Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

…ia agestis, silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and the uncommonwood white Leptidea sinapis.

Malvern Common

…tionally restricted pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne and wood white Leptidea sinapis occur as well as species that are uncommon in the West Midlands such as brown argus Aricia agestis, grayling Hipparchia semele and dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja. A number of …

Coombe Meadow

…terflies have been recorded, the more nationally scarce of which are wood white Leptidea sinapis, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and purple hair-streak Favonius quercus. A high number of birds breed with typical woodland species occu…

The Malvern Hills

…tionally restricted pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne and wood white Leptidea sinapis occur as well as species that are uncommon in the West Midlands such as brown argus Aricia agestis, grayling Hipparchia semele and dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja. A number of n…

Ham Home-cum-Hamgreen Woods

…f the nationally rare black hairstreak butterfly Satyrium pruni, the wood white Leptidea sinapis and white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album are further notable butterflies. Nightingales are among the breeding birds of the two woods.

Stockton Railway Cutting and Quarry

… skipper Pyrgus malvae. Of particular note are the uncommon species, wood white Leptidea sinapis and white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album. Also present is a rare moth, the chalk carpet Scotopteryx bipunctaria which has only been found at one other site in the county. The rail…

Kingford Fen

…bramble Rubus fruticosus. The site is rich in invertebrate species; wood white Leptidea sinapis and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and two uncommon butterflies which are among the twenty species which occur here. Ten species of dragonfly have been recorded. More than fifty…

Ruttersleigh

… rides and glades provide an ideal habitat for the nationally scarce wood white Leptidea sinapis butterfly, this site having by far the strongest colony known in Somerset. The grassland provides habitat for the nationally scarce marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia butterfly. Oth…

Wytham Woods

…black hairstreak Satyrium pruni, brown hairstreak Thecla betulae and wood white Leptidea sinapis. Moths include lunar hornet clearwing Sesia bembeciformis a species associated with willows, square spot Ectropis crepuscularia, brindled white spot E. extersaria and maple prominent …

Howe Park Wood

…amilla, purple hairstreak Favonius quercus and the nationally scarce wood white Leptidea sinapis, while the dense blackthorn thickets support colonies of the nationally rare black hairstreak butterfly Satyrium pruni, a Red Data Book species confined to fewer than 35 colonies betw…

Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods

…butterflies recorded to date include particularly strong colonies of wood white Leptidea sinapis, white admiral Limenitis camilla and the nationally rare black hairstreak Satyrium pruni, as well as purple emperor Apatura iris, though the pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosy…

Trench Wood

…ive species breed in Trench Wood including the nationally restricted wood white Leptidea sinapis and pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne. The wood is also the only known site in Worcestershire for marsh fritillary Euphydryas whose larvae feed on the abundant devil’s bit …

Yardley Chase

…portant for invertebrates, particularly uncommon lepidoptera such as wood white Leptidea sinapis, purple hairstreak Favonius quercus and black hairstreak Satyrium pruni. Since 1977, 30 breeding species have been recorded, more than any other Northamptonshire site and including th…

Hollow Moor & Odham Moor

…habitat for a variety of butterflies including the nationally-scarce wood white Leptidea sinapis, rare in Devon, and the silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia. Other insects recorded on the site include the double line moth Mythimna turca, marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas…

Harbury Railway Cutting

… 30 species recorded. Two nationally restricted species are present, wood white Leptidea sinapis and white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album. Other species include common blue Polyommatus icarus, dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi, grizzled s…

Dymock Woods

…tionally restricted pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne and wood white Leptidea sinapis occur as well as the uncommon white admiral Limenitis camilla. Over 400 species of moth have been recorded including 18 nationally scarce species. These include great oak beauty Hypom…

Langford Heathfield

…ritillary Euphydryas aurinia, high brown fritillary Argynnis adippe, wood white Leptidea sinapis and brown hairstreak Thecla betulae all have a local distribution in Somerset. Other invertebrates of interest include the very local beetles, Mordellochroa abdominalis and Ischnomera…

Helmdon Disused Railway

…site supports a rich butterfly fauna including the nationally scarce wood white Leptidea sinapis and five nationally declining species. Of particular note is the presence of small blue Cupido minimusat its only Northamptonshire locality. There are also areas of mixed scrub, both…

Waterperry Wood

… species including the pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne, wood white Leptidea sinapis, brown hairstreak Theclabetulae and silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia. The moth fauna is also rich with the more uncommon species including Mere wainscot Photedes fluxa, poplar…

Monk Wood

… have been recorded including the county’s largest population of the wood white Leptidea sinapis. Other uncommon or declining species include the brown hairstreak Thecla betulae, pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne, high brown fritillary Argynnis adippe and dingy skipper…

Upper Wye Gorge

… a wasp Omalus puncticollis and several uncommon butterflies such as wood white Leptidea sinapis, pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne and white admiral Limenitis camilla. Geology A number of caves on the north side of the river contain Pleistocene deposits which are ri…

Glennasheevar

…rge heath Coenonympha tullia, marsh fritillary Eurodryas aurinia and wood white Leptidea sinapis. Notable moths recorded included the clouded buff Diacrisia sannio, wood tiger Parasemia plantaginis, red-necked footman Atolmis rubricollis, grass wave Perconia strigillaria and arge…

Upper Hall Farm Quarry and Grassland

…ne Gonepteryx rhamni which is here on the western edge of its range. Wood white Leptidea sinapis has also been recorded in recent years. Four nationally rare species of micro moth have also been recorded from the site including Stigmella aceris is. This species has only been foun…

Haugh Wood

…are or scarce species such as high brown fritillary Argynnis adippe, wood white Leptidea sinapis, pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne and white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album. Amongst the large number of moths, many are nationally or locally rare, such as lunar horn…

Haldon Forest

…uphydryas aurinia, pear-bordered fritillary Clossiana euphrosyne and wood white Leptidea sinapis. The moth fauna is also diverse, with 277 species of larger moth Macrolepidoptera having been recorded, including the nationally-scarce dotted carpet Alcis jubata, pale pinion Lithoph…

Wyre Forest

…ning species of butterfly, silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia, wood white Leptidea sinapis, white admiral Limenitis camilla and dingy skipper Erynnis tages. The nationally threatened pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne, listed in the national Biodiversity Action Pl…

Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm

…en meadows containing devil’s-bit scabious and the nationally scarce wood white Leptidea sinapis is present in the woodland and scrub fringing the disused railway line. The declining small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene occupies woodland glades and edges and silver-wash…

Dunsdon Farm

… species breed here including two nationally restricted species, the wood white Leptidea sinapis and the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia which are amongst those who rely on herbs in the grassland to provide food for their larvae, as does the narrow bordered bee hawk moth Hema…

Grendon and Doddershall Woods

…hecla betulae and Satyrium pruni, the latter of national importance, wood white Leptidea sinapis and no less than five species of fritillary, the silver washed, high brown, marsh, pearl bordered and small pearly bordered Argynnis paphia, A. adippe, Euphydryas aurinia, Boloria eup…

White Park Bay

…n blue Polyommatus icarus and small heath Coenonympha pamphilus. The wood white Leptidea sinapis butterfly, which is rare in Britain but locally frequent in Ireland, is also present. Amongst the moths, the six-spot burnet Zygaena filipendula and Mother Shipton Euclidia mi have be…

Great Doward

…white admiral Limenitis camilla as well as the nationally restricted wood white Leptidea sinapis and pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne. The only confirmed record for purple emperor Apatura iris in this part of the midlands is from great Doward. Also present are two nat…

Piddles Wood

…camilla, silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and the very local wood white Leptidea sinapis. The commoner woodland birds are present in good numbers and among the breeding species is nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos which is local in Dorset.

Marsland to Clovelly Coast

…, the nationally scarce white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album and wood white Leptidea sinapis. The nationally rare scarce blackneck moth Lygephila craccae, nationally scarce woodlouse Halophiloscia couchii and bog bush cricket Metrioptera brachyptera also occur here. In additi…

Common Hill

…bled white Melanargia galatheaa and three nationally scarce species, wood white Leptidea sinapis, pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne and white-letter hairstreak Strymondia w album. Three nationally scarce moths also occur, six belted clearwing Bembecia ichneumoniformis,…

Quants

…dered fritillary A. euphrosyne, Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina and wood white Leptidea sinapis all have a local distribution in Somerset. Other invertebrates of interest include Hornets Vespa crabro and the rare hoverfly Criorhina asilica.

Axmouth to Lyme Regis Under Cliffs

… been recorded. This is one of the few key sites with the wood white butterfly Leptidea sinapis, the Lulworth skipper Thymelicus acteon has also been recorded. The breeding bird community contains species generally characteristic of coastal cliffs, scrub and woodland, but intere…

Knavenhill Wood

…um. The wood also supports twenty two species of butterfly including wood white Leptidea sinapis and purple hairstreak Favonius quercus. A rare fly, Keroplatus testaceus, has also been recorded.

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