2021 Sightings
Please send your sightings to Rowena Castillo Nicholls via email on [email protected]
1) Species Name and Number
2) Location
3) Date
4) Your Name
1) Species Name and Number
2) Location
3) Date
4) Your Name
13 September 2021
Convolvulus Hawk Moth, Pentewan - Ann Corner
8 June 2021
4x Marsh Fritillary, Demoiselles, Damselflies and Dragonflies, Goss Moor - Rob and Rowena Nicholls, Paul Miles
1 June 2021
20x Heath Fritillary, Peacock, Brimstone and Small Copper, Greenscoombe Woods, Luckett - James Robbins
28 May 2021
Heath Fritillary and Peacock, Greenscoombe Woods, Luckett - James Robbins
24 May 2021
Lackey Moth Caterpillar Web, Trebarwtih Strand - Andy Grainger
7 May 2021
1x Orange Tip and 1x Green-veined White, Carnon Valley, David Cooper
1 May 2021
24++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary (including 1x mating pair), 2x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Copper, 1x Brown Silver Line moth, 1x Esperia Sulphurella micro moth (1st sighting on this location, Lee Slaughter netted to confirm id), De Lank - Lee, Lisa, Robert, Michael Slaughter, Dave Conway, Russ Hemmings and Phil Harris
29 April 2021
8x Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 8x Small Copper and 6x Speckled Wood, South West Coast Path in Looe, Ben Jones
24 April 2021
2x male Orange Tip, 3x Peacock, 1x Green-vein White and 3x Brimstone, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
2x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock, 1x Speckled Wood, 3x Large White and 2x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
23 April 2021
1x Speckled Wood at Bissoe Valley SW772412 and 2x Peacock, 2x Small Tortoiseshell at Carnon Valley SW778412 - David Cooper
15++ Pearl Bordered Fritillary (showing signs of wear), 5x Speckled Wood, 6x Small Copper, 4x Wall, 8x Holly Blue and 3x Peacock, Struddicks - Leon Abbott
1x Speckled Wood, 1x Holy Blue, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Green-veined White, 1x Large White and 3x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
22 April 2021
2x Holy Blue, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Green-veined White, 1x Large White and 4x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
21 April 2021
1x Orange Tip, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Holy Blue, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Green-veined White, 2x Large White and 3x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
20 April 2021
1x Speckled Wood, 1x Peacock, 1x male Orange Tip and 1x Green-veined Whitel, Carnon and Vissoe Valley - David Cooper
2x Holy Blue, 1x Peacock, 5x Large White, 4x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, private garden in Grampound Road - Paul Miles, Rob and Rowena Nicholls
19 April 2021
1x Speckled Wood, 1x Holy Blue, 1x Peacock, 1x Green-veined White and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
18 April 2021
2x Peacock and 1x Small Torroiseshell, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
1x Speckled Wood, 1x Peacock, 1x Green-veined White and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
16 April 2021
5x Speckled Wood, 4x Peacock, 1x Small Tortoiseshell 2x Wall, 1x Orange Tip, 12/15x Holly Blue and 3x Small Copper, Pendower Beach to Porthcurnick Beach, SW coast path - Leon Abbott
15 April 2021
2x Peacock, Bissoe Valley - David Cooper
14 April 2021
Green-veined White and Brimstone, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
13 April 2021
4x Peacock, 1x Comma, 5x Small White, 4x Brimstone, 3x Orange Tip and 1x Holly Blue, Cabilla Woods - Leon Abbott
1x Holy Blue and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
12 April 2021
1x Speckled Wood and 5x male and 11x female Large Red Damselflie, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
1x Holy Blue, 1x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
10 April 2021
1x Speckled Wood, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
1x Holy Blue, 1x Red Admiral and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
4 April 2021
10x Peacocks, 5x Holly Blues, 5x Speckled Wood and 1x Red Admiral along the coast between East Combe, Lansallos and West Combe beach, Lansallos – Sue Netherton
1x Holy Blue, 1x Orange Tip, 1x Red Admiral and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
3 April 2021
2x Small Tortoiseshell, 4x Peacock, 1x Comma, 1x Red Admiral & Large Red Damselfly (male), Carnon Valley - David Cooper
Brimstone, Comma, Peacock, Holly Blue & Orange Tip, Cabilla Woods & other places - Leon Abbott
15 x Brimstone, Cabilla Woods - Dave Conway
2x Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Peacock, Comma, Speckled Wood, Green-veined White & Brimstone - private garden in Bodmin - Dave Conway
1x Holy Blue, 1x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Large White and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
2 April 2021
1x Large Red Damselfly, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
1 April 2021
6x Orange Tips in the woods at Cotehele Mill on the Tamar – Sue Netherton
31 March 2021
1x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Large White and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
30 March 2021
3x Peacock, 2x Brimstone and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
Lots of bees and butterflies nectaring on the Grey Willow flowers and I counted 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Brimstones and 9x Peacocks. Felix who is one of the students working here saw a Holly Blue, Trelusback Farm - Keith Wilson
1x Comma, 1x Peacock and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
29 March 2021
Cornwall’s "FIRST" Large Red Damselflies were spotted in Carnon Valley at 1300pm - David Cooper
4x Peacock, 2x Brimstone and 2x Comma, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
25 March 2021
Red Admiral, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
24 March 2021
Red Admiral and Speckled wood, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
1x Red Admiral and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
23 March 2021
Red Admiral, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
22 March 2021
2x Peacock and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
28 February
1x Comma and 1x Brimstone, Sowden's Wood along the West Looe River – Sue Netherton
27 February 2021
1x Large Tortoiseshell, private garden in Callestick for 3 minutes at 2:15pm - Tony Wilson
1x Brimstone (male) & 1 x Peacock, Pontsmill, near Par - Lee & Lisa Slaughter
1 x Small Tortoiseshell, private garden in Bude - Dave and Hillary Philips
26 February 2021
1 x Small Tortoiseshell, private garden in Bude - Dave and Hillary Philips
14 February to 22 February 2021
1x Brambling, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
29 January 2021
3x Comma, Swanpool Falmouth - David Cooper
January 2021
Barn Owl, Trelusback Farm - Keith Wilson and Felix Littlechild
Convolvulus Hawk Moth, Pentewan - Ann Corner
8 June 2021
4x Marsh Fritillary, Demoiselles, Damselflies and Dragonflies, Goss Moor - Rob and Rowena Nicholls, Paul Miles
1 June 2021
20x Heath Fritillary, Peacock, Brimstone and Small Copper, Greenscoombe Woods, Luckett - James Robbins
28 May 2021
Heath Fritillary and Peacock, Greenscoombe Woods, Luckett - James Robbins
24 May 2021
Lackey Moth Caterpillar Web, Trebarwtih Strand - Andy Grainger
7 May 2021
1x Orange Tip and 1x Green-veined White, Carnon Valley, David Cooper
1 May 2021
24++ Pearl-bordered Fritillary (including 1x mating pair), 2x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Copper, 1x Brown Silver Line moth, 1x Esperia Sulphurella micro moth (1st sighting on this location, Lee Slaughter netted to confirm id), De Lank - Lee, Lisa, Robert, Michael Slaughter, Dave Conway, Russ Hemmings and Phil Harris
29 April 2021
8x Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 8x Small Copper and 6x Speckled Wood, South West Coast Path in Looe, Ben Jones
24 April 2021
2x male Orange Tip, 3x Peacock, 1x Green-vein White and 3x Brimstone, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
2x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock, 1x Speckled Wood, 3x Large White and 2x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
23 April 2021
1x Speckled Wood at Bissoe Valley SW772412 and 2x Peacock, 2x Small Tortoiseshell at Carnon Valley SW778412 - David Cooper
15++ Pearl Bordered Fritillary (showing signs of wear), 5x Speckled Wood, 6x Small Copper, 4x Wall, 8x Holly Blue and 3x Peacock, Struddicks - Leon Abbott
1x Speckled Wood, 1x Holy Blue, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Green-veined White, 1x Large White and 3x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
22 April 2021
2x Holy Blue, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Peacock, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Green-veined White, 1x Large White and 4x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
21 April 2021
1x Orange Tip, 1x Speckled Wood, 1x Holy Blue, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Green-veined White, 2x Large White and 3x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
20 April 2021
1x Speckled Wood, 1x Peacock, 1x male Orange Tip and 1x Green-veined Whitel, Carnon and Vissoe Valley - David Cooper
2x Holy Blue, 1x Peacock, 5x Large White, 4x Small White and 1x Speckled Wood, private garden in Grampound Road - Paul Miles, Rob and Rowena Nicholls
19 April 2021
1x Speckled Wood, 1x Holy Blue, 1x Peacock, 1x Green-veined White and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
18 April 2021
2x Peacock and 1x Small Torroiseshell, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
1x Speckled Wood, 1x Peacock, 1x Green-veined White and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
16 April 2021
5x Speckled Wood, 4x Peacock, 1x Small Tortoiseshell 2x Wall, 1x Orange Tip, 12/15x Holly Blue and 3x Small Copper, Pendower Beach to Porthcurnick Beach, SW coast path - Leon Abbott
15 April 2021
2x Peacock, Bissoe Valley - David Cooper
14 April 2021
Green-veined White and Brimstone, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
13 April 2021
4x Peacock, 1x Comma, 5x Small White, 4x Brimstone, 3x Orange Tip and 1x Holly Blue, Cabilla Woods - Leon Abbott
1x Holy Blue and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
12 April 2021
1x Speckled Wood and 5x male and 11x female Large Red Damselflie, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
1x Holy Blue, 1x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
10 April 2021
1x Speckled Wood, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
1x Holy Blue, 1x Red Admiral and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
4 April 2021
10x Peacocks, 5x Holly Blues, 5x Speckled Wood and 1x Red Admiral along the coast between East Combe, Lansallos and West Combe beach, Lansallos – Sue Netherton
1x Holy Blue, 1x Orange Tip, 1x Red Admiral and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
3 April 2021
2x Small Tortoiseshell, 4x Peacock, 1x Comma, 1x Red Admiral & Large Red Damselfly (male), Carnon Valley - David Cooper
Brimstone, Comma, Peacock, Holly Blue & Orange Tip, Cabilla Woods & other places - Leon Abbott
15 x Brimstone, Cabilla Woods - Dave Conway
2x Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Peacock, Comma, Speckled Wood, Green-veined White & Brimstone - private garden in Bodmin - Dave Conway
1x Holy Blue, 1x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Large White and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
2 April 2021
1x Large Red Damselfly, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
1 April 2021
6x Orange Tips in the woods at Cotehele Mill on the Tamar – Sue Netherton
31 March 2021
1x Peacock, 1x Red Admiral, 1x Large White and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
30 March 2021
3x Peacock, 2x Brimstone and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
Lots of bees and butterflies nectaring on the Grey Willow flowers and I counted 1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell, 2x Brimstones and 9x Peacocks. Felix who is one of the students working here saw a Holly Blue, Trelusback Farm - Keith Wilson
1x Comma, 1x Peacock and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
29 March 2021
Cornwall’s "FIRST" Large Red Damselflies were spotted in Carnon Valley at 1300pm - David Cooper
4x Peacock, 2x Brimstone and 2x Comma, Carnon Valley - David Cooper
1x Red Admiral, 1x Small Tortoiseshell and 1x Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
25 March 2021
Red Admiral, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
24 March 2021
Red Admiral and Speckled wood, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
1x Red Admiral and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
23 March 2021
Red Admiral, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
Small White, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
22 March 2021
2x Peacock and 1x Small Tortoiseshell, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
28 February
1x Comma and 1x Brimstone, Sowden's Wood along the West Looe River – Sue Netherton
27 February 2021
1x Large Tortoiseshell, private garden in Callestick for 3 minutes at 2:15pm - Tony Wilson
1x Brimstone (male) & 1 x Peacock, Pontsmill, near Par - Lee & Lisa Slaughter
1 x Small Tortoiseshell, private garden in Bude - Dave and Hillary Philips
26 February 2021
1 x Small Tortoiseshell, private garden in Bude - Dave and Hillary Philips
14 February to 22 February 2021
1x Brambling, private garden in Grampound Road - Rob and Rowena Nicholls
29 January 2021
3x Comma, Swanpool Falmouth - David Cooper
January 2021
Barn Owl, Trelusback Farm - Keith Wilson and Felix Littlechild
