Gold Swift Hepialus hecta
Status .....Uncommon, but healthy colonies exist in both Eakring woodlands. Common at Sherwood Forest CP. A Grade 3 listed species in Nottinghamshire.
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Photographed at Hare Hill Wood May 2003   Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP July 2010
 
     
     
Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus (For comparison)
   
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UK distribution of Gold Swift
 

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