2022 Sightings
20 September 2022
AMERICAN PAINTED LADY, Clouded Yellow, Green-veined White, a huge number of Large White, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Small Copper, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Speckled Wood and Wall, Nare Head, Roseland Peninsula - Rowena Castillo-Nicholls and Rob Nicholls
Field trip to Cabilla and Redrice woods on Sunday 10th July 2022
Seven members attended in superb weather conditions from 1000 to 1400. We recorded 40+ Silver-washed Fritillaries(mostly males),2 Speckled Wood,4 Green-veined White,3 Red Admiral,50+ Meadow Brown,50+ Ringlet,1 Purple Hairstreak,10 Small Skipper,2 Large White,1 Large Skipper,1 Brimstone, Orange and Buff-tip moths, 6 Golden-ringed dragonfly,1 Four-spot Chaser and 1 male Broad-bodied Chaser. ( Dave Conway)
Trip to Cabilla Wood earlier today 7th July
Meadow Brown 20+, Ringlet 30+, Silver Washed Fritillarys 30+, Small White 3, Large White 1, Brimstone 2, Gatekeeper 1, Comma 4 - Leon Abbott
4 June 2022
Greenscoombe Woods Fieldtrip: 20x Heath Fritillary, 2x Meadow Brown, 1x Large Skipper, Southern Marsh Orchid, Heath Spotted Orchid and Lesser Butterfly Orchid - Robbie Robinson
25 May 2022
Clouded Yellow, Portscatho, Roseland Peninsula - Kate Nicholls
23 May 2022
Breney Common Fieldtrip: 3x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Speckled Wood, 1x Brimstone - 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
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
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
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 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
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
21 March 2022
3x Peacock, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
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 Red Admiral, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
17 January 2022
1x Red Admiral, Swanpool, Falmouth - David Cooper
AMERICAN PAINTED LADY, Clouded Yellow, Green-veined White, a huge number of Large White, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Small Copper, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Speckled Wood and Wall, Nare Head, Roseland Peninsula - Rowena Castillo-Nicholls and Rob Nicholls
Field trip to Cabilla and Redrice woods on Sunday 10th July 2022
Seven members attended in superb weather conditions from 1000 to 1400. We recorded 40+ Silver-washed Fritillaries(mostly males),2 Speckled Wood,4 Green-veined White,3 Red Admiral,50+ Meadow Brown,50+ Ringlet,1 Purple Hairstreak,10 Small Skipper,2 Large White,1 Large Skipper,1 Brimstone, Orange and Buff-tip moths, 6 Golden-ringed dragonfly,1 Four-spot Chaser and 1 male Broad-bodied Chaser. ( Dave Conway)
Trip to Cabilla Wood earlier today 7th July
Meadow Brown 20+, Ringlet 30+, Silver Washed Fritillarys 30+, Small White 3, Large White 1, Brimstone 2, Gatekeeper 1, Comma 4 - Leon Abbott
4 June 2022
Greenscoombe Woods Fieldtrip: 20x Heath Fritillary, 2x Meadow Brown, 1x Large Skipper, Southern Marsh Orchid, Heath Spotted Orchid and Lesser Butterfly Orchid - Robbie Robinson
25 May 2022
Clouded Yellow, Portscatho, Roseland Peninsula - Kate Nicholls
23 May 2022
Breney Common Fieldtrip: 3x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 4x Speckled Wood, 1x Brimstone - 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
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
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
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 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
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
21 March 2022
3x Peacock, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
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 Red Admiral, Rospannel Farm - Bernard Hocking
17 January 2022
1x Red Admiral, Swanpool, Falmouth - David Cooper
