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Stour and Copperas Woods, Ramsey

…ia galericulata and pendulous sedge Carex pendula. The white admiral butterfly Limenitis camilla whose food plant is honeysuckle, has been recorded sparingly in recent years.

Bracket's Coppice and Ryewater Farm

…. Three local species, silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia, white admiral Limenitis camilla and purple hairstreak Favonius quercus are present within the oak wood whilst the local and declining small pearl bordered fritillary Boloria selene breeds in the hazel coppice and i…

Dymock Woods

…yne 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 Hypomecis roboraria and satin lutestring Tetheella fluctuosa, the …

Bookham Commons

…ich are present include white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album, white admiral Limenitis camilla and purple hairstreak Favonius quercus.

Sidling's Copse and College Pond

…st fungus Crucibulum laeve. Woodland butterflies recorded include white admiral Limenitis camilla, purple hairstreak Favonius quercus and white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album. Amongst the diverse mollusc fauna are two indicators of old woodland, Acicula fusca and Ena montana.…

Parkhurst Forest

…ak Favonius quercus, silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and white admiral Limenitis camilla and the very rare white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album whose larvae feed on wych elm. Conifer plantations of varying age and species composition are scattered throughout the site…

Fairmile Bottom

…gs. The uncommon silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and the white admiral Limenitis camilla are amongst the many butterflies present.

Fivehead Woods and Meadow

…lly Blue Celastrina argiolus, purple hairstreak Favonius quercus, white admiral Limenitis camilla and the nationally rare white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album. The meadow is on Midelney Association soil which is clayey in nature, poorly drained and derived from river alluviu…

Wolborough Fen

…lfly Erythromma najas, the marbled white Melanargia galatheaa and white admiral Limenitis camilla butterflies, and a money spider Agyneta mollis.

Oakers Wood

…lly favourable to butterflies and there are strong populations of white admiral Limenitis camilla, silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia, pearl bordered fritillary A. euphrosyne and small pearl bordered fritillary Boloria selene. Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix, an uncomm…

Chudleigh Caves and Woods

…cted to this site in Devon, hornet Vespa crabro and the white admiral butterfly Limenitis camilla.

Upper Wye Gorge

…eptidea 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 rich in mammal remains. Merlin's Cave, a moderately large cave, has yielded remains…

Foxley Wood

…ncommon butterflies, most notably purple emperor Apatura iris and white admiral Limenitis camilla.

Yarner Wood & Trendlebere Down

…ith over 650 species recorded. Characteristic butterflies include white admiral Limenitis camilla and high brown fritillary Argynnis adippe, while among the many moths present orange upperwing Jodia croceago and Devon carpet Lampropteryx otregiata are notable. The breeding bird …

Appleton Lower Common

…auna. A wide variety of woodland butterflies is present including white admiral Limenitis camilla. The wood is a foraging site for larger dragonflies, particularly a scarce riverine species, the club tailed dragonfly Gomphus vulgatissimus. A number of other interesting insect spe…

Hodgemoor Wood

…mon in Buckinghamshire. The wood is known to hold populations of white admiral Limenitis camilla, purple hairstreak Favonius quercus and green hairstreak Callophrys rubi. A nationally rare jewel beetle Agrilus biguttatus, a species associated with old oaks in ancient woodland, h…

Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods

…auna is very rich with, for example, purple emperor Apatura iris, white admiral Limenitis camilla, purple hairstreak Favonius quercus and grayling butterflies and at least ten species of dragonfly including Calopteryx virgo, Cordulegaster boltonii and Anax imperator.

Newtown Harbour

…utterflies including silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and white admiral Limenitis camilla. The woodlands around Newtown Harbour support red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris, a species which in southern England is largely confined to the Isle of Wight. Newtown Harbour SSSI forms…

Longleat Woods

…reen woodpecker Picus viridis. The breeding invertebrates include white admiral Limenitis camilla, silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and small pearl bordered fritillary Boloria selene butterflies and hornets Vespa crabro.

Bentley Station Meadow

…h is an important nectar source for insects and in particular the white admiral Limenitis camilla and silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia butterflies which breed in the adjacent woodland. Examples of two of the locally uncommon hoverflies utilising the grassland are the yell…

Yardley Chase

… is important as the larval food plant for the uncommon butterfly white admiral Limenitis camilla which occurs here. Field layer species include bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis with a wide range of associated species such as wood sedge C…

Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods

…nclude silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and less commonly white admiral Limenitis camilla and white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album. Breeding birds include tawny owl Strix aluco, sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus, green woodpecker Picus viridis and wood warbler Phylloscopus…

Botley Wood and Everett's and Mushes Copses

…of the strongest Hampshire colonies, purple emperor Apatura iris, white admiral Limenitis camilla, white-letter hairstreak Strymonidiaw album, dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia in an atypical woodland situation. Over 600 species of moth…

Cow Wood and Harry's Wood

… butterflies such as silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and white admiral Limenitis camilla. Some of the woodland ponds have common marginal fen plant communities and are valuable for dragonflies including the local species Somatochlora metallica.

Tiddesley Wood

… seven species of butterfly have been recorded recently including white admiral Limenitis camilla, purple hair streak Favonius quercus marbled white Melanargia galatheaa and the notable white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album. The proximity of the wood to the river and brook ma…

Clayton to Offham Escarpment

…of moth occur and thirty three species of butterfly including the white admiral Limenitis camilla. Glow worms, dormice, harvest mice and adders are some of the other less common animals found in Ashcombe Bottom.

Homefield Wood

…, dingy and grizzled skippers Erynnis tages and Pyrgus malvae and white admiral Limenitis camilla. The large dragonfly Aeshna grandis is common.

Great Doward

…gia galatheaa, small pearl bordered fritillary Boloria selene and 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 p…

Piddles Wood

…d rides favour many of the typical woodland butterflies including white admiral Limenitis 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 ni…

Ranmore Common

…ncluding the satin wave moth Idaea subsericeata and the white admiral butterfly Limenitis camilla. The site also supports a diverse breeding bird community, which includes sparrowhawk, woodcock, tree pipit, nightjar, redstart and hawfinch.

Sheephouse Wood

…achia nummularia. The invertebrate fauna includes the butterflies white admiral Limenitis camilla, purple hairstreak Favonius quercus and also black hairstreak Satyrium pruni, a nationally restricted species largely confined to relics of ancient forest on the clay belt running th…

Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods

…lude 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 euphrosyne has not been seen for two sea…

River Lemon Valley Woods

… Cinclus cinclus nests in the river bank. Butterflies include the white admiral Limenitis camilla. Chercombe Bridge Quarry is the type locality of the Devonian Chercombe Bridge Limestone (late Eifelian-Givetian age). The lowest horizons exposed comprise shaley limestones with a …

Wyre Forest

…r 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 Plan, occurs throughout the forest…

Chickengrove Bottom

…ak Favonius quercus, silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and white admiral Limenitis camilla. Older records exist for three nationally rare flies Freraea gagatea, Brachyopa bicolor and Terellia vectensis, the larvae of the latter being dependent on saw wort. A small populati…

Holton Wood

…recorded, including several uncommon woodland species such as the white admiral Limenitis camilla and purple emperor Apatura iris.

Holt and West Moors Heaths

…butterflies recorded here are purple hairstreak Favonius quercus, white admiral Limenitis camilla and the very local purple emperor Apatura iris.

The New Forest

…vertebrates, such as silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and white admiral Limenitis camilla. The heathlands, including grass heaths and acid grasslands comprise a series of plant communities, the composition of which is related to soil structure and permeability and the ef…

Chorley Covert and Deserts Wood

…tat for butterflies. Several uncommon species occur including the white admiral Limenitis camilla which here is at the northern limit of its range.

Blackmoor Copse

…does include species typical of established woodland, such as the white admiral Limenitis camilla, purple emperor Apatura iris, pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne and a large population of silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia. The dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius i…

Nagshead

…en rides are attractive to butterflies and those recorded include white admiral Limenitis camilla, purple hairstreak Favonius quercus, pearl bordered fritillary Clossiana euphrosyne. There is a good range of other woodland invertebrate species, especially in the vicinity of Canno…

Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows

…ery local micromoth Micropterix mansuetella. Butterflies include white admiral Limenitis camilla and purple and white-letter hairstreaks Favonius quercus and Strymonidium w album. Various other invertebrate groups are known to be well represented, e.g. molluscs, of which 45 spec…

Woolbeding and Pound Commons

… also found on the Commons including purple emperor Apatura iris, white admiral Limenitis camilla, silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and purple hairstreak Favonius quercus. Locally the areas of wood pasture support an important dead wood invertebrate fauna including the R…

Howe Park Wood

… streaked snout Schrankia costaestrigalis. The wood also contains white admiral Limenitis camilla, purple hairstreak Favonius quercus and the nationally scarce wood white Leptidea sinapis, while the dense blackthorn thickets support colonies of the nationally rare black hairstrea…

Wolford Wood and Old Covert

…la. Twenty four species of butterfly have been recorded including white admiral Limenitis camilla purple hairstreak Favonius quercus and occasionally brown hairstreak Thecla betulae.

Greenham and Crookham Commons

…tes. Butterflies recorded include the purple emperor Apaturairis, white admiral Limenitis camilla and silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia from the woodland and the silver studded blue Plebejus argus, grayling Hipparchia semele and brown argus Aricia agestis from the heathlan…

Webberton Cross Quarries

…utterfly, including the silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia, white admiral Limenitis camilla and the brown hairstreak Thecla betulae.

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