2022 Sightings
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1) Species Name and Number
2) Location
3) Date
4) Your Name
1) Species Name and Number
2) Location
3) Date
4) Your Name
25 May 2022
Clouded Yellow, Portscatho, Roseland Peninsula - Kate Nicholls
23 May 2022
3x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Speckled Wood, 1x Brimstone, Breney Common - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
22 May 2022
10++ Common Blue, 5x Small Copper, 8x Wall, 3x Painted Lady, 10++ Speckled Wood, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Kiberick Cove and Nare Head - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
21 May 2022
1x Pearl-bordered Fritillary ab. albomaculata, 1x Pearl-bordered Fritillary ab. pittionii, 30++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 10++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 2x Red Admiral, 5x GVW, 1x Orange Tip, 1x Peacock, Fellover Brake, Tuckingmill, St Breward - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
19 May 2022
7x Speckled Wood, 2x Painted Lady, 3x Green Veined White, 14x Green Hairstreak, 5x Small Heath, Goss Moor - Leon Abbott
16 May 2022
30++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Speckled Wood and 1x Red Admiral, Fellover Brake, Tuckingmill, St Breward - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
15 May 2022
Grizzled Skippers including Taras, Dingy Skipper , Common Blue , Wall, Brown Argus , Small Heath . Green-veined White, Speckled Wood , Peacock, Cinnabar moth and others, Penhale Sands - Robbie Robinson
14 May 2022
Tuckingmill, St Breward Fieldtrip: 33++ Pearl Bordered Fritillary, 2x Speckled Wood, 4x Green-veined White, 3x Large White, 10++ Speckled Yellow Moth, 7x Brown Silverline Moth , 1x Garden Carpet Moth and 2x Broad-banded Chaser (male and female) - Robbie Robinson
8 May 2022
De Lank Fieldtrip: 12 members of CBMS attended from 1100 to 1500. At the beginning it was cool and misty but after midday the mist lifted to give a warm, sunny afternoon. The Pearl-bordered Fritillary colony continues to prosper and we recorded the following - 50+ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 5 Brimstone, 8 Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 8 Peacock, 8 Speckled Wood, 1 Holly Blue, 5 Small Copper, 1 Wall, 1 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 10 Bee-Fly, 1 Speckled Yellow, 5 Brown Silver-line, 3 Large Red Damselfly, 1 Beautiful Demoiselle and several Adders-tongue Fern - Dave Conway
7 May 2022
5++ Larvae of Silver-studded Blue, 1x Larva of Common Blue, 1x Larva of Burnet Moth, 2x Brimstone, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock, 3x Orange Tip, 2x Large White, 2x Green-veined White and 1x Speckled Wood, Wheal Maid, Poldice, St Day - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
5 May 2022
1x Brimstone, 2x Holy Blue, 1x Small Copper, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock, 2x Orange Tip, 1x Green-veined White, 2x Small Tortoiseshell and 1x Speckled Wood, Trevaunance, St Agnes - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
4 May 2022
3x Small Copper, 1x Holy Blue, 3x Wall, 2x Red Admiral, 4x Peacock, 7x Orange Tip, 3x Large White, 5x Green-veined White and 3x Speckled Wood, Park Head, North Cornwall Coast - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
30 April 2022
2x Wall Brown, 5x Speckled Wood, 2x Orange Tips, 1x Green-veined White, 1x Peacock, 5x Holly Blues and 25++ Pearl-bordered Fritillaries, Struddicks, Seaton - Lee and Lisa Slaughter
10++ Grizzled Skipper, 3x Wall, 5x Speckled Wood, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock, 1x Orange Tip and 2x Green-veined White, Perran Sands - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
28 April 2022
Orange Tips and Holy Blues, Bissoe Valley - David Cooper
27 April 2022
1x Emperor Moth, Rough Tor, Bodmin Moor - Helen Wilkins
7x Grizzled Skippers, 3x Peacock, 5x Speckled Wood, 3x Wall, 1x Small White and 1x Green-veined White, Penhale - Leon Abbott
26 April 2022
15++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 8x Wall, 10++ Speckled Wood, 4x Peacock, 2x Red Admiral, 1x Small Copper, 1x Holy Blue, 2x Orange Tip and 1x Green-veined White, Struddicks, Seaton - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
15 to 20 Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 3x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 8x Speckled Wood, 5x Wall, 3x Holly Blue and 1x Orange Tip, Struddicks, Seaton - Leon Abbott
25 April 2022
12x Orange Tip, 12x Green-veined White, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Holy Blue, 4x Red Admiral, 5x Peacock and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Portmellon Valley, St Austell - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
24 April 2022
3x Brimstone, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Peacock, 1x Holy Blue, 1x Orange Tip, 1x Green-veined White and 1x Speckled Wood, Wheal Friendly, St Agnes - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
20 April 2022
1x Comma, 2x Peacock, 4x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 28x Orange Tip, 8x GreenVeined White, 1x Small White, 2x Holly Blue and 6x Speckled Wood, Woodland Valley Farm, Ladock - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
19 April 2022
3x Brimstone, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Peacock, 1x Holy Blue, 1x Orange Tip, 1x Green-veined White and 1x Speckled Wood, Crowhill Valley, Grampound - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
18 April 2022
5x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 4x Peacock, 1x Small White and 2x Green-veined White North Cornwall Coast path - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
17 April 2022
1x Red Admiral, 1x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, Grampound Road - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
16 April 2022
1x Orange Tip, 3x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 2x Green-veined White and 1x Wall, Roseland Peninsula - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
1x Red Admiral and 1x Speckled Wood, Grampound Road - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
12 April 2022
2x Peacock, 1x Brimstone and 1x Comma, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
3 April 2022
3x Wall, 1x Green-veined White, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock and 1x Clouded Yellow, Dodman Point, Gorran - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
27 March 2022
1x Comma, 10x Peacock, 3x Red Admiral and 6x Small Tortoiseshell, Woodland Valley Farm, Ladock - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
24 March 2022
9x Peacock, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Comma, 1x Speckled Wood and 2x Holly Blue, South West Coast path between Pendower Beach and Porthcurnick Beach - Leon Abbott
22 March 2022
1x Red Admiral and 1x Holy Blue, Mevagissey - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
21 March 2022
3x Peacock, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
20 March 2022
2x Small Tortoiseshell, Godrevy Farm - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
18 March 2022
1x Peacock, Gwynver - Bernard Hocking
17 March 2022
12x Brimstone, 9x Comma and 6x Peacock, Cabilla Woods - Leon Abbott
1x Speckled Wood, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
14 March 2022
1x Brimstone, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Red Admiral and 2x Peacock, St Mewan Beacon, St Austell - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
1x Red Admiral, Grampound Road - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
1x Red Admiral, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
27 February 2022
1x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Red Admiral and 2x Peacock, Trevose Head, North Cornwall Coast - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
17 January 2022
1x Red Admiral, Swanpool, Falmouth - David Cooper
Clouded Yellow, Portscatho, Roseland Peninsula - Kate Nicholls
23 May 2022
3x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Speckled Wood, 1x Brimstone, Breney Common - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
22 May 2022
10++ Common Blue, 5x Small Copper, 8x Wall, 3x Painted Lady, 10++ Speckled Wood, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Kiberick Cove and Nare Head - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
21 May 2022
1x Pearl-bordered Fritillary ab. albomaculata, 1x Pearl-bordered Fritillary ab. pittionii, 30++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 10++ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 2x Red Admiral, 5x GVW, 1x Orange Tip, 1x Peacock, Fellover Brake, Tuckingmill, St Breward - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
19 May 2022
7x Speckled Wood, 2x Painted Lady, 3x Green Veined White, 14x Green Hairstreak, 5x Small Heath, Goss Moor - Leon Abbott
16 May 2022
30++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1x Speckled Wood and 1x Red Admiral, Fellover Brake, Tuckingmill, St Breward - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
15 May 2022
Grizzled Skippers including Taras, Dingy Skipper , Common Blue , Wall, Brown Argus , Small Heath . Green-veined White, Speckled Wood , Peacock, Cinnabar moth and others, Penhale Sands - Robbie Robinson
14 May 2022
Tuckingmill, St Breward Fieldtrip: 33++ Pearl Bordered Fritillary, 2x Speckled Wood, 4x Green-veined White, 3x Large White, 10++ Speckled Yellow Moth, 7x Brown Silverline Moth , 1x Garden Carpet Moth and 2x Broad-banded Chaser (male and female) - Robbie Robinson
8 May 2022
De Lank Fieldtrip: 12 members of CBMS attended from 1100 to 1500. At the beginning it was cool and misty but after midday the mist lifted to give a warm, sunny afternoon. The Pearl-bordered Fritillary colony continues to prosper and we recorded the following - 50+ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 1 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 5 Brimstone, 8 Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 8 Peacock, 8 Speckled Wood, 1 Holly Blue, 5 Small Copper, 1 Wall, 1 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 10 Bee-Fly, 1 Speckled Yellow, 5 Brown Silver-line, 3 Large Red Damselfly, 1 Beautiful Demoiselle and several Adders-tongue Fern - Dave Conway
7 May 2022
5++ Larvae of Silver-studded Blue, 1x Larva of Common Blue, 1x Larva of Burnet Moth, 2x Brimstone, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock, 3x Orange Tip, 2x Large White, 2x Green-veined White and 1x Speckled Wood, Wheal Maid, Poldice, St Day - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
5 May 2022
1x Brimstone, 2x Holy Blue, 1x Small Copper, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock, 2x Orange Tip, 1x Green-veined White, 2x Small Tortoiseshell and 1x Speckled Wood, Trevaunance, St Agnes - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
4 May 2022
3x Small Copper, 1x Holy Blue, 3x Wall, 2x Red Admiral, 4x Peacock, 7x Orange Tip, 3x Large White, 5x Green-veined White and 3x Speckled Wood, Park Head, North Cornwall Coast - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
30 April 2022
2x Wall Brown, 5x Speckled Wood, 2x Orange Tips, 1x Green-veined White, 1x Peacock, 5x Holly Blues and 25++ Pearl-bordered Fritillaries, Struddicks, Seaton - Lee and Lisa Slaughter
10++ Grizzled Skipper, 3x Wall, 5x Speckled Wood, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock, 1x Orange Tip and 2x Green-veined White, Perran Sands - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
28 April 2022
Orange Tips and Holy Blues, Bissoe Valley - David Cooper
27 April 2022
1x Emperor Moth, Rough Tor, Bodmin Moor - Helen Wilkins
7x Grizzled Skippers, 3x Peacock, 5x Speckled Wood, 3x Wall, 1x Small White and 1x Green-veined White, Penhale - Leon Abbott
26 April 2022
15++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 8x Wall, 10++ Speckled Wood, 4x Peacock, 2x Red Admiral, 1x Small Copper, 1x Holy Blue, 2x Orange Tip and 1x Green-veined White, Struddicks, Seaton - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
15 to 20 Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 3x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 8x Speckled Wood, 5x Wall, 3x Holly Blue and 1x Orange Tip, Struddicks, Seaton - Leon Abbott
25 April 2022
12x Orange Tip, 12x Green-veined White, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Holy Blue, 4x Red Admiral, 5x Peacock and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Portmellon Valley, St Austell - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
24 April 2022
3x Brimstone, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Peacock, 1x Holy Blue, 1x Orange Tip, 1x Green-veined White and 1x Speckled Wood, Wheal Friendly, St Agnes - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
20 April 2022
1x Comma, 2x Peacock, 4x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 28x Orange Tip, 8x GreenVeined White, 1x Small White, 2x Holly Blue and 6x Speckled Wood, Woodland Valley Farm, Ladock - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
19 April 2022
3x Brimstone, 2x Red Admiral, 2x Peacock, 1x Holy Blue, 1x Orange Tip, 1x Green-veined White and 1x Speckled Wood, Crowhill Valley, Grampound - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
18 April 2022
5x Red Admiral, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 4x Peacock, 1x Small White and 2x Green-veined White North Cornwall Coast path - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
17 April 2022
1x Red Admiral, 1x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, Grampound Road - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
16 April 2022
1x Orange Tip, 3x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 2x Green-veined White and 1x Wall, Roseland Peninsula - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
1x Red Admiral and 1x Speckled Wood, Grampound Road - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
12 April 2022
2x Peacock, 1x Brimstone and 1x Comma, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
3 April 2022
3x Wall, 1x Green-veined White, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock and 1x Clouded Yellow, Dodman Point, Gorran - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
27 March 2022
1x Comma, 10x Peacock, 3x Red Admiral and 6x Small Tortoiseshell, Woodland Valley Farm, Ladock - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
24 March 2022
9x Peacock, 2x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Comma, 1x Speckled Wood and 2x Holly Blue, South West Coast path between Pendower Beach and Porthcurnick Beach - Leon Abbott
22 March 2022
1x Red Admiral and 1x Holy Blue, Mevagissey - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
21 March 2022
3x Peacock, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
20 March 2022
2x Small Tortoiseshell, Godrevy Farm - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
18 March 2022
1x Peacock, Gwynver - Bernard Hocking
17 March 2022
12x Brimstone, 9x Comma and 6x Peacock, Cabilla Woods - Leon Abbott
1x Speckled Wood, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
14 March 2022
1x Brimstone, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 1x Red Admiral and 2x Peacock, St Mewan Beacon, St Austell - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
1x Red Admiral, Grampound Road - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
1x Red Admiral, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
27 February 2022
1x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Red Admiral and 2x Peacock, Trevose Head, North Cornwall Coast - Rob Nicholls and Rowena Castillo-Nicholls
17 January 2022
1x Red Admiral, Swanpool, Falmouth - David Cooper
