SIGHTINGS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
| Date Seen | English Name | No Seen | Where Seen | Town | Grid Ref | Additional Info |
| 17/11/2009 | Red Admiral | 1 | Brook Lane | Wimborne | SY984971 | |
| 16/11/2009 | Red Admiral | 1 | Railway Station | Bournemouth | SZ097919 | |
| 15/11/2009 | Brimstone | 1 | Arne RSPB Reserve | Wareham | SY972876 | In car park |
| 15/11/2009 | Red Admiral | 3 | Arne RSPB Reserve | Wareham | SY972876 | In car park |
| 15/11/2009 | Red Admiral | 1 | Priory Lane | Bridport | ||
| 07/11/2009 | Painted Lady | 1 | Hengistbury Head | Bournemouth | ||
| 07/11/2009 | Painted Lady | 1 | Ferndown | SU060000 | Garden | |
| 05/11/2009 | Painted Lady | 3 | Chewton Common Road | Highcliffe | ||
| 03/11/2009 | Red Admiral | 1 | Rosemary Road, Parkstone | Poole | SZ041934 | |
| 01/11/2009 | Painted Lady | 2 | Foxcroft Drive | Wimborne | ||
| 31/10/2009 | Holly Blue | 1 | Arne RSPB Reserve | Wareham | ||
| 30/10/2009 | Painted Lady | 1 | Pymore | Bridport | SY467937 | Small (2nd brood?) Painted Lady feeding on patch of Thistles in Field just north of Bridport @ 11am |
| 26/10/2009 | Brimstone | 1 | Upton Heath | Poole | ||
| 26/10/2009 | Peacock | 2 | Upton Heath | Poole | ||
| 25/10/2009 | Red Admiral | 1 | Holt Heath Nature Reserve | Wimborne | SU056046 | |
| 25/10/2009 | Red Admiral | 2 | Priory Lane | Bridport | SY4692 | Garden |
| 25/10/2009 | Red Admiral | 2 | Swineham Footpath | Wareham | ||
| 25/10/2009 | Peacock | 1 | Swineham Footpath | Wareham | ||
| 25/10/2009 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Swineham Footpath | Wareham | ||
| 25/10/2009 | Small Copper | 1 | Powerstock Common | Dorchester | Railway Cutting, opposit bank adjacent to pond | |
| 25/10/2009 | Clouded Yellow | 1 | Cogden Heath | Bridport | SY5088 | Nectaring on yellow flowers |
| 19/10/2009 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Powerstock Common | Dorchester | Railway Cutting | |
| 17/10/2009 | Red Admiral | 1 | Rossmore Road, Parkstone | Poole | SZ051932 | |
| 14/10/2009 | Clouded Yellow | 8 | Bullers Cliff Hill | Abbotsbury | SY559847 | |
| 14/10/2009 | Red Admiral | 1 | Pymore | Bridport | SY148945 | |
| 13/10/2009 | Clouded Yellow | 2 | Winspit | Worth Matravers | ||
| 13/10/2009 | Small White | 3 | Winspit | Worth Matravers | ||
| 13/10/2009 | Red Admiral | 5 | Winspit | Worth Matravers | ||
| 13/10/2009 | Painted Lady | 10 | Winspit | Worth Matravers | ||
| 13/10/2009 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Winspit | Worth Matravers | ||
| 13/10/2009 | Meadow Brown | 1 | Winspit | Worth Matravers | ||
| 12/10/2009 | Painted Lady | 1 | Pymore | Bridport | SY148945 | On scabious flower in garden |
| 12/10/2009 | Small Copper | 1 | Hazelbury Bryan | ST747080 | ||
| 12/10/2009 | Painted Lady | 2 | Hazelbury Bryan | ST747080 | ||
| 12/10/2009 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Hazelbury Bryan | ST747080 | ||
| 10/10/2009 | Speckled Wood | 8 | Pymore | Bridport | SY468941 | |
| 02/10/2009 | Small White | 4 | Leigh Common | Wimborne | SZ032999 | By The Way Field |
| 02/10/2009 | Painted Lady | 2 | Leigh Common | Wimborne | SZ032999 | By The Way Field |
| 02/10/2009 | Silver Y Moth | 1 | Leigh Common | Wimborne | SZ032999 | By The Way Field |
| 02/10/2009 | Painted Lady | 2 | Leigh Common | Wimborne | SZ032999 | By The Way Field |
| 01/10/2009 | Painted Lady | 12 | Priests' Way | Worth Matravers | SY994779 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Red Admiral | 4 | Priests' Way | Worth Matravers | SY994779 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Comma | 1 | Priests' Way | Worth Matravers | SY994779 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Small Heath | 4 | Dancing Ledge | Worth Matravers | SY999771 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Common Blue | 2 | Dancing Ledge | Worth Matravers | SY999771 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Clouded Yellow | 2 | Dancing Ledge | Worth Matravers | SY999771 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Small White | 1 | Dancing Ledge | Worth Matravers | SY999771 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Rossmore Road, Parkstone | Poole | SZ051932 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Clouded Yellow | 4 | Cogden Heath | Bridport | SY5088 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Small White | 1 | Cogden Heath | Bridport | SY5088 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Small Copper | 1 | Cogden Heath | Bridport | SY5088 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Painted Lady | 1 | Cogden Heath | Bridport | SY5088 | |
| 01/10/2009 | Small Heath | 2 | Cogden Heath | Bridport | SY5088 |