Butterfly Conservation: Company limited by guarantee, registered in England (2206468)

Registered Office: Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5QP

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General information for volunteers and friends who would like to join us on Conservation Days, transect walks and field trips. These events are open to all, and are not restricted to members.

To assist newcomers and casual visitors, especially those who join us for the summer holidays, we have compiled a map (below) of our more common colony sites and the principal butterflies found there. Compiled February 2009.

You would be unlucky not to find the species listed at these sites in season. Not included are the wide ranging species such as the Speckled Wood, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Comma, Peacock and Painted Lady and neither are rarities such as the Large Tortoiseshell, Monarch, Camberwell Beauty and High Brown Fritillary as well as other rare migrants.

1) Welcombe & Marsland (Devon & Cornwall Wildlife Trusts) (SS2117)

Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Silver-washed Fritillary, Dark Green Fritillary, Marbled White, Purple Hairstreak, Ringlet, Dingy Skipper, occasional Grizzled Skipper

2) Luckett (Greenscoombe Wood) (SX3972)

Heath Fritillary, Marbled White, Ringlet, Small Copper

3) National Trust, Dannonchapel (SX0382)

Large Blue, Grayling, Small Copper, Green Hairstreak, occasional Silver-studded Blue

4) Tuckingmill & Lank area, Bodmin Moor (SX0977)

Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary & Marsh Fritillary amongst other common species

5) Bunny’s Hill, Bodmin (SX1167)

Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered, Dark Green Fritillary, Silver-washed Fritillary.

6) Murrayton Monkey Sanctuary Coast Path (SX2854)

Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Dingy Skipper & others

7) Rame Head & Penlee Point (SX4249)

Marbled White, Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Green Hairstreak, Clouded Yellow (most summers) & many more

8) Breney Common with Red Moor (SX0561)

Marsh Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Heath, Silver-studded Blue, Green Hairstreak, Small Copper & other common species

9) Rock Dunes (SW9375)

Marbled White, Green Hairstreak, Small Copper & other common species

10) Goss Moor (SW9360)

Dingy Skipper, Grizzled Skipper, Marsh Fritillary, Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered, Common Blue & Small Copper amongst other common species

11) Penhale Sands (Perranporth) (SW7757)

Silver-studded Blue, Dark Green Fritillary, Brown Argus, Common Blue, Grizzled Skipper ( ab. taras), Dingy Skipper, Small Copper, Small Heath. 27 species in total found here

12) Hayle (Upton Towans) & Phillack (SW5740)

Silver-studded Blue, Brown Argus, Dark Green Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary & other common species.

13) Cudden Point (SW5427)

Silver-studded Blue, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (2nd brood).

14) Kynance Cove, The Lizard (SW6813)

Dark Green Fritillary, Grayling, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Wall Brown, Small Copper & other common species, Clouded Yellow (most summers).

15) Porthgwarra (SW3721)

Grayling, Dark Green Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Wall Brown, Silver-studded Blue, Small Heath.

Compiled February 2009 by Phil Boggis

A group of Silver Studded Blues at Penhale Sands