2018 Sightings
Saturday, 9 June 2018
Garrow Tor fieldtrip lead by Rob Nicholls were attended by CBMS members and friends: Dave and Iris Conway, Russel Hemmings, Del and joined on return by John St Ledger. A very enjoyable fieldtrip to a remote area of Bodmin Moor. Pleasant conditions, generally sunny, warm and dry but somewhat humid. Butterfly species: 2x Marsh Fritillary, 50++ Small Heath, 3x Small White, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Brimstone, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Meadow Brown, 6x Common Blue, 3x Small Copper, 8x Green Hairstreak and 2x Green-veined White. Moth species: 3x Mother Shipton, 3x Fox Moth Caterpillar, Maidens Blush, Silver Y, Common Carpet, 5x Chimney Sweeper, 2x Silver-ground Carpet, Cinnabar, Brown Silver Line, 2x Latticed Heath and White Ermine. Other species: 15++ Beautiful Demoiselle, 30++ Large Red Damselfly 2x Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Broad Bodied Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly, Harvestman. 10++ Trout, Southern Marsh Orchid, Unidentified species of Rove Beetle, Hoverfly, Chafer (numerous). Bird species: 3x Raven, 12++ Carrion Crow, 2x Jackdaw, 6x Skylark, 3x Buzzard, Cuckoo, 2++ Garden Warbler, 5++ Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, 3x Magpie, Bullfinch, 3x Chaffinch, 4x Stonechat, Whinchat (2x males seen), Reed Bunting, Swallow, Grasshopper Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 3x Wheatear and 2x Grey Wagtail, Garrow Tor - Rob Nicholls
Friday, 8 June 2018
50++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 2x Meadow Brown, 5x Large Skipper, 7x Green-veined White, 4x Large White, 5x Small White and 9x Speckled Wood, Bunny's Hill - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 4 June 2018
20++ Common Blue 20, 5x Dingy Skipper, 12x Small Heath , 2x Small Copper, 2x Small White, 1x Large White, 2x Painted Lady, 3x Speckled Wood 3, and a Cuckoo calling, St Austell area - Leon Abbott
1x Wall, 3x Common Blue, 3x and 1x Speckled Wood, Penhale - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 3 June 2018
Breney Common Fieldtrip lead by Rob Nicholls were attended by CBMS members and friends: Dave Conway, Robbie Robinson, Mrs Robinson, Lee Slaughter, Malcolm Lee, Dave Phillips, Del, Gareth, Sarah, Vic, Judy, Rachael and Sally the Dog. Butterfly Species: 6 Orange Tip, 2x Small White, 2x Large White, 1x Green Veined White, 25++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 80++Marsh Fritillary, 1x Red Admiral, 15++ Small Heath, 5x Green Hairstreak, 1x Small Copper, 4x Brimstone, 5x Common Blue and 8x Speckled Wood. Moth Species: 2x Mother Shipton, 1x Lackey, 1x Silver Brown Carpet, 1x Silver Hooked, 1x Emperor, 2x Speckled Yellow, 7x Brown Silver Line and 2x Tiger Beetle 2. Other Species: Emperor Dragonfly, Broad Bodied Chaser, Four Spot Chaser, Black Tailed Skimmer, Azure Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly and Beautiful Demoiselle. Amphibians: 1x Newt and 2x Frogs. Breney Common - Rob Nicholls
75++ Heath Fritillary (2x aberrant & 4x pairs), 6x Brimstone, 9x Common Blue, 1x Meadow Brown, 2x Green Veined White, 1x Large White and 4x Speckled Wood, Greenscombe Woods - Leon Abbott, Paul Browning, Dave Spencer, Kate and John Chappel
2x Dingy Skipper, 1x Grizzled, 5x Wall, 20++ Common Blue, 3x Large Skipper, 1x Painted Lady, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 5x Small Heath, 2x Large White, 6x Small White and 8x Speckled Wood, Penhale - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 2 June 2018
Predannack Fieldtrip lead by John Foster. There were plenty of Small Pearl and Marsh Fritillaries flying in the sunshine at Predannack today, as well as the first Large Skipper and Six Spot Burnets. The Fritillaries are enjoying an amazing season this year following back to back warm springs and benefitting from management work instigated by the research team from Falmouth University. Evidence that insect immigration is under way came from several Silver Y and Painted Lady nectaring on the carpets of Thrift. Other species of interest typical for this site on show today were Wall Brown, Cream Spot Tiger moth and caterpillars of Grass Eggar. The patchy cloud and sunny intervals today were well suited for photography with the nectaring butterflies being quite approachable. Predannack Cliffs - John Foster
5x Wall, 10++ Common Blue, 2x Large Skipper, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Large White, 4x Small White and 6x Speckled Wood, Penhale - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Friday, 1 June 2018
2x Wall, 5x Common Blue, 1x Large Skipper, 1x Large White, 2x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, Penhale - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Elephant Hawk Moth, Grampound Road - Paul Miles
Wall Brown and Small Tortoiseshell, Trelusback Farm - Keith Wilson
Monday, 28 May 2018
15 Species of Butterflies seen today: 50++ Marsh Fritillary plus 5x mating pairs, 10++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 3x Small Heath, 1x Green Hairstreak, 2x Small Copper, 5x Common Blue, 2x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Brimstone, 9x Orange Tip, 10++ Green-veined White, 5x Large White, 7x Small White and 8x Speckled Wood, Breney Common - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
20++ Wood White, 4x Large White, 15x Green -veined White, 12x Dingy Skipper, 1x Green Hairstreak, 3x Orange Tip, 2x Brimstone, 15x Common Blue and 6x Speckled Wood 6, Meeth Quarry - Leon Abbott, Dave Spencer and Paul Browning
Heath Fritillary, Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Brimstone and Peacock, Greenscoombe Woods - Russell Hemmings
Sunday, 27 May 2018
1x Comma, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Peacock, 2x Common Blue, 4x Orange Tip, 2x Green-veined White, 3x Large White, 5x Small White and 2x Speckled Wood, Glendurgan Garden - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
2x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Small Heath, 1x Large Skipper, 1x Large White, 3x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, Kynance Cove - - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
3x Large White, 5x Small White and 6x Speckled Wood, Predannack Wollas - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Marsh Fritillary, Breney Common - Debi Philips
Saturday, 26 May 2018
15 Species of Butterflies seen today: 1x Silver-studded Blue aberration, 10++ Silver-studded Bluie, 5x Grizzled Skipper, 10++ Dingy Skipper, 2x Dark Green Fritillary, 2x Small Heath, 30++ Common Blue, 10++ Brown Argus, 5x Wall, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Red Admiral, 6x Green-veined White, 5x Orange Tip, 3x Large White, 8x Small White and 10++ Speckled Wood, Penhale Dunes - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Friday, 25 May 2018
From 1100 to 1200 in sunny conditions produced 24x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 12x Green-veined White, 11x Speckled Wood, 7x Brimstone and 1x Peacock, Cabilla Woods - Dave Conway
2x Large White, 3x Small White, 50++ Common Blue, 2x Wall, 30++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 12x Small Heath, Kynance, Lizard, Leon Abbott and Dave Spencer
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
15++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 15++ Common Blue, 2x Green Hairstreak, very worn Peacock, 1x Wall Brown, 1x Orange Tip, 2x Small Copper, Lime Speck Pug and Silver Y, Nanquidno near Lands End airfield - Laurie and Helen Oakes
14 Species of Butterflies seen today: 20++ fresh and pristine Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Comma, 1x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Peacock, 2x Wall, 20++ Speckled Wood, 1x Brimstone, 2x Small Copper, 3x Common Blue, 4x Orange Tip, 2x Green-veined White, 8x Large White and 3x Small White, Poltesco, The Lizard Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 21 May 2018
4x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Small Copper, 1x Small Heath, 8x Orange Tip, 4x Common Blue, 1x Wall Brown and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Kenidjack near St Just - Laurie and Helen Oakes
Sunday, 20 May 2018
The CBMS fieldtrip was attended by six CBMS members and was a great success. The weather was warm and sunny with a gentle south easterly wind. The event was to study the Pearl-bordered Fritillary and we were rewarded with an estimated count of 69x recorded (2x pairs of mating Pearl-bordered Fritillary within the count of 69). Other species also noted were 1x Orange Tip, 2x Holly Blue, 1x Small Copper, 1x Large White, 3x Green-veined White, 4x Speckled Yellows and 5x Brown Silver-lined Moths, Fellover Brake, Tuckingmill, St.Breward - Robbie Robinson
Saturday, 19 May 2018
Fourteen enthusiasts attended the visit from 1100 to 1515 in hot/sunny conditions. We recorded 42x Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 24 Green-veined White, 1 Large White, 7 Brimstone, 2 Orange Tip, 2 Speckled Wood and 2 Holly Blue. Other wildlife comprised of Buff Tip, Brown Silverline, Speckled Yellow, Common Carpet and Cinnabar moths, Large Red Damselfly, Beautiful Demoiselle, Broad-bodied Chaser and a Fox, CBMS visit to De Lank - Dave Conway
11 Species of Butterflies seen today: 4x Grizzled Skipper, 3x Dingy Skipper, 1x Brown Argus, 1x Common Blue, 5x Orange Tip, 4x Green-veined White, 7x Small White, 5x Large White, 4x Speckled Wood, 2x Wall, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Male and Female Emperor Moth, Penhale Dunes - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Friday, 18 May 2018
11 Species of Butterflies seen today: 20++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 2x Large Skipper, 1x Painted Lady, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Small Copper, 3x Holy Blue, 10++ Speckled Wood, 2x Small White, 3x Large White, 1x Green-veined White, 5x Wall and 5x Emperor Moth, South West Coast Path in LOOE, access via the National Trust fields called "STRUDDICKS" - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
40++ Speckled Wood, 4x Holly Blue, 15x Green Hairstreak, 2x Small Copper, 2x Small White, 1x Large White, 7x Green-veined White, 2x Common Blue, 3x Wall, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Orange Tip, 1x Brimstone, very good day, 12 species butterflies seen, South Coast, tour of Lantivet Bay - Leon Abbot
2x Small White, 1x Large White and 1x Speckled Wood, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 13 May 2018
Grizzled Skipper, Small Copper, Brown Argus, Cinnabar Moth, Orange Tip, Large White, Green-veined White and several Emperor Moths because I still smelled of pheromone, Penhale Dunes - Russell Hemmings
2x Small White, 1x Large White and 1x Speckled Wood, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Brimstone, 7x Green-veined White, 5x Small White, 3x Large White, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Peacock and 2x Holy Blue, Trerice Garden - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
5x Wall, 4x Small White, 2x Large White and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, North Cornwall Coast - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 12 May 2018
1x Small White, 1x Large White, 1x Speckled Wood and 1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
3x Wall, 2x Small White, 1x Large White, 1x Small Tortoiseshell and 1x Peacock, North Cornwall Coast - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
2x Orange Tip, 3x Green-veined White and 1x Small White, Pont's Mill - Leon Abbott
1x Dingy Skipper, 2x Speckled Wood and 1x Green-veined White 1, St Austell - Leon Abbott
1x Large White and 2x Small White, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 7 May 2018
Brimstone, 7x Orange Tip, Red Admiral, 1400 hrs, Breney Common - Paul and Dawn Miles
Ruby Tiger Moth, 1630 hrs, Grampound Road - Paul and Dawn Miles
20++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Peacock, 2x Orange Tip, 3x Small Copper, 1x Holly Blue, 4x Large White, 4x Speckled Wood, 2x Small White, 20++ Green-veined White and 1x Speckled Yellow moth, 22 degrees C (72F), Struddicks near Murrayton Monkey Sanctuary, Looe - Lee, Lisa, Robert & Michael Slaughter
2x Large White, 4x Small White, 1x Speckled Wood and 1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 6 May 2018
2x Brimstone, 9x Green-veined white, 2x Speckled Wood, 1x Orange Tip, 2x Holly Blue, 1x Large White and 1x Small White, St Andrews Pond Nature Reserve Robert and Lee Slaughter and Tom Rawle
1x Small Copper, 40++ Green-veined white, 7x Speckled Wood, 8x Orange Tip, 1x Peacock, 3x Large White and 3x Small White, Par Beach - Robert and Lee Slaughter and Tom Rawle
2x Large White, 3x Small White, 1x Speckled Wood and 2x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 5 May 2018
3x Grizzled Skipper, 3x Green Veined White, 2x Speckled Wood, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Penhale Dunes - Leon Abbott, Dave Spencer and Paul Browning
1x Grizzled Skipper, 2x Orange Tip, 4x Speckled Wood, 2x Small White and 1x Large White, Penhale Dunes - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Brimstone, 4x Orange Tip, 5x Small White, 3x Large White and 2x Speckled Wood, Goos Moor - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
5x Holly Blue, 3x Brimstone, 2x Orange Tip, 7x Small White, 4x Large White, 2x Green-veined White, 5x Speckled Wood, 1x Comma, 1x Small Tortoiseshell and 5x Peacock, St Michael Penkivel - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
3x Orange Tip, 6x Small White, 3x Large White and 2x Speckled Wood, Ruan Lanihorne - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Small Tortoiseshell, 4x Small White and 2x Large White, Pendower - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Large White, 3x Small White, 1x Speckled Wood and 1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 29 April 2018
2x Large White, 3x Small White, 1x Orange Tip and 2x Peacock, St Newlyn East - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Large White, 1x Small White, 1x Speckled Wood and 1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 28 April 2018
1x Large White, 1x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Friday, 27 April 2018
1x Orange Tip, 2x Large White, 1x Small White and 1x Peacock, Lanhydrock - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Thursday, 26 April 2018
3x Speckled Wood and 2x Green Veined White, Penhale Dunes - Leon Aboott
Monday, 23 April 2018
1x Large White, 1x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 22 April 2018
1x Speckled Wood, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 21 April 2018
3x Peacock, 2x Holy Blue, 2x Speckled Wood, 4x Small White, 2x Large White and 1x Orange Tip, Millbrook - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Peacock, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Small White and 1x Large White, 1x Small Copper with a hint of Caeruleopunctata, Lamorna Valley - Kate Dalziel
Friday, 20 April 2018
1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Green Veined White, St Newlyn East - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 5x Holly Blue, 1x Large White, 2x Small White, 2x Green-veined White and 3x Speckled Wood, Prussia Cove - Leon Abbott and Dave Spencer
Thursday, 19 April 2018
3x Brimstone, 2x Comma, 7x Peacock, 5x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Speckled Wood, 6x Small White, 3x Large White and 1x Orange Tip, Crowhill Valley - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Green Veined White, Kings Wood near St Austell - Leon Abbott
5x Peacock, 4x Small White, 1x Holly Blue and 1x Comma, Par Beach - Leon Abbott
1x Orange Tip male, Skew Bridge, Par Moor, Par - Lee Slaughter
1x Holly Blue, 1x Green-veined White, 2x Small White and 2x Small Tortoiseshell, Readymoney Allotments, Fowey - Lee Slaughter
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
4x Small Tortoiseshell, Zennor - Rob and Rowena
5x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Small White and 2x Caterpillar, Botallack - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
3x Speckled Wood, Coverack Sculpture Park - John Foster
1x Speckled Wood and 1x Comma, Little Treleaver - John Foster
6x Brimstone (5 males & 1 female) and 2x Peacock, Redlake, Lostwithiel - Lee Slaughter
1x Orange Tip (male), 1x Small White and 1x Peacock, Hidden Valley Gardens, Treesmill, Par - Lee Slaughter
Saturday, 14 April 2018
4x Brimstone and 1x Peacock, Fletchersbridge, Bodmin - Lee Slaughter
Thursday, 12 April 2018
1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
11x Peacock, 7x Comma, 2x Small White, Kings Woods, St Austell - Leon Abbott
2x Holly Blue flying around a Laurel hedge at Bodmin Hill, Lostwithiel about 11:00am - Lee Slaughter
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
1x Large White, Richmond Place, St Ives – Kim Nicol
Monday, 9 April 2018
1x Small Tortoiseshell, 4x Cornish Choughs, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Ravens, Rook, Kestrel, Buzzard, Fulmar, Gannet, Cormorant, Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Wheatear, Skylark, Linnet, North Cornwall Coast - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 8 April 2018
1 x Large White, 3 x Peacock, Penrose Estate, Helston – Kim Nicol
1x Peacock, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Porthleven – Kim Nicol
Saturday, 7 April 2018
4x Small Tortoiseshell, a caterpiller plus 4x Cornish Choughs, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Ravens, Rook, 5x Swallow, Kestrel, Buzzard, Fulmar, Gannet, Cormorant, Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Wheatear, 20++ Dolphins and Porpoises, North Cornwall Coast - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Peacock, Upton Towans – Kim Nicol
2x Peacock, Gwithian Green – Kim Nicol
1x Peacock, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, George V Walk, Hayle – Kim Nicol
Thursday, 5 April 2018
1x Small Tortoiseshell, Readymoney allotments, Fowey at 10:45am - Lee Slaughter
Friday, 30 March 2018
1x Peacock, Upton Towans – Kim Nicol
Monday, 26 March, 2018
Peacock, Roche - Rob Nicholls
Sunday, 25 March, 2018
Harvest Mice Nests, Frogs, Buzzard, Canada Goose, a caterpillar, Trelusback Farm - Phil Harris, Malcolm Lee, John Foster, Rowena Castillo Nicholls, et al
The Harvest Mice Nests were found in the burnt tussocks of Purple Moor Grass Molinea caerulea. Phil told us these were summer nests, winter nests being made inside bramble patches. Checking out the NBN Atlas for Harvest Mice they have a single 1974 record for ‘Nr Stithians’, which equates to a grid reference SW 715385. This shows the location of the 1974 record, together with that of the main cluster, per www.gridreferencefinder.com. That 1974 record is only a few hundred yards or so north east of where these nests were found in Keith’s field yesterday. - Malcolm Lee
20x Brimstone( only 2 were female), 9x Comma, 4x Peacock, 2x Small Tortoiseshell and 1x Red Admiral, a stroll along the river track in Cabilla Woods from 1300-1500 in calm, sunny conditions - Robbie Robinson, Iris and Dave Conway
5 x male Brimstone and 1 x Peacock. 13 degrees C. Pontsmill lunchtime (35 minutes) - Lee Slaughter & Michael Slaughter
1x Peacock, Praa Sands – Kim Nicol
1x Peacock, Rinsey Head – Kim Nicol
2x Peacock, 1x Comma, Gwithian Green – Kim Nicol
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Peacock, 12:00pm, Roseland Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Friday, 16 March 2018
Small Tortoiseshell, 2pm, Private Garden, Helston - Patrick Poland
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
5x superb male Brimstone. They were very inter-active and spent some time nectaring on Primrose. 1pm to 3pm, Cabilla Woods - Dave Conway
1x male Brimstone, Bissoe - Phillip Harris
1x Small Tortoiseshell flying & nectaring on winter flowering heather in garden in west side of St Austell between 9:45am & 11:00am - Lee Slaughter
Small Tortoiseshell about lunchtime in my sheltered garden, Gorran Highlanes - Sheila Pearce
Thursday, 11 January 2018
Peacock, Egloshayle churchyard - Lee Slaughter
Garrow Tor fieldtrip lead by Rob Nicholls were attended by CBMS members and friends: Dave and Iris Conway, Russel Hemmings, Del and joined on return by John St Ledger. A very enjoyable fieldtrip to a remote area of Bodmin Moor. Pleasant conditions, generally sunny, warm and dry but somewhat humid. Butterfly species: 2x Marsh Fritillary, 50++ Small Heath, 3x Small White, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Brimstone, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Meadow Brown, 6x Common Blue, 3x Small Copper, 8x Green Hairstreak and 2x Green-veined White. Moth species: 3x Mother Shipton, 3x Fox Moth Caterpillar, Maidens Blush, Silver Y, Common Carpet, 5x Chimney Sweeper, 2x Silver-ground Carpet, Cinnabar, Brown Silver Line, 2x Latticed Heath and White Ermine. Other species: 15++ Beautiful Demoiselle, 30++ Large Red Damselfly 2x Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Broad Bodied Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly, Harvestman. 10++ Trout, Southern Marsh Orchid, Unidentified species of Rove Beetle, Hoverfly, Chafer (numerous). Bird species: 3x Raven, 12++ Carrion Crow, 2x Jackdaw, 6x Skylark, 3x Buzzard, Cuckoo, 2++ Garden Warbler, 5++ Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, 3x Magpie, Bullfinch, 3x Chaffinch, 4x Stonechat, Whinchat (2x males seen), Reed Bunting, Swallow, Grasshopper Warbler, 2x Chiffchaff, 3x Wheatear and 2x Grey Wagtail, Garrow Tor - Rob Nicholls
Friday, 8 June 2018
50++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 2x Meadow Brown, 5x Large Skipper, 7x Green-veined White, 4x Large White, 5x Small White and 9x Speckled Wood, Bunny's Hill - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 4 June 2018
20++ Common Blue 20, 5x Dingy Skipper, 12x Small Heath , 2x Small Copper, 2x Small White, 1x Large White, 2x Painted Lady, 3x Speckled Wood 3, and a Cuckoo calling, St Austell area - Leon Abbott
1x Wall, 3x Common Blue, 3x and 1x Speckled Wood, Penhale - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 3 June 2018
Breney Common Fieldtrip lead by Rob Nicholls were attended by CBMS members and friends: Dave Conway, Robbie Robinson, Mrs Robinson, Lee Slaughter, Malcolm Lee, Dave Phillips, Del, Gareth, Sarah, Vic, Judy, Rachael and Sally the Dog. Butterfly Species: 6 Orange Tip, 2x Small White, 2x Large White, 1x Green Veined White, 25++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 80++Marsh Fritillary, 1x Red Admiral, 15++ Small Heath, 5x Green Hairstreak, 1x Small Copper, 4x Brimstone, 5x Common Blue and 8x Speckled Wood. Moth Species: 2x Mother Shipton, 1x Lackey, 1x Silver Brown Carpet, 1x Silver Hooked, 1x Emperor, 2x Speckled Yellow, 7x Brown Silver Line and 2x Tiger Beetle 2. Other Species: Emperor Dragonfly, Broad Bodied Chaser, Four Spot Chaser, Black Tailed Skimmer, Azure Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly and Beautiful Demoiselle. Amphibians: 1x Newt and 2x Frogs. Breney Common - Rob Nicholls
75++ Heath Fritillary (2x aberrant & 4x pairs), 6x Brimstone, 9x Common Blue, 1x Meadow Brown, 2x Green Veined White, 1x Large White and 4x Speckled Wood, Greenscombe Woods - Leon Abbott, Paul Browning, Dave Spencer, Kate and John Chappel
2x Dingy Skipper, 1x Grizzled, 5x Wall, 20++ Common Blue, 3x Large Skipper, 1x Painted Lady, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 5x Small Heath, 2x Large White, 6x Small White and 8x Speckled Wood, Penhale - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 2 June 2018
Predannack Fieldtrip lead by John Foster. There were plenty of Small Pearl and Marsh Fritillaries flying in the sunshine at Predannack today, as well as the first Large Skipper and Six Spot Burnets. The Fritillaries are enjoying an amazing season this year following back to back warm springs and benefitting from management work instigated by the research team from Falmouth University. Evidence that insect immigration is under way came from several Silver Y and Painted Lady nectaring on the carpets of Thrift. Other species of interest typical for this site on show today were Wall Brown, Cream Spot Tiger moth and caterpillars of Grass Eggar. The patchy cloud and sunny intervals today were well suited for photography with the nectaring butterflies being quite approachable. Predannack Cliffs - John Foster
5x Wall, 10++ Common Blue, 2x Large Skipper, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Large White, 4x Small White and 6x Speckled Wood, Penhale - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Friday, 1 June 2018
2x Wall, 5x Common Blue, 1x Large Skipper, 1x Large White, 2x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, Penhale - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Elephant Hawk Moth, Grampound Road - Paul Miles
Wall Brown and Small Tortoiseshell, Trelusback Farm - Keith Wilson
Monday, 28 May 2018
15 Species of Butterflies seen today: 50++ Marsh Fritillary plus 5x mating pairs, 10++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 3x Small Heath, 1x Green Hairstreak, 2x Small Copper, 5x Common Blue, 2x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Brimstone, 9x Orange Tip, 10++ Green-veined White, 5x Large White, 7x Small White and 8x Speckled Wood, Breney Common - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
20++ Wood White, 4x Large White, 15x Green -veined White, 12x Dingy Skipper, 1x Green Hairstreak, 3x Orange Tip, 2x Brimstone, 15x Common Blue and 6x Speckled Wood 6, Meeth Quarry - Leon Abbott, Dave Spencer and Paul Browning
Heath Fritillary, Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Brimstone and Peacock, Greenscoombe Woods - Russell Hemmings
Sunday, 27 May 2018
1x Comma, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Peacock, 2x Common Blue, 4x Orange Tip, 2x Green-veined White, 3x Large White, 5x Small White and 2x Speckled Wood, Glendurgan Garden - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
2x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Small Heath, 1x Large Skipper, 1x Large White, 3x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, Kynance Cove - - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
3x Large White, 5x Small White and 6x Speckled Wood, Predannack Wollas - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Marsh Fritillary, Breney Common - Debi Philips
Saturday, 26 May 2018
15 Species of Butterflies seen today: 1x Silver-studded Blue aberration, 10++ Silver-studded Bluie, 5x Grizzled Skipper, 10++ Dingy Skipper, 2x Dark Green Fritillary, 2x Small Heath, 30++ Common Blue, 10++ Brown Argus, 5x Wall, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Red Admiral, 6x Green-veined White, 5x Orange Tip, 3x Large White, 8x Small White and 10++ Speckled Wood, Penhale Dunes - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Friday, 25 May 2018
From 1100 to 1200 in sunny conditions produced 24x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 12x Green-veined White, 11x Speckled Wood, 7x Brimstone and 1x Peacock, Cabilla Woods - Dave Conway
2x Large White, 3x Small White, 50++ Common Blue, 2x Wall, 30++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 12x Small Heath, Kynance, Lizard, Leon Abbott and Dave Spencer
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
15++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 15++ Common Blue, 2x Green Hairstreak, very worn Peacock, 1x Wall Brown, 1x Orange Tip, 2x Small Copper, Lime Speck Pug and Silver Y, Nanquidno near Lands End airfield - Laurie and Helen Oakes
14 Species of Butterflies seen today: 20++ fresh and pristine Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Comma, 1x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Peacock, 2x Wall, 20++ Speckled Wood, 1x Brimstone, 2x Small Copper, 3x Common Blue, 4x Orange Tip, 2x Green-veined White, 8x Large White and 3x Small White, Poltesco, The Lizard Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 21 May 2018
4x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Small Copper, 1x Small Heath, 8x Orange Tip, 4x Common Blue, 1x Wall Brown and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Kenidjack near St Just - Laurie and Helen Oakes
Sunday, 20 May 2018
The CBMS fieldtrip was attended by six CBMS members and was a great success. The weather was warm and sunny with a gentle south easterly wind. The event was to study the Pearl-bordered Fritillary and we were rewarded with an estimated count of 69x recorded (2x pairs of mating Pearl-bordered Fritillary within the count of 69). Other species also noted were 1x Orange Tip, 2x Holly Blue, 1x Small Copper, 1x Large White, 3x Green-veined White, 4x Speckled Yellows and 5x Brown Silver-lined Moths, Fellover Brake, Tuckingmill, St.Breward - Robbie Robinson
Saturday, 19 May 2018
Fourteen enthusiasts attended the visit from 1100 to 1515 in hot/sunny conditions. We recorded 42x Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 24 Green-veined White, 1 Large White, 7 Brimstone, 2 Orange Tip, 2 Speckled Wood and 2 Holly Blue. Other wildlife comprised of Buff Tip, Brown Silverline, Speckled Yellow, Common Carpet and Cinnabar moths, Large Red Damselfly, Beautiful Demoiselle, Broad-bodied Chaser and a Fox, CBMS visit to De Lank - Dave Conway
11 Species of Butterflies seen today: 4x Grizzled Skipper, 3x Dingy Skipper, 1x Brown Argus, 1x Common Blue, 5x Orange Tip, 4x Green-veined White, 7x Small White, 5x Large White, 4x Speckled Wood, 2x Wall, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Male and Female Emperor Moth, Penhale Dunes - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Friday, 18 May 2018
11 Species of Butterflies seen today: 20++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 2x Large Skipper, 1x Painted Lady, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Small Copper, 3x Holy Blue, 10++ Speckled Wood, 2x Small White, 3x Large White, 1x Green-veined White, 5x Wall and 5x Emperor Moth, South West Coast Path in LOOE, access via the National Trust fields called "STRUDDICKS" - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
40++ Speckled Wood, 4x Holly Blue, 15x Green Hairstreak, 2x Small Copper, 2x Small White, 1x Large White, 7x Green-veined White, 2x Common Blue, 3x Wall, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Orange Tip, 1x Brimstone, very good day, 12 species butterflies seen, South Coast, tour of Lantivet Bay - Leon Abbot
2x Small White, 1x Large White and 1x Speckled Wood, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 13 May 2018
Grizzled Skipper, Small Copper, Brown Argus, Cinnabar Moth, Orange Tip, Large White, Green-veined White and several Emperor Moths because I still smelled of pheromone, Penhale Dunes - Russell Hemmings
2x Small White, 1x Large White and 1x Speckled Wood, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Brimstone, 7x Green-veined White, 5x Small White, 3x Large White, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Peacock and 2x Holy Blue, Trerice Garden - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
5x Wall, 4x Small White, 2x Large White and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, North Cornwall Coast - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 12 May 2018
1x Small White, 1x Large White, 1x Speckled Wood and 1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
3x Wall, 2x Small White, 1x Large White, 1x Small Tortoiseshell and 1x Peacock, North Cornwall Coast - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
2x Orange Tip, 3x Green-veined White and 1x Small White, Pont's Mill - Leon Abbott
1x Dingy Skipper, 2x Speckled Wood and 1x Green-veined White 1, St Austell - Leon Abbott
1x Large White and 2x Small White, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 7 May 2018
Brimstone, 7x Orange Tip, Red Admiral, 1400 hrs, Breney Common - Paul and Dawn Miles
Ruby Tiger Moth, 1630 hrs, Grampound Road - Paul and Dawn Miles
20++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Peacock, 2x Orange Tip, 3x Small Copper, 1x Holly Blue, 4x Large White, 4x Speckled Wood, 2x Small White, 20++ Green-veined White and 1x Speckled Yellow moth, 22 degrees C (72F), Struddicks near Murrayton Monkey Sanctuary, Looe - Lee, Lisa, Robert & Michael Slaughter
2x Large White, 4x Small White, 1x Speckled Wood and 1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 6 May 2018
2x Brimstone, 9x Green-veined white, 2x Speckled Wood, 1x Orange Tip, 2x Holly Blue, 1x Large White and 1x Small White, St Andrews Pond Nature Reserve Robert and Lee Slaughter and Tom Rawle
1x Small Copper, 40++ Green-veined white, 7x Speckled Wood, 8x Orange Tip, 1x Peacock, 3x Large White and 3x Small White, Par Beach - Robert and Lee Slaughter and Tom Rawle
2x Large White, 3x Small White, 1x Speckled Wood and 2x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 5 May 2018
3x Grizzled Skipper, 3x Green Veined White, 2x Speckled Wood, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Penhale Dunes - Leon Abbott, Dave Spencer and Paul Browning
1x Grizzled Skipper, 2x Orange Tip, 4x Speckled Wood, 2x Small White and 1x Large White, Penhale Dunes - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Brimstone, 4x Orange Tip, 5x Small White, 3x Large White and 2x Speckled Wood, Goos Moor - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
5x Holly Blue, 3x Brimstone, 2x Orange Tip, 7x Small White, 4x Large White, 2x Green-veined White, 5x Speckled Wood, 1x Comma, 1x Small Tortoiseshell and 5x Peacock, St Michael Penkivel - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
3x Orange Tip, 6x Small White, 3x Large White and 2x Speckled Wood, Ruan Lanihorne - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Small Tortoiseshell, 4x Small White and 2x Large White, Pendower - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Large White, 3x Small White, 1x Speckled Wood and 1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 29 April 2018
2x Large White, 3x Small White, 1x Orange Tip and 2x Peacock, St Newlyn East - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Large White, 1x Small White, 1x Speckled Wood and 1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 28 April 2018
1x Large White, 1x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Friday, 27 April 2018
1x Orange Tip, 2x Large White, 1x Small White and 1x Peacock, Lanhydrock - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Thursday, 26 April 2018
3x Speckled Wood and 2x Green Veined White, Penhale Dunes - Leon Aboott
Monday, 23 April 2018
1x Large White, 1x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 22 April 2018
1x Speckled Wood, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 21 April 2018
3x Peacock, 2x Holy Blue, 2x Speckled Wood, 4x Small White, 2x Large White and 1x Orange Tip, Millbrook - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Peacock, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Small White and 1x Large White, 1x Small Copper with a hint of Caeruleopunctata, Lamorna Valley - Kate Dalziel
Friday, 20 April 2018
1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Green Veined White, St Newlyn East - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 5x Holly Blue, 1x Large White, 2x Small White, 2x Green-veined White and 3x Speckled Wood, Prussia Cove - Leon Abbott and Dave Spencer
Thursday, 19 April 2018
3x Brimstone, 2x Comma, 7x Peacock, 5x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Speckled Wood, 6x Small White, 3x Large White and 1x Orange Tip, Crowhill Valley - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Green Veined White, Kings Wood near St Austell - Leon Abbott
5x Peacock, 4x Small White, 1x Holly Blue and 1x Comma, Par Beach - Leon Abbott
1x Orange Tip male, Skew Bridge, Par Moor, Par - Lee Slaughter
1x Holly Blue, 1x Green-veined White, 2x Small White and 2x Small Tortoiseshell, Readymoney Allotments, Fowey - Lee Slaughter
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
4x Small Tortoiseshell, Zennor - Rob and Rowena
5x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Small White and 2x Caterpillar, Botallack - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
3x Speckled Wood, Coverack Sculpture Park - John Foster
1x Speckled Wood and 1x Comma, Little Treleaver - John Foster
6x Brimstone (5 males & 1 female) and 2x Peacock, Redlake, Lostwithiel - Lee Slaughter
1x Orange Tip (male), 1x Small White and 1x Peacock, Hidden Valley Gardens, Treesmill, Par - Lee Slaughter
Saturday, 14 April 2018
4x Brimstone and 1x Peacock, Fletchersbridge, Bodmin - Lee Slaughter
Thursday, 12 April 2018
1x Peacock, on our garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
11x Peacock, 7x Comma, 2x Small White, Kings Woods, St Austell - Leon Abbott
2x Holly Blue flying around a Laurel hedge at Bodmin Hill, Lostwithiel about 11:00am - Lee Slaughter
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
1x Large White, Richmond Place, St Ives – Kim Nicol
Monday, 9 April 2018
1x Small Tortoiseshell, 4x Cornish Choughs, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Ravens, Rook, Kestrel, Buzzard, Fulmar, Gannet, Cormorant, Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Wheatear, Skylark, Linnet, North Cornwall Coast - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 8 April 2018
1 x Large White, 3 x Peacock, Penrose Estate, Helston – Kim Nicol
1x Peacock, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Porthleven – Kim Nicol
Saturday, 7 April 2018
4x Small Tortoiseshell, a caterpiller plus 4x Cornish Choughs, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Ravens, Rook, 5x Swallow, Kestrel, Buzzard, Fulmar, Gannet, Cormorant, Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Wheatear, 20++ Dolphins and Porpoises, North Cornwall Coast - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Peacock, Upton Towans – Kim Nicol
2x Peacock, Gwithian Green – Kim Nicol
1x Peacock, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, George V Walk, Hayle – Kim Nicol
Thursday, 5 April 2018
1x Small Tortoiseshell, Readymoney allotments, Fowey at 10:45am - Lee Slaughter
Friday, 30 March 2018
1x Peacock, Upton Towans – Kim Nicol
Monday, 26 March, 2018
Peacock, Roche - Rob Nicholls
Sunday, 25 March, 2018
Harvest Mice Nests, Frogs, Buzzard, Canada Goose, a caterpillar, Trelusback Farm - Phil Harris, Malcolm Lee, John Foster, Rowena Castillo Nicholls, et al
The Harvest Mice Nests were found in the burnt tussocks of Purple Moor Grass Molinea caerulea. Phil told us these were summer nests, winter nests being made inside bramble patches. Checking out the NBN Atlas for Harvest Mice they have a single 1974 record for ‘Nr Stithians’, which equates to a grid reference SW 715385. This shows the location of the 1974 record, together with that of the main cluster, per www.gridreferencefinder.com. That 1974 record is only a few hundred yards or so north east of where these nests were found in Keith’s field yesterday. - Malcolm Lee
20x Brimstone( only 2 were female), 9x Comma, 4x Peacock, 2x Small Tortoiseshell and 1x Red Admiral, a stroll along the river track in Cabilla Woods from 1300-1500 in calm, sunny conditions - Robbie Robinson, Iris and Dave Conway
5 x male Brimstone and 1 x Peacock. 13 degrees C. Pontsmill lunchtime (35 minutes) - Lee Slaughter & Michael Slaughter
1x Peacock, Praa Sands – Kim Nicol
1x Peacock, Rinsey Head – Kim Nicol
2x Peacock, 1x Comma, Gwithian Green – Kim Nicol
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Peacock, 12:00pm, Roseland Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Friday, 16 March 2018
Small Tortoiseshell, 2pm, Private Garden, Helston - Patrick Poland
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
5x superb male Brimstone. They were very inter-active and spent some time nectaring on Primrose. 1pm to 3pm, Cabilla Woods - Dave Conway
1x male Brimstone, Bissoe - Phillip Harris
1x Small Tortoiseshell flying & nectaring on winter flowering heather in garden in west side of St Austell between 9:45am & 11:00am - Lee Slaughter
Small Tortoiseshell about lunchtime in my sheltered garden, Gorran Highlanes - Sheila Pearce
Thursday, 11 January 2018
Peacock, Egloshayle churchyard - Lee Slaughter
