73.194 .... B&F 2258
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii (Linnaeus, 1761) 
Status .....Common at all sites where it occurs, with a similar Nottinghamshire range to Dark Chestnut. Very common at sites within the Sherwood Forest NNR.
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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP March 2011
 
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Photographed at Lound Wood March 2007   Photographed at Lound Wood February 2005
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Chestnut
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Colin Watkin. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Sean Tobin. David Hursthouse. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Tim Sexton. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Stephen Palmer. Martin Gray. NBGRC. Meg Skinner. Steven Chick. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Graham Birkett. Indy Kiemel Greene and Agnes Kiemel. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Andy Adcock. Tom Shields.

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Updated January 2024
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