the Small Skipper at Eakring in 1999 | |
Brown Argus at Eakring and Kersall | The discovery and colonisation of the Brown Argus at Eakring | |
Migrant butterfly records at Eakring 1998 - 2010 | A summary of the migrant butterfly records from Eakring | |
Recording the visible migration of Butterflies | Observing migrant Red Admiral and Painted Lady Butterflies | |
The Purple Hairstreak | The discovery of this new species for Eakring in July 2003 | |
Eakring butterfly list | The butterflies recorded from the Eakring and Kersall area | |
Eakring Butterfly records 2002-2010 | Notes and first dates for Eakring butterflies | |
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Assorted
butterfly pages |
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Painted Lady migration in Spring 2009 | The huge Painted Lady migration through Eakring in 2009 | |
Painted Lady migration in Autumn 2003 | Account of the large-scale butterfly movements during August 2003 | |
The Butterflies of Eakring | The butterflies recorded from the Eakring and Kersall area | |
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pdf
publications |
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Sherwood Forest Lepidoptera 2014 | ||
Sherwood Forest Lepidoptera 2013 | ||
Sherwood Forest Lepidoptera 2012 | ||
Sherwood Forest Butterflies 2010 | ||
Sherwood Forest Butterflies 2009 |