FIRST BUTTERFLY SIGHTINGS THIS YEAR

Date Seen English Name No Seen Where Seen Town Grid Ref
21/05/2010 Adonis Blue 1 Kilwood Coppice & Meadows NR East Creech SY933825
29/06/2010 Angle Shades Moth 1 Shepards Bottom Shaftesbury -
02/03/2010 Brimstone 1 - West Moors SU098081
18/05/2010 Brown Argus 2 Meadow south of Whetley Bridge Bridport SY528961
25/07/2010 Brown Hairstreak 2 Alners Gorse Hazelbury Bryan -
22/05/2010 Burnet Companion Moth 1 Clubmens Down Shaftesbury ST8818
05/07/2010 Chalkhill Blue 2 Verne Common Portland SY689735
04/05/2010 Cinnabar Moth 10 Hooke Park North Poorton SY527985
21/04/2010 Clouded Yellow 1 Durlston Country Park Swanage -
15/03/2010 Comma 1 Canford Heath Poole SZ022950
18/04/2010 Common Blue 1 North Woods Portland SY689731
24/05/2010 Dark Barred Twin Spot Carpet Moth 1 Verne Common Portland SY689735
03/07/2010 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Durdle Door Lulworth SY792806
28/04/2010 Dingy Skipper 2 Powerstock Common Dorchester SY539974
31/05/2010 Duke of Burgundy 1 Toller to Maiden Newton disused Railway line Toller Porcorum SY569979
05/06/2010 Five-spot Burnet Moth 25 Hambledon Hill Blandford ST8412
06/06/2010 Forester sp Moth 1 Lankham Bottom Dorchester ST610004
03/07/2010 Galium Carpet Moth 1 Badbury Rings Wimborne ST960020
03/07/2010 Gatekeeper 1 Arne Wareham SY972876
29/06/2010 Grayling 1 Westcliff Portland -
10/05/2010 Green Carpet Moth 1 Hod Hill Stourpaine ST874097
23/04/2010 Green Hairstreak 2 Fontmell Down Shaftesbury ST8717
07/04/2010 Green-veined White 1 Sandford Wareham SY928893
15/04/2010 Grizzled Skipper 1 Fontmell Down Shaftesbury ST8717
08/04/2010 Holly Blue 1 Binnegar Hall, East Stoke Wareham SY884873
01/07/2010 Hummingbird Hawkmoth 1 Walditch Bridport SY483927
31/05/2010 Large Skipper 2 Lydlinch Common Lydlinch -
26/03/2010 Large White 1 Westcliff Portland SY681724
11/07/2010 Latticed Heath Moth 1 Dunyeat's Hill Broadstone SZ015964
02/06/2010 Lulworth Skipper 30 Lulworth Cove West Lulworth SY825800
15/06/2010 Marbled White 1 Badbury Rings Wimborne ST979032
15/05/2010 Marsh Fritillary 5 Hod Hill Stourpaine -
06/06/2010 Meadow Brown 2 Black Hill Cerne Abbas ST667007
19/05/2010 Mother Shipton Moth 1 Corfe Mullen Meadow DWT Reserve Wimborne SY980967
28/04/2010 Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth 1 Powerstock Common Dorchester SY539974
08/04/2010 Orange Tip 1 Thorngrove Gillingham ST796258
13/04/2010 Painted Lady 1 Verne Common Portland SY689735
16/01/2010 Peacock 1 Shell Bay Beach Studland SZ035863
05/06/2010 Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Powerstock Common Dorchester SY540974
03/06/2010 Purple Hairstreak 2 Redhill Common Bournemouth -
31/05/2010 Pyrausta purpuralis Moth 4 The Cliff Blandford ST950074
06/02/2010 Red Admiral 1 Garden West Moors SU098081
22/06/2010 Ringlet 1 Kingcombe Centre Dorchester -
25/05/2010 Ruby Tiger Moth 1 The Cliff Blandford ST950074
28/06/2010 Scarlet Tiger Moth 8 Witchampton to Didlington Wimborne SU002076
04/05/2010 Silver Ground Carpet Moth 10 Hooke Park North Poorton SY527985
04/05/2010 Silver Y Moth 5 Hooke Park North Poorton SY527985
02/06/2010 Silver-studded Blue 1 Easton Portland SY693713
20/06/2010 Silver-washed Fritillary 1 Morden Park Lake Poole -
31/05/2010 Six-spot Burnet Moth 1 Alners Gorse Sturminster Newton -
21/05/2010 Small Blue 3 Broadcroft Quarry Portland SY694721
10/05/2010 Small Copper 1 Hod Hill Stourpaine ST874097
04/05/2010 Small Heath 5 Hooke Park North Poorton SY527985
24/05/2010 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 3 Powerstock Common Dorchester SY538973
21/06/2010 Small Skipper 2 Durlston Country Park Swanage SZ028769
16/02/2010 Small Tortoiseshell 2 New Barn Field Centre Bradford Peverell -
15/03/2010 Small White 1 Eason Windmill Portland -
09/04/2010 Speckled Wood 1 Binnegar Hall, East Stoke Wareham SY884873
15/05/2010 Wall Brown 2 Verne Common Portland SY689735
27/06/2010 White Admiral 15 Piddles Wood Sturminster Newton -
03/07/2010 White-letter Hairstreak 2 Alners Gorse Hazelbury Bryan -
05/06/2010 Wood Tiger Moth 1 Eggardon Hill Bridport SY545946
24/05/2010 Wood White 1 Powerstock Common Dorchester SY538973
25/05/2010 Yellow Shell Moth 1 The Cliff Blandford ST950074