2019 Sightings
Monday, 19 August 2019
Long-tailed Blue, Clouded Yellow, 100++ Painted Lady, 3x Speckled Wood, 1x Small Copper, 5x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 10++ Common Blue, 10++ Gatekeeper, 10++ Meadow Brown, 10++ Small White and Large White, Towan on the Roseland Peninsula - Rowena Castillo-Nicholls, Rob Nicholls and Paul Miles
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Sunday, 18 August 2019
26x Small White, 17x Small Tortoiseshell, 7x Painted Lady, 2x Large White, 2x Brimstone and a superb male Beautiful Demoiselle, Laveddon Nursery, Bodmin - Iris and Dave Conway
Monday, 12 August 2019
Female Long-tailed Blue butterfly was seen feeding on a bramble at Trevollard Farm. The sighting was posted at the CBWPS website. https://www.cbwps.org.uk/cbwpsword/sightings/
Sunday, 11 August 2019
Male Long Tailed Blue, Rare Migrant, South Cornwall Coast in a private, requested not to give more details of location - Dave Spencer and Paul Browning
Monday, 5 August 2019
Silver-washed Fritillary, Truro - David Jones
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Jersey Tiger Moth, private garden in Bristol - Mike Attwood
Sunday, 28 July 2019
5x Silver-studded Blue, 2x Speckled Wood, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 3x Small Skipper, 6x Large Skipper, 2x Small White and 1x Large White, Roseland Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Fieldtrip report from Rosenannon Downs by Robbie Robinson
Grayling 133++ (3x mating pairs), 6x Peacock, 7x Meadow Brown, 6x Small Heath, 5x Green-veined White, 2x Small White, 2x Large White, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Common Blue, countless numbers of Gate Keeper, 1x July Belle, 1x Brown Silver line 1, 1x Mottled Grasshopper (male), 2x Common Darter 2, 1x Keeled Skimmer (male), 1x Golden Ring
Gatekeeper and Small Copper, Red River Valley - Mark James
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars on Ragworts, dunes in Gwithians - Hazel Murray
Saturday, 20 July 2019
Fieldtrip report from Cabilla Woods Nature Reserve by David Conway
Five members of the CBMS visited Cabilla Woods on 20th July 2019, from 1100 to 1430, in good weather conditions - calm, sunny and warm. We followed the riverside track and recorded the following - 72x Silver-washed Fritillary, 41x Meadow Brown, 18x Ringlet, 10x Green-veined White, 5x Speckled Wood, 5x Gatekeeper, 2x Small White, 2x Comma, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Peacock, 2x Purple Hairstreak, 1x Holly Blue, 2x Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 1x SilverY and 1x Common Footman.
Thursday, 18 July 2019
Garden Tiger Moth, Godrevy Caravan site - Jeremy Gillham
Monday, 15 July 2019
2x Comma, 3x Holly Blue, 5x Red Admiral, 6x Painted Lady, 10++ Gatekeeper, 20++ Meadow Brown, 20++ Ringlet and 3x Small White, Percuil, Roseland Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
2x Mormo maura, shed floor in Fowey - Patricia Margaret Gardener
Sunday, 14 July 2019
7x Red Admiral, 2x Painted Lady, 1x Gatekeeper, 2x Meadow Brown and 3x Small White, Gorran Old School Rooms - Rowena Castillo Nicholls
Fieldtrip report from Cabilla Woods Nature Reserve by David Conway
Thirteen enthusiasts attended the meeting at Cabilla Wood on Sunday 14th July 2019, from 1000 to 1415, in warm - 20oC- with sunny patches and calm conditions. We recorded 57x Silver-washed Fritillary, 28x Ringlet, 8x Meadow Brown, 5x Red Admiral, 5x Speckled Wood, 5x Gatekeeper, 4x Green-veined White, 3x Small White, 3x Comma, 3x Brimstone, 2x Holly Blue, 2x Small Skipper, 1x Peacock, 1x Silver Y, 2x Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 1x female Broad-bodied Chaser and 1x female Black-tailed Skimmer.
Burnet Moth, Nine Maidens, by Four Lanes - Mike Hooper
Scarlet Tiger Moth, Treraven Meadow, Wadebridge - Derek Julian
Saturday, 13 July 2019
1x Holly Blue, 5x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Gatekeeper and 2x Small White, Gorran Old School Rooms - Rowena Castillo Nicholls
Large Skipper, Nine Maidens, by Four Lanes - Mike Hooper
Thursday, 11 July 2019
Silver-washed Fritillary, Roseland Peninsula - Paul and Dawn Miles
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Dark-green Fritillary, Silver-studded Blue, Common Blue, Small Heath, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, North Cornwall Coast - Rowena, Rob and Simon
Hundreds of Marbled White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper, with smaller numbers of Small Copper and Small Skipper, singles of Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Large White and Comma, Penlee Battery Nature Reserve - Darrel Clegg
Monday, 8 July 2019
Butterfly Transect in Portmellon Valley: Comma, Painted Lady, Small Copper, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Gatekeeper, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Small White, Large White and a lot more - Rowena, Rob and Simon Nicholls
Privet Hawk Moth - Paul and Dawn Miles
Sunday, 7 July 2019
Sea Watch in Dodman Point: Marine Mammal-a pod of Dolphins and 2x Seals, Mammal-1x dead Shrew, Bird-20++ Cormorant, 2x Fulmar, Swallows, Swifts, loads of Gulls and a lot more..., Butterfly-1x Marbled White, 30++ Wall Brown, 30++ Meadown Brown, 30++ Ringlet, 20++ Gatekeeper, 5x Red Admiral, 5x Small White, 2x Large White, 3x Speckled Wood and a lot more..., Dragonfly-3x Golden-ringed Dragonfly - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 6 July 2019
Dark-green Fritillary, Small Heath, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Kiberick to Nare Head - Rowena, Rob and Simon
Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Roseland Peninsula - Rowena, Rob and Simon
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Privet Hawk Moth, Newquay - Graham Powell
Comma, Gwithian Green - Mark James
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Bedruthan Steps - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Marbled White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Wadebridge - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Silver-washed Fritillary, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Camel Estuary - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Dark-green Fritillary, Small Heath, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Kiberick to Nare Head - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, The Lost Gardens of Heligan - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Small colony of Silver-studded Blue still going strong including one female Masseyi form, freshly emerged Gatekeepers, Painted Lady, Leucistic Meadow Brown, freshly emerged Small Skippers and rather worn Large Skippers, Porthcothan / Porthmear - Dave Gibbon
Monday, 1 July 2019
Painted Lady, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Red Admiral, Buckfast Abbey - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 30 June 2019
Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Gannel Estuary - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Fieldtrip report from Pentire Head, Newquay
Dark-green Fritillary, Silver-studded Blue, Common Blue, Small Heath, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Pentire, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Marbled White, Painted Lady, Large Skipper and Ringlet, Treraven, Wadebridge - Still Tonia
Ringlet - John Craig Walker
Friday, 28 June 2019
Marbled White, Penlee Battery Nature Reserve - Paul Fenn
Monday, 24 June 2019
Its amazing to see a massive influx of Painted Lady. We saw a total of 100++ Painted Lady, 24x Silver-studded Blue, 5x Common Blue, 16x Meadow Brown, 7x Large Skipper, 3x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Heath, 1x Hummingbird Hawk Moth and other moths that's need to be yet identified, North Cornwall Coast - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
After watching a Painted Lady land in my Moth Trap at 00:10 hrs this morning, we decided to look on the Coast at Polly Joke near Newquay and found 200-300 over the fields. Also Silver-studded Blue, Dark Green Fritillary, etc - David Allan
Saturday, 22 June 2019
1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Speckled Wood, 10++ Meadow Brown, 1x Large Skipper, 6x Damselfly, 1x Frog and others, Trelusback Farm - Rob & Rowena Nicholls, Adrian Spalding & Keith Wilson
Fieldtrip report from Pullabrook Woods/Drakeford Bridge, Bovey Valley Woodlands, Dartmoor, Devon followed by Aish Tor, near Ashburton by Dave Gibbon
Tamar to Pullabrook Wood, Great Plantation and Aish Tor, we saw 11 species of Butterfly, 4 Moths and 2 Dragonflies positively identified. One White Admirals was seen briefly at Great Plantation. At Aish Tor, we had good views of several freshly emerged High Brown Fritillaries nectaring on bramble under the carefully managed bracken. The other butterflies seen were Comma, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Brimstone, Small Heath, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Green Hairstreak and Holly Blue.
Friday, 21 June 2019
1x Painted Lady and loads of different species of moths, Newquay - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
3x Silver-studded Blue, 1x Common Blue & Large Skipper, North Cornwall Coast - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 17 June 2019
1x Seven-spot Ladybird, 13x Speckled Wood, 1x Holly Blue, 21x Large Skipper, 1x Orange Tip, 17x Common Blue, 1x Large White, 18x Meadow Brown 1x Small Copper 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Peacock, 3x Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 1x Emperor Dragonfly, 1x Solitary Wasp & 7x Azure Damselfly, Lower Portmellon Valley - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 16 June 2019
1x Silver-studded Blue, North Cornwall Coast - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 15 June 2019
5x Silver-studded Blue, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Large Skipper and 1x Speckled Wood, North Cornwall Coast - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Fieldtrip report from Penhale by Dave Gibbon
Silver-studded Blues keeping low down in the vegetation to hide from the cold wind, some Common Blues and Small Heaths
14x Marsh Fritillary, 13x Common Blue, 3x Green Hairstreak, 8x Speckled Wood, 4x Meadow Brown, 3x Speckled Yellow Moth and 30x China-mark Moth, Breney Common - John Foster
Silver-washed Fritillary, Cadgwith in the gardens of Poltesco House in between the Old Mill and the National Trust Ranger Cabin - Andy Dutton
Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Tehidy Woods, Camborne - Silvia Giovanelli
Orange Tip - Mark James
Friday, 14 June 2019
Lime Hawk Moth, walled garden at Paradise Park, Hayle - Ali Hales
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Coupled Whites - Mark James
Monday, 10 June 2019
Large Skipper, Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Speckled Wood, a few species of Moths, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Damselfly, and loads of Bees, Lower Portmellon Valley - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 9 June 2019
Fieldtrip report from Greenscoombe Woods by Robbie Robinson
70++ Heath Fritillary, 1x Brimstone, 1x Large Skipper, 1x Green Hairstreak, 1x Meadow Brown, 1x Small Heath, Butterfly Orchids and March Orchids
Saturday, 8 June 2019
Fieldtrip report from Garrow Tor by Rob Nicholls with Dave Conway, Del Netherton and Alan Stapleton from CBC
* Butterflies: 4x Marsh Fritillary, 1x Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary, 3x Green Hairstreak, 17x Small Heath, 6x Speckled Wood, 2x Small Copper and 2x Common Blue
* Moths: 1x Cream Spot Tiger, 2x Silver Ground Carpet, 1x Mother Shipton and 1x Speckled Yellow
* Redstart, Cuckoo, Stonechats and a lot more...
* Others: 5x Beautiful Demoiselle and Ladybird
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
Hummingbird Hawk Moth, garden in Helston - Paul Hopes
Monday, 3 June 2019
2x Heath Fritillary, 1x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Coast path between Mullion Cove and Pendannack Cove - Quentin Given
Little Thorn , a first for us. Light trap at Buryas Bridge near PZ. Total Cornwall records 34, most near Devon border. Food plant is Bilberry. None near here but moth has other records away from Bilberry so it is presumed it also uses other plants. - Laurie & Helen Oakes
Sunday, 2 June 2019
Fieldtrip report from Breney Common by Rob and Rowena Nicholls
It has been a successful and enjoyable day. Phillip Harris, Del Netherton and Dave Conway joined us to this fieldtrip to see the rare Marsh Fritillary. It’s just amazing to see loads of wildlife species despite the weather.
* Butterflies: 21x Marsh Fritillary, 34x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Brimstone, 11x Speckled Wood, 17x Common Blue, 8x Small Heath, 3x Red Admiral, 2x Green Hairstreak, 2x Small Copper, 1x Small White & 1x Holy Blue
* Moths: Speckled Yellow, Mother Shipton, China-mark, Cream Wave, White Wave, Silver Y & a lot more…
* Caterpillars: Orange Tip & Emperor Moth
* Chrysalis: Six-spot Burnet Moth
* Dragonflies: Golden-ringed, Southern Hawker, Four-spotted Chaser & a lot more…
* Damselflies: Beautiful, Large Red, Azure, Common Blue and a lot more…
* Dragonfly Nymph
* Birds: Cuckoo, Buzzard, Raven, Heron and a lot more…
* Wildflowers: Loads of Orchids, Monk’s Hood/Wolf’s Bane, Cow Parsley, Cuckoo Flower, Foxglove, Bluebell, Field Scabious, Bird’s Foot Trefoil, Ragged Robin, Campion, Forget-Me-Not, Cowslip, Violet, Sundews & a lot more…
* Beetles: Seven-spotted Ladybird
* Amphibians: Common Frog
* Crickets & Grasshoppers
* Fungi
Saturday, 1 June 2019
26x Small Heath, 19x Green-veined White, 9x Green Hairstreak, 5x fresh Marsh Fritillary, 4x Wall, 3x Small Copper, 1x Common Blue, 1x Peacock, 3x Beautiful Demoiselle, 4x Large Red Damselfly, 1x Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 1x Four-spot Chaser & 3x Red Deer, an extensive walk around the Garrow Tor area from 0900-1600 in warm, sunny condition - Derek Spooner, Dave Thomas & Dave Conway
10x Small Heath, 1x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 3x Speckled Wood, 2x Broad-bodied Chasers, 4x Azure Damselflies & 1x Large Red Damselfly, Higher Bochym - Kate Dalziel & John Hawkey
4x Speckled Wood, 3x Silver-studded Blue, 1x Large Skipper, 1x Painted Lady, 6x Common Blue & 20++ Marsh Fritillary, Predannack - Kate Dalziel & John Hawkey
2x Red Admiral & 1x Humming-bird Hawkmoth, Mullion - Kate Dalziel & John Hawkey
4x Heart and Dart, a late Hebrew Character, 2x Common Swifts, a worn Willow Beauty and a camera shy Setaceous Hebrew Character, Wadegridge - Derek Julian
Friday, 31 May 2019
Hummingbird Hawk Moth, Penzance, John Worth
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
40++ Silver Studded Blue( 1pr ), 12/15x Common Blue, 6x Brown Argus, 2x Small Heath, 6x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 2x Large Skipper, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Small/Green-veined White and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Upton Towans - Leon Abott, Dave Spencer & Paul Browning
1x Speckled Wood & 8x Common Blue Butterflies all male, St Michaels Churchyard - Dave & Hilary Philips
10x Common Blue (6x m & 4x f), 1x Small Copper, 1x Meadow Brown, male just emerged first sighting, Efford Down - Dave & Hilary Philips
2x webs Lackey Moths, 50 yards blackthorn covered in webs & caterpillars of Orchard Ermine, Widemouth - Dave & Hilary Philips
Friday, 25 May 2019
Fieldtrip report from Meeth Quarry by Hilary Philips
Seven participants join the visit to Meeth Quarry on 25th May on the hunt for Wood Whites and Dingy Skippers in particular. We recorded the following: 54x Wood White (several courting couples, a few females laying), 10x Speckled Wood, 11x Dingy Skipper, 24x Common Blue, 10x Brimstone, 1x Small Copper, 5x Green-veined White, 4x Orange-tip, 1x Large Skipper, 8x Burnet Companion, 1x Small Yellow Underwing, 1x Speckled Yellow, 1x Cream Wave, 1x Silver ground Carpet, 1x Pyrausta purpuralis, 1x Cochylimorpha straminea, 3x Micropterix calthella, 1x Cydia ulicetana, 1x Celypha lacunana, 3x Fourspot Chaser Dragonfly, 10x Beautiful Demoiselle, 50++ Common Blue Damselflies, 10x Large Red Damselflies, 10++ Blue-tailed Damselflies?, 1x Hawker Dragonfly probably Emperor, 3x Hornet, 2x Cercopis vulnerata–Red and black Froghopper, 1x Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis, 1x Dock Bug-Coreus marginatus, 1x beetle larva black and 3x Scorpion Fly-Panorpa communis
Thursday, 23 May 2019
3x Speckled Wood, 1x Large Skipper, 2x Green Veined White, Kings Wood near St Austell - Leon Abbott
A mating pair of Poplar Hawk Moth - Tony Clout
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
We visited Cabilla Wood today, from1200-1330, in sunny,warm and calm conditions. Along the river track we saw the following - 31x Brimstone, 16x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 16x Speckled Wood, 10x Small White, 9x Green-veined White, 7x Orange Tip, 3x Holly Blue, 2x Small Copper, 1x Peacock, 1x male Broad-bodied Chaser and 2x Black Oil Beetle - Iris and Dave Conway
Tuesday, 21 May 2019
20++ Common BLue, 2x Brimstones, 8x Peacock, 5x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 5x Small Copper, 10++ Speckled Wood, 10++ Orange Tip, 4x Green-veined White, 10++ Small White, 7x Large White. Plus loads of corvids and House Martin, Portmellon Valley - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Wall Brown, 2x Chough, family party of 5x Raven and male Wheatear, Pentire Point - Peter Sofley
Monday, 20 May 2019
Mating pair of Poplar Hawk Moth - Tony Clout
Sunday, 19 May 2019
40-50++ Small Pearl- bordered Fritillary, Bunny's Hill, Robbie Robinson
Saturday, 18 May 2019
Fieldtrip report from Fellover Brake Tuckingmill by Robbie Robinson
15x Peal -bordered Fritillary, 1x Small Copper, large number of Yellow Speckled moths and some Silver Y moths
11x Dingy Skippers flying at my local sight in Camborne - Phillip Harris
Friday, 17 May 2019
Cream-spot Tiger, Arctia villica Britannica, St Keverne, Coverack area - Tony Holloway
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
We've seen 15 different species of butterflies: 1x Green Hairstreak, 30++ Common Blue, 3x Holly Blue, 10++ Small Copper, 1x Painted Lady, 8x Red Admiral, 10++ Peacock, 1x Comma, 6x Small Tortoiseshell, 10++ Speckled Wood, 3x Wall, 20++ Orange Tip, 2x Brimstone, 10++ Green-veined White, 10++ Large White, 10++ Small White Portmellon Valley - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 12 May 2019
10++ fresh looking Dingy Skipper and 2x with a slightly battered wings, 5x Brimstones, 4x Peacock, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Holly Blue, 3x Small Copper, 4x Speckled Wood, 5x Orange Tip, 1x Green-veined White, 2x Small White and 3x Large White. Plus 3x Jay, a few swallows and swifts, buzzards and loads of corvids - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
5x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Brimstones, 1x Red Admiral, 2x Orange Tip, 1x Green-veined White, 2x Large White and 3x Small White, Bunny's Hill - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Fieldtrip report from De Lank Valley by David Conway
14 participants join the visit to De Lank Valley on 12th May, from 1100 to 1530, in good weather conditions (gentle SE breeze, sunny around 16oC). We recorded the following - 85x Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Large White, 10x Green-veined White, 3x Small White, 6x Orange Tip, 16x Brimstone, 7x Small Copper, 3x Speckled Wood, 7x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 2x Holly Blue, 1x Hornet, 1x Beautiful Demoiselle, 2x Large Red Damselfly, 1x Green Tiger Beetle, 3x Speckled Yellow, 20x Brown Silverline, 1x Cinnabar Moth and a 30m diameter Adder's Tongue Fern
1x newly emerged Marsh Fritillary and a few caterpillars, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Painted Lady, 3x Red Admiral, 4x Wall, 1x Peacock, 2x Small Copper, 1x Green-veined White & 1x Orange Tip, Lizard Peninsula - Marcus Rhodes
Thursday, 9 May 2019
Red Admiral, Trewavas - Clive Richards
Saturday, 5 May 2019
2x Speckled wood, 2 x small white, 8++ Peacock, 11x Orange tip, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 3x Brimstone, 5x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Holly Blue, 3x Small Copper, 1x Comma, 1 x Red Admiral, 3 x Green-veined White and 1x possible Common Blue - Dave and Hilary Philips
Thursday, May 2019
2x Speckled Wood, 2x Green-veined White, 1x Large Red Damselfly, 8x Orange Tip + several eggs on cuckoo flower - Dave and Hilary Philips
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
11x Grizzled Skipper, 4x Orange Tip, 3x Speckled Wood, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Peacock, 2x Wall, 1x Green-veined White and 1x Small Copper, Penhale Sands - Leon Abbott Dave Spencer & Paul Browning
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
2x Grizzled Skipper, 3x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Wall Brown, 7x Speckled Wood, 5x Orange Tip, 4x Green-veined White and 3x Small White, Penhale Sands - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 22 April 2019
2x Grizzled Skipper, 1x Peacock and 2 Small White, Penhale Sands - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 21 April 2019
2x Holly Blue, 1x Speckled Wood and 2x Red Admiral, Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
4x Green Hairstreak, 5x Small Copper, 2x Peacock, 5x Wall Brown, 1x Small White, 1x Green-veined White, Rinsey - Laurie & Helen Oakes
Saturday, 20 April 2019
2x Painted Lady, 3x Small Tortoiseshell, 4x Red Admiral, 3x Peacock, 10++ Orange Tips6x Small White and 2x Large White, St Agnes - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
35++ Pearl-bordered fritillaries (all lovely & fresh), 8++ Speckled Woods, 10++ Holly Blues, 3x Peacocks, 1x Comma, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 3++ Small Coppers, 6++ Orange Tips, 2++ Green-veined whites, 1x Small white, 1 or 2 Hummingbird Hawk-moths including watching a female egglaying on bedstraw, 6++ Speckled Yellow moths. 1:15pm - 4:00pm, temperature 23 degrees C & 100% sun, Struddicks near Looe - Lee, Lisa, Robert & Michael Slaughter
Friday, 19 April 2019
20++ Orange Tips, 10++ Peacock, 10++ Red Admiral, 10++ Small White and Large White, around Roseland Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Grizzled Skipper, 6x Speckled Wood, 4x Peacock, 1x Small Tortoiseshell and 5x Small White /Green-veined White, Penhale Sands - Leon Abbott Dave Spencer & Paul Browning
18x Holly Blue, 3x male Orange Tip, 18x Holly Blue on coast path E, very few landed, no males seen, Prussia Cove F.P.E. - Helen & Laurie Oakes, Frank Johns
2x Wall Brown, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White, Cudden Point - Laurie & Helen Oakes, Frank Johns
11x Pearl-bordered Fritillary & 5x Wall Brown, Coastal Path to Millendreath - Dave Allan
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Clouded Yellow, Seaton sea wall (VC2) - David Gibbon
2x Wall Browns, 6x Speckled Woods, 4x Holly Blues & 1x Green-veined white, Coast path from Polruan to Lantic Bay - Lee, Lisa, Robert & Michael Slaughter
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
3x Orange Tips, 2x Green-veined White, 1x Painted Lady, 2x Speckled Woods & 1x Holly Blue, Kilhallon, Par - Lee, Lisa, Robert & Michael Slaughter
Thursday, 11 April 2019
3x Green Hairstreak, 28x Holly Blue, 21x Speckled Wood and 12x Peacock, SW coast path Tour of Lantivet Bay between Polruan & Polperro - Leon Abbott
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Painted Lady and 1x Peacock, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
8x Peacock, 4x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Comma, 5x Speckled Wood, 1x Green-veined White, 1x Orange Tip and 3x Emperor Moth, Penhale Sands & Pennants Field - Leon Abbott Dave Spencer & Paul Browning.
Saturday, 6 April 2019
2x Peacock, 1x Painted Lady and 2x Small Tortoiseshell, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
2x Peacock, Botallack - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 1 April 2019
1x Painted Lady and 3x Small Tortoiseshell, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 31 March 2019
2x Peacock, Trelusback Farm - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 30 March 2019
1x Red Admiral, 3x Peacock and 1 Speckled Wood, The Lost Gardens of Heligan - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
2x Small Tortoiseshell & 1x Painted Lady, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
10++ Brimstone, Newlyn East - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
7x Peacock, 1x Brimstone, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Speckled Wood, 4x Slow Worm & 1x Red Kite, Trelusback Farm - Keith Wilson and company
22x Holly Blue, 17x Peacock, 8x Speckled Wood, 2x Small White, 1x Comma, 1x Small Tortoiseshell & 1x Hummingbird Hawk moth, S W coast path Portholland to Portloe - Leon Abbott
1x Speckled Wood, 5x Comma, 5x Peacock & 28x Brimstone(with only 2 females), Cabilla Woods from 1300 to 1430 - Dave and Iris Conway
Emperor Moth, Botallack common at 6:15pm - Gail Charman
5x Peacocks, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 5x Brimstones, 1x male Orange Tip & 1x Green-veined White, Goss Moor - Phillip Harris
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
1x Red Admiral, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
10++ Brimstone , 2x Peacock & 1x Holly Blue, Newlyn East - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Holly Blue, Cooksland - Dave and Iris Conway
Monday, 25 March 2019
1x Painted Lady, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
10++ Brimstone, Newlyn East - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
9x Speckled Wood, 8x Peacock and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, lots of solitary bees out, sightings from Rame Head to Penlee Point Coastal Footpath Walk, 11:30 to 14.35, warm and sunny - Dave Allan
Sunday, 17 March 2019
1x Red Admiral, Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Small Tortoiseshell, Private Garden in West Cornwall - Andy and Allison Burton
Monday, 11 March 2019
1x Painted Lady & 2x Peacock, Lanhydrock House & Garden - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
1x Brimstone & 1x Peacock, Pendour Park, Lostwithiel - Robert Davey
26x male and a lone female Brimstone, 4x Peacock, 3x Comma and 1x Red Admiral, walk from the river track and the Redrice Valley from 1130 to 1320 in warm sunny conditions, Cabilla Woods - David Conway
2x Comma, 2x Peacock, 3x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Psychoides verhuella larva on hart's tongue fern, Trewidden - John Worth
Psychoides filicivora larva on Polypoidy, Sancreed Churchyard - John Worth
Monday, 25 February 2019
12++ Brimstone, 12++ Peacock, 10++ Red Admiral, 8x Comma and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Hustyn Wood - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
6x Brimstone, 8x Peacock, 5x Red Admiral and 3x Comma, Bishops Wood - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Painted Lady, 1x Comma and 1x Peacock, Nanquidno - John Miller
A couple of Red Admiral in a private garden in Bodmin - David and Iris Conway
16x male Brimstone and 3x Comma, Cabilla Woods from 1315 to 1400 in warm, sunny conditions recording along the river track - David and Iris Conway
1x Painted Lady, 1x Red Admiral and 1x Peacock at Gwynver (between Sennen and Land's End) - Bernard Hocking
When you're visiting Cabilla Woods, keep an eye open for the Vagrant Emperor Dragonfly. May hang around feeding in the open field alongside the river while weather lasts. - Steve Ogden
Sunday, 24 February 2019
1x Red Admiral and 1x Speckled Wood, Croft Pascoe Wood - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Peacock, Wildmill Farm - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Comma, 1x Peacock and 1x Painted Lady, Nanquidno water mill in the afternoon - John Miller
A mating pair of Brimstone, Pontsmill at 1:20pm - Lee Slaughter
2x Red Admiral, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
Saturday, 23 February 2019
1x Small Tortoiseshell, Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Red Admiral, Chapel Amble - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Speckled Wood and 1x Red Admiral, Penzance - Bernard Hocking
Friday, 22 February 2019
1x Crimson Speckled moth, Polgigga - John Miller
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
1x Crimson Speckled moth, Polgigga - John Miller
Friday, 15 February 2019
1x Peacock and 9x Choughs, Kenidjack - Laurie and Helen Oakes
1x Peacock flying & basking, Chatsworth Way, Carlyon Bay, 10:48am - Lee Slaughter
Thursday, 14 February 2019
2x Peacock plus 1 burning purple jumper, Trelusback Farm - Keith Wilson
1x Painted Lady, Trevergy Farm - Frank Johns
3x Brimstone, 1x Comma, 1x Peacock and frogspawn in the water filled ditches by the side of the track, Dunmere Woods near Bodmin - Leon Abbott
Monday, 11 February 2019
1x Painted Lady, Porthscatho - Rob Nicholls
11x Brimstone and 4x Peacock, Cabilla Woods - Paul Browning
Fr iday, 11 January 2019
1x Small Tortoiseshelland 1x Red Admiral, Camborne - Philip Harris
1x Peacock, outside the studio in Camborne - Philip Harris
1x Peacock, Roseland Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Castillo Nicholls
Long-tailed Blue, Clouded Yellow, 100++ Painted Lady, 3x Speckled Wood, 1x Small Copper, 5x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 10++ Common Blue, 10++ Gatekeeper, 10++ Meadow Brown, 10++ Small White and Large White, Towan on the Roseland Peninsula - Rowena Castillo-Nicholls, Rob Nicholls and Paul Miles
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Sunday, 18 August 2019
26x Small White, 17x Small Tortoiseshell, 7x Painted Lady, 2x Large White, 2x Brimstone and a superb male Beautiful Demoiselle, Laveddon Nursery, Bodmin - Iris and Dave Conway
Monday, 12 August 2019
Female Long-tailed Blue butterfly was seen feeding on a bramble at Trevollard Farm. The sighting was posted at the CBWPS website. https://www.cbwps.org.uk/cbwpsword/sightings/
Sunday, 11 August 2019
Male Long Tailed Blue, Rare Migrant, South Cornwall Coast in a private, requested not to give more details of location - Dave Spencer and Paul Browning
Monday, 5 August 2019
Silver-washed Fritillary, Truro - David Jones
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Jersey Tiger Moth, private garden in Bristol - Mike Attwood
Sunday, 28 July 2019
5x Silver-studded Blue, 2x Speckled Wood, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 3x Small Skipper, 6x Large Skipper, 2x Small White and 1x Large White, Roseland Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Fieldtrip report from Rosenannon Downs by Robbie Robinson
Grayling 133++ (3x mating pairs), 6x Peacock, 7x Meadow Brown, 6x Small Heath, 5x Green-veined White, 2x Small White, 2x Large White, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Common Blue, countless numbers of Gate Keeper, 1x July Belle, 1x Brown Silver line 1, 1x Mottled Grasshopper (male), 2x Common Darter 2, 1x Keeled Skimmer (male), 1x Golden Ring
Gatekeeper and Small Copper, Red River Valley - Mark James
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars on Ragworts, dunes in Gwithians - Hazel Murray
Saturday, 20 July 2019
Fieldtrip report from Cabilla Woods Nature Reserve by David Conway
Five members of the CBMS visited Cabilla Woods on 20th July 2019, from 1100 to 1430, in good weather conditions - calm, sunny and warm. We followed the riverside track and recorded the following - 72x Silver-washed Fritillary, 41x Meadow Brown, 18x Ringlet, 10x Green-veined White, 5x Speckled Wood, 5x Gatekeeper, 2x Small White, 2x Comma, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Peacock, 2x Purple Hairstreak, 1x Holly Blue, 2x Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 1x SilverY and 1x Common Footman.
Thursday, 18 July 2019
Garden Tiger Moth, Godrevy Caravan site - Jeremy Gillham
Monday, 15 July 2019
2x Comma, 3x Holly Blue, 5x Red Admiral, 6x Painted Lady, 10++ Gatekeeper, 20++ Meadow Brown, 20++ Ringlet and 3x Small White, Percuil, Roseland Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
2x Mormo maura, shed floor in Fowey - Patricia Margaret Gardener
Sunday, 14 July 2019
7x Red Admiral, 2x Painted Lady, 1x Gatekeeper, 2x Meadow Brown and 3x Small White, Gorran Old School Rooms - Rowena Castillo Nicholls
Fieldtrip report from Cabilla Woods Nature Reserve by David Conway
Thirteen enthusiasts attended the meeting at Cabilla Wood on Sunday 14th July 2019, from 1000 to 1415, in warm - 20oC- with sunny patches and calm conditions. We recorded 57x Silver-washed Fritillary, 28x Ringlet, 8x Meadow Brown, 5x Red Admiral, 5x Speckled Wood, 5x Gatekeeper, 4x Green-veined White, 3x Small White, 3x Comma, 3x Brimstone, 2x Holly Blue, 2x Small Skipper, 1x Peacock, 1x Silver Y, 2x Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 1x female Broad-bodied Chaser and 1x female Black-tailed Skimmer.
Burnet Moth, Nine Maidens, by Four Lanes - Mike Hooper
Scarlet Tiger Moth, Treraven Meadow, Wadebridge - Derek Julian
Saturday, 13 July 2019
1x Holly Blue, 5x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Gatekeeper and 2x Small White, Gorran Old School Rooms - Rowena Castillo Nicholls
Large Skipper, Nine Maidens, by Four Lanes - Mike Hooper
Thursday, 11 July 2019
Silver-washed Fritillary, Roseland Peninsula - Paul and Dawn Miles
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Dark-green Fritillary, Silver-studded Blue, Common Blue, Small Heath, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, North Cornwall Coast - Rowena, Rob and Simon
Hundreds of Marbled White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper, with smaller numbers of Small Copper and Small Skipper, singles of Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Large White and Comma, Penlee Battery Nature Reserve - Darrel Clegg
Monday, 8 July 2019
Butterfly Transect in Portmellon Valley: Comma, Painted Lady, Small Copper, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Gatekeeper, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Small White, Large White and a lot more - Rowena, Rob and Simon Nicholls
Privet Hawk Moth - Paul and Dawn Miles
Sunday, 7 July 2019
Sea Watch in Dodman Point: Marine Mammal-a pod of Dolphins and 2x Seals, Mammal-1x dead Shrew, Bird-20++ Cormorant, 2x Fulmar, Swallows, Swifts, loads of Gulls and a lot more..., Butterfly-1x Marbled White, 30++ Wall Brown, 30++ Meadown Brown, 30++ Ringlet, 20++ Gatekeeper, 5x Red Admiral, 5x Small White, 2x Large White, 3x Speckled Wood and a lot more..., Dragonfly-3x Golden-ringed Dragonfly - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 6 July 2019
Dark-green Fritillary, Small Heath, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Kiberick to Nare Head - Rowena, Rob and Simon
Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Roseland Peninsula - Rowena, Rob and Simon
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Privet Hawk Moth, Newquay - Graham Powell
Comma, Gwithian Green - Mark James
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Bedruthan Steps - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Marbled White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Wadebridge - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Silver-washed Fritillary, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Camel Estuary - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Dark-green Fritillary, Small Heath, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Kiberick to Nare Head - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, The Lost Gardens of Heligan - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Small colony of Silver-studded Blue still going strong including one female Masseyi form, freshly emerged Gatekeepers, Painted Lady, Leucistic Meadow Brown, freshly emerged Small Skippers and rather worn Large Skippers, Porthcothan / Porthmear - Dave Gibbon
Monday, 1 July 2019
Painted Lady, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Red Admiral, Buckfast Abbey - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 30 June 2019
Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Gannel Estuary - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Fieldtrip report from Pentire Head, Newquay
Dark-green Fritillary, Silver-studded Blue, Common Blue, Small Heath, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Large Skipper and Painted Lady, Pentire, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Marbled White, Painted Lady, Large Skipper and Ringlet, Treraven, Wadebridge - Still Tonia
Ringlet - John Craig Walker
Friday, 28 June 2019
Marbled White, Penlee Battery Nature Reserve - Paul Fenn
Monday, 24 June 2019
Its amazing to see a massive influx of Painted Lady. We saw a total of 100++ Painted Lady, 24x Silver-studded Blue, 5x Common Blue, 16x Meadow Brown, 7x Large Skipper, 3x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Heath, 1x Hummingbird Hawk Moth and other moths that's need to be yet identified, North Cornwall Coast - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
After watching a Painted Lady land in my Moth Trap at 00:10 hrs this morning, we decided to look on the Coast at Polly Joke near Newquay and found 200-300 over the fields. Also Silver-studded Blue, Dark Green Fritillary, etc - David Allan
Saturday, 22 June 2019
1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Speckled Wood, 10++ Meadow Brown, 1x Large Skipper, 6x Damselfly, 1x Frog and others, Trelusback Farm - Rob & Rowena Nicholls, Adrian Spalding & Keith Wilson
Fieldtrip report from Pullabrook Woods/Drakeford Bridge, Bovey Valley Woodlands, Dartmoor, Devon followed by Aish Tor, near Ashburton by Dave Gibbon
Tamar to Pullabrook Wood, Great Plantation and Aish Tor, we saw 11 species of Butterfly, 4 Moths and 2 Dragonflies positively identified. One White Admirals was seen briefly at Great Plantation. At Aish Tor, we had good views of several freshly emerged High Brown Fritillaries nectaring on bramble under the carefully managed bracken. The other butterflies seen were Comma, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Brimstone, Small Heath, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Green Hairstreak and Holly Blue.
Friday, 21 June 2019
1x Painted Lady and loads of different species of moths, Newquay - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
3x Silver-studded Blue, 1x Common Blue & Large Skipper, North Cornwall Coast - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 17 June 2019
1x Seven-spot Ladybird, 13x Speckled Wood, 1x Holly Blue, 21x Large Skipper, 1x Orange Tip, 17x Common Blue, 1x Large White, 18x Meadow Brown 1x Small Copper 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Peacock, 3x Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 1x Emperor Dragonfly, 1x Solitary Wasp & 7x Azure Damselfly, Lower Portmellon Valley - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 16 June 2019
1x Silver-studded Blue, North Cornwall Coast - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 15 June 2019
5x Silver-studded Blue, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Large Skipper and 1x Speckled Wood, North Cornwall Coast - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Fieldtrip report from Penhale by Dave Gibbon
Silver-studded Blues keeping low down in the vegetation to hide from the cold wind, some Common Blues and Small Heaths
14x Marsh Fritillary, 13x Common Blue, 3x Green Hairstreak, 8x Speckled Wood, 4x Meadow Brown, 3x Speckled Yellow Moth and 30x China-mark Moth, Breney Common - John Foster
Silver-washed Fritillary, Cadgwith in the gardens of Poltesco House in between the Old Mill and the National Trust Ranger Cabin - Andy Dutton
Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Tehidy Woods, Camborne - Silvia Giovanelli
Orange Tip - Mark James
Friday, 14 June 2019
Lime Hawk Moth, walled garden at Paradise Park, Hayle - Ali Hales
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Coupled Whites - Mark James
Monday, 10 June 2019
Large Skipper, Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Speckled Wood, a few species of Moths, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Damselfly, and loads of Bees, Lower Portmellon Valley - Rob & Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 9 June 2019
Fieldtrip report from Greenscoombe Woods by Robbie Robinson
70++ Heath Fritillary, 1x Brimstone, 1x Large Skipper, 1x Green Hairstreak, 1x Meadow Brown, 1x Small Heath, Butterfly Orchids and March Orchids
Saturday, 8 June 2019
Fieldtrip report from Garrow Tor by Rob Nicholls with Dave Conway, Del Netherton and Alan Stapleton from CBC
* Butterflies: 4x Marsh Fritillary, 1x Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary, 3x Green Hairstreak, 17x Small Heath, 6x Speckled Wood, 2x Small Copper and 2x Common Blue
* Moths: 1x Cream Spot Tiger, 2x Silver Ground Carpet, 1x Mother Shipton and 1x Speckled Yellow
* Redstart, Cuckoo, Stonechats and a lot more...
* Others: 5x Beautiful Demoiselle and Ladybird
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
Hummingbird Hawk Moth, garden in Helston - Paul Hopes
Monday, 3 June 2019
2x Heath Fritillary, 1x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Coast path between Mullion Cove and Pendannack Cove - Quentin Given
Little Thorn , a first for us. Light trap at Buryas Bridge near PZ. Total Cornwall records 34, most near Devon border. Food plant is Bilberry. None near here but moth has other records away from Bilberry so it is presumed it also uses other plants. - Laurie & Helen Oakes
Sunday, 2 June 2019
Fieldtrip report from Breney Common by Rob and Rowena Nicholls
It has been a successful and enjoyable day. Phillip Harris, Del Netherton and Dave Conway joined us to this fieldtrip to see the rare Marsh Fritillary. It’s just amazing to see loads of wildlife species despite the weather.
* Butterflies: 21x Marsh Fritillary, 34x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Brimstone, 11x Speckled Wood, 17x Common Blue, 8x Small Heath, 3x Red Admiral, 2x Green Hairstreak, 2x Small Copper, 1x Small White & 1x Holy Blue
* Moths: Speckled Yellow, Mother Shipton, China-mark, Cream Wave, White Wave, Silver Y & a lot more…
* Caterpillars: Orange Tip & Emperor Moth
* Chrysalis: Six-spot Burnet Moth
* Dragonflies: Golden-ringed, Southern Hawker, Four-spotted Chaser & a lot more…
* Damselflies: Beautiful, Large Red, Azure, Common Blue and a lot more…
* Dragonfly Nymph
* Birds: Cuckoo, Buzzard, Raven, Heron and a lot more…
* Wildflowers: Loads of Orchids, Monk’s Hood/Wolf’s Bane, Cow Parsley, Cuckoo Flower, Foxglove, Bluebell, Field Scabious, Bird’s Foot Trefoil, Ragged Robin, Campion, Forget-Me-Not, Cowslip, Violet, Sundews & a lot more…
* Beetles: Seven-spotted Ladybird
* Amphibians: Common Frog
* Crickets & Grasshoppers
* Fungi
Saturday, 1 June 2019
26x Small Heath, 19x Green-veined White, 9x Green Hairstreak, 5x fresh Marsh Fritillary, 4x Wall, 3x Small Copper, 1x Common Blue, 1x Peacock, 3x Beautiful Demoiselle, 4x Large Red Damselfly, 1x Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 1x Four-spot Chaser & 3x Red Deer, an extensive walk around the Garrow Tor area from 0900-1600 in warm, sunny condition - Derek Spooner, Dave Thomas & Dave Conway
10x Small Heath, 1x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 3x Speckled Wood, 2x Broad-bodied Chasers, 4x Azure Damselflies & 1x Large Red Damselfly, Higher Bochym - Kate Dalziel & John Hawkey
4x Speckled Wood, 3x Silver-studded Blue, 1x Large Skipper, 1x Painted Lady, 6x Common Blue & 20++ Marsh Fritillary, Predannack - Kate Dalziel & John Hawkey
2x Red Admiral & 1x Humming-bird Hawkmoth, Mullion - Kate Dalziel & John Hawkey
4x Heart and Dart, a late Hebrew Character, 2x Common Swifts, a worn Willow Beauty and a camera shy Setaceous Hebrew Character, Wadegridge - Derek Julian
Friday, 31 May 2019
Hummingbird Hawk Moth, Penzance, John Worth
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
40++ Silver Studded Blue( 1pr ), 12/15x Common Blue, 6x Brown Argus, 2x Small Heath, 6x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 2x Large Skipper, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Small/Green-veined White and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Upton Towans - Leon Abott, Dave Spencer & Paul Browning
1x Speckled Wood & 8x Common Blue Butterflies all male, St Michaels Churchyard - Dave & Hilary Philips
10x Common Blue (6x m & 4x f), 1x Small Copper, 1x Meadow Brown, male just emerged first sighting, Efford Down - Dave & Hilary Philips
2x webs Lackey Moths, 50 yards blackthorn covered in webs & caterpillars of Orchard Ermine, Widemouth - Dave & Hilary Philips
Friday, 25 May 2019
Fieldtrip report from Meeth Quarry by Hilary Philips
Seven participants join the visit to Meeth Quarry on 25th May on the hunt for Wood Whites and Dingy Skippers in particular. We recorded the following: 54x Wood White (several courting couples, a few females laying), 10x Speckled Wood, 11x Dingy Skipper, 24x Common Blue, 10x Brimstone, 1x Small Copper, 5x Green-veined White, 4x Orange-tip, 1x Large Skipper, 8x Burnet Companion, 1x Small Yellow Underwing, 1x Speckled Yellow, 1x Cream Wave, 1x Silver ground Carpet, 1x Pyrausta purpuralis, 1x Cochylimorpha straminea, 3x Micropterix calthella, 1x Cydia ulicetana, 1x Celypha lacunana, 3x Fourspot Chaser Dragonfly, 10x Beautiful Demoiselle, 50++ Common Blue Damselflies, 10x Large Red Damselflies, 10++ Blue-tailed Damselflies?, 1x Hawker Dragonfly probably Emperor, 3x Hornet, 2x Cercopis vulnerata–Red and black Froghopper, 1x Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis, 1x Dock Bug-Coreus marginatus, 1x beetle larva black and 3x Scorpion Fly-Panorpa communis
Thursday, 23 May 2019
3x Speckled Wood, 1x Large Skipper, 2x Green Veined White, Kings Wood near St Austell - Leon Abbott
A mating pair of Poplar Hawk Moth - Tony Clout
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
We visited Cabilla Wood today, from1200-1330, in sunny,warm and calm conditions. Along the river track we saw the following - 31x Brimstone, 16x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 16x Speckled Wood, 10x Small White, 9x Green-veined White, 7x Orange Tip, 3x Holly Blue, 2x Small Copper, 1x Peacock, 1x male Broad-bodied Chaser and 2x Black Oil Beetle - Iris and Dave Conway
Tuesday, 21 May 2019
20++ Common BLue, 2x Brimstones, 8x Peacock, 5x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 5x Small Copper, 10++ Speckled Wood, 10++ Orange Tip, 4x Green-veined White, 10++ Small White, 7x Large White. Plus loads of corvids and House Martin, Portmellon Valley - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Wall Brown, 2x Chough, family party of 5x Raven and male Wheatear, Pentire Point - Peter Sofley
Monday, 20 May 2019
Mating pair of Poplar Hawk Moth - Tony Clout
Sunday, 19 May 2019
40-50++ Small Pearl- bordered Fritillary, Bunny's Hill, Robbie Robinson
Saturday, 18 May 2019
Fieldtrip report from Fellover Brake Tuckingmill by Robbie Robinson
15x Peal -bordered Fritillary, 1x Small Copper, large number of Yellow Speckled moths and some Silver Y moths
11x Dingy Skippers flying at my local sight in Camborne - Phillip Harris
Friday, 17 May 2019
Cream-spot Tiger, Arctia villica Britannica, St Keverne, Coverack area - Tony Holloway
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
We've seen 15 different species of butterflies: 1x Green Hairstreak, 30++ Common Blue, 3x Holly Blue, 10++ Small Copper, 1x Painted Lady, 8x Red Admiral, 10++ Peacock, 1x Comma, 6x Small Tortoiseshell, 10++ Speckled Wood, 3x Wall, 20++ Orange Tip, 2x Brimstone, 10++ Green-veined White, 10++ Large White, 10++ Small White Portmellon Valley - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 12 May 2019
10++ fresh looking Dingy Skipper and 2x with a slightly battered wings, 5x Brimstones, 4x Peacock, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Holly Blue, 3x Small Copper, 4x Speckled Wood, 5x Orange Tip, 1x Green-veined White, 2x Small White and 3x Large White. Plus 3x Jay, a few swallows and swifts, buzzards and loads of corvids - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
5x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Brimstones, 1x Red Admiral, 2x Orange Tip, 1x Green-veined White, 2x Large White and 3x Small White, Bunny's Hill - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Fieldtrip report from De Lank Valley by David Conway
14 participants join the visit to De Lank Valley on 12th May, from 1100 to 1530, in good weather conditions (gentle SE breeze, sunny around 16oC). We recorded the following - 85x Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Large White, 10x Green-veined White, 3x Small White, 6x Orange Tip, 16x Brimstone, 7x Small Copper, 3x Speckled Wood, 7x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 2x Holly Blue, 1x Hornet, 1x Beautiful Demoiselle, 2x Large Red Damselfly, 1x Green Tiger Beetle, 3x Speckled Yellow, 20x Brown Silverline, 1x Cinnabar Moth and a 30m diameter Adder's Tongue Fern
1x newly emerged Marsh Fritillary and a few caterpillars, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Painted Lady, 3x Red Admiral, 4x Wall, 1x Peacock, 2x Small Copper, 1x Green-veined White & 1x Orange Tip, Lizard Peninsula - Marcus Rhodes
Thursday, 9 May 2019
Red Admiral, Trewavas - Clive Richards
Saturday, 5 May 2019
2x Speckled wood, 2 x small white, 8++ Peacock, 11x Orange tip, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 3x Brimstone, 5x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Holly Blue, 3x Small Copper, 1x Comma, 1 x Red Admiral, 3 x Green-veined White and 1x possible Common Blue - Dave and Hilary Philips
Thursday, May 2019
2x Speckled Wood, 2x Green-veined White, 1x Large Red Damselfly, 8x Orange Tip + several eggs on cuckoo flower - Dave and Hilary Philips
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
11x Grizzled Skipper, 4x Orange Tip, 3x Speckled Wood, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Peacock, 2x Wall, 1x Green-veined White and 1x Small Copper, Penhale Sands - Leon Abbott Dave Spencer & Paul Browning
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
2x Grizzled Skipper, 3x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Wall Brown, 7x Speckled Wood, 5x Orange Tip, 4x Green-veined White and 3x Small White, Penhale Sands - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 22 April 2019
2x Grizzled Skipper, 1x Peacock and 2 Small White, Penhale Sands - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 21 April 2019
2x Holly Blue, 1x Speckled Wood and 2x Red Admiral, Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
4x Green Hairstreak, 5x Small Copper, 2x Peacock, 5x Wall Brown, 1x Small White, 1x Green-veined White, Rinsey - Laurie & Helen Oakes
Saturday, 20 April 2019
2x Painted Lady, 3x Small Tortoiseshell, 4x Red Admiral, 3x Peacock, 10++ Orange Tips6x Small White and 2x Large White, St Agnes - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
35++ Pearl-bordered fritillaries (all lovely & fresh), 8++ Speckled Woods, 10++ Holly Blues, 3x Peacocks, 1x Comma, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 3++ Small Coppers, 6++ Orange Tips, 2++ Green-veined whites, 1x Small white, 1 or 2 Hummingbird Hawk-moths including watching a female egglaying on bedstraw, 6++ Speckled Yellow moths. 1:15pm - 4:00pm, temperature 23 degrees C & 100% sun, Struddicks near Looe - Lee, Lisa, Robert & Michael Slaughter
Friday, 19 April 2019
20++ Orange Tips, 10++ Peacock, 10++ Red Admiral, 10++ Small White and Large White, around Roseland Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Grizzled Skipper, 6x Speckled Wood, 4x Peacock, 1x Small Tortoiseshell and 5x Small White /Green-veined White, Penhale Sands - Leon Abbott Dave Spencer & Paul Browning
18x Holly Blue, 3x male Orange Tip, 18x Holly Blue on coast path E, very few landed, no males seen, Prussia Cove F.P.E. - Helen & Laurie Oakes, Frank Johns
2x Wall Brown, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White, Cudden Point - Laurie & Helen Oakes, Frank Johns
11x Pearl-bordered Fritillary & 5x Wall Brown, Coastal Path to Millendreath - Dave Allan
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Clouded Yellow, Seaton sea wall (VC2) - David Gibbon
2x Wall Browns, 6x Speckled Woods, 4x Holly Blues & 1x Green-veined white, Coast path from Polruan to Lantic Bay - Lee, Lisa, Robert & Michael Slaughter
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
3x Orange Tips, 2x Green-veined White, 1x Painted Lady, 2x Speckled Woods & 1x Holly Blue, Kilhallon, Par - Lee, Lisa, Robert & Michael Slaughter
Thursday, 11 April 2019
3x Green Hairstreak, 28x Holly Blue, 21x Speckled Wood and 12x Peacock, SW coast path Tour of Lantivet Bay between Polruan & Polperro - Leon Abbott
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Painted Lady and 1x Peacock, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
8x Peacock, 4x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Comma, 5x Speckled Wood, 1x Green-veined White, 1x Orange Tip and 3x Emperor Moth, Penhale Sands & Pennants Field - Leon Abbott Dave Spencer & Paul Browning.
Saturday, 6 April 2019
2x Peacock, 1x Painted Lady and 2x Small Tortoiseshell, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
2x Peacock, Botallack - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Monday, 1 April 2019
1x Painted Lady and 3x Small Tortoiseshell, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Sunday, 31 March 2019
2x Peacock, Trelusback Farm - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Saturday, 30 March 2019
1x Red Admiral, 3x Peacock and 1 Speckled Wood, The Lost Gardens of Heligan - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
2x Small Tortoiseshell & 1x Painted Lady, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
10++ Brimstone, Newlyn East - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
7x Peacock, 1x Brimstone, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Speckled Wood, 4x Slow Worm & 1x Red Kite, Trelusback Farm - Keith Wilson and company
22x Holly Blue, 17x Peacock, 8x Speckled Wood, 2x Small White, 1x Comma, 1x Small Tortoiseshell & 1x Hummingbird Hawk moth, S W coast path Portholland to Portloe - Leon Abbott
1x Speckled Wood, 5x Comma, 5x Peacock & 28x Brimstone(with only 2 females), Cabilla Woods from 1300 to 1430 - Dave and Iris Conway
Emperor Moth, Botallack common at 6:15pm - Gail Charman
5x Peacocks, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 5x Brimstones, 1x male Orange Tip & 1x Green-veined White, Goss Moor - Phillip Harris
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
1x Red Admiral, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
10++ Brimstone , 2x Peacock & 1x Holly Blue, Newlyn East - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Holly Blue, Cooksland - Dave and Iris Conway
Monday, 25 March 2019
1x Painted Lady, Newquay - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
10++ Brimstone, Newlyn East - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
9x Speckled Wood, 8x Peacock and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, lots of solitary bees out, sightings from Rame Head to Penlee Point Coastal Footpath Walk, 11:30 to 14.35, warm and sunny - Dave Allan
Sunday, 17 March 2019
1x Red Admiral, Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Small Tortoiseshell, Private Garden in West Cornwall - Andy and Allison Burton
Monday, 11 March 2019
1x Painted Lady & 2x Peacock, Lanhydrock House & Garden - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
1x Brimstone & 1x Peacock, Pendour Park, Lostwithiel - Robert Davey
26x male and a lone female Brimstone, 4x Peacock, 3x Comma and 1x Red Admiral, walk from the river track and the Redrice Valley from 1130 to 1320 in warm sunny conditions, Cabilla Woods - David Conway
2x Comma, 2x Peacock, 3x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Psychoides verhuella larva on hart's tongue fern, Trewidden - John Worth
Psychoides filicivora larva on Polypoidy, Sancreed Churchyard - John Worth
Monday, 25 February 2019
12++ Brimstone, 12++ Peacock, 10++ Red Admiral, 8x Comma and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Hustyn Wood - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
6x Brimstone, 8x Peacock, 5x Red Admiral and 3x Comma, Bishops Wood - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Painted Lady, 1x Comma and 1x Peacock, Nanquidno - John Miller
A couple of Red Admiral in a private garden in Bodmin - David and Iris Conway
16x male Brimstone and 3x Comma, Cabilla Woods from 1315 to 1400 in warm, sunny conditions recording along the river track - David and Iris Conway
1x Painted Lady, 1x Red Admiral and 1x Peacock at Gwynver (between Sennen and Land's End) - Bernard Hocking
When you're visiting Cabilla Woods, keep an eye open for the Vagrant Emperor Dragonfly. May hang around feeding in the open field alongside the river while weather lasts. - Steve Ogden
Sunday, 24 February 2019
1x Red Admiral and 1x Speckled Wood, Croft Pascoe Wood - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Peacock, Wildmill Farm - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Comma, 1x Peacock and 1x Painted Lady, Nanquidno water mill in the afternoon - John Miller
A mating pair of Brimstone, Pontsmill at 1:20pm - Lee Slaughter
2x Red Admiral, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
Saturday, 23 February 2019
1x Small Tortoiseshell, Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Red Admiral, Chapel Amble - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
1x Speckled Wood and 1x Red Admiral, Penzance - Bernard Hocking
Friday, 22 February 2019
1x Crimson Speckled moth, Polgigga - John Miller
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
1x Crimson Speckled moth, Polgigga - John Miller
Friday, 15 February 2019
1x Peacock and 9x Choughs, Kenidjack - Laurie and Helen Oakes
1x Peacock flying & basking, Chatsworth Way, Carlyon Bay, 10:48am - Lee Slaughter
Thursday, 14 February 2019
2x Peacock plus 1 burning purple jumper, Trelusback Farm - Keith Wilson
1x Painted Lady, Trevergy Farm - Frank Johns
3x Brimstone, 1x Comma, 1x Peacock and frogspawn in the water filled ditches by the side of the track, Dunmere Woods near Bodmin - Leon Abbott
Monday, 11 February 2019
1x Painted Lady, Porthscatho - Rob Nicholls
11x Brimstone and 4x Peacock, Cabilla Woods - Paul Browning
Fr iday, 11 January 2019
1x Small Tortoiseshelland 1x Red Admiral, Camborne - Philip Harris
1x Peacock, outside the studio in Camborne - Philip Harris
1x Peacock, Roseland Peninsula - Rob and Rowena Castillo Nicholls
