Butterfly and Moth Recording Report 2015
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BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION LANCASHIRE BRANCH DEDICATED TO SAVING WILD BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS AND THEIR HABITATS Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside Butterfly and Moth Recording Report 2015 Butterfly Conservation President Sir David Attenborough Registerd Office Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset BH20 5QP Head Office Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset BH205QP Registered in England 2206468 Tel 0870 7744309 Fax 0870 7706150 Registered Charity No 254397 Email: [email protected] Sivell Butterfly Conservation Registered in England 2206468 Pete Marsh Registered Charity 254937 President Sir David Attenborough John Girdley Head Office Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset BH20 5QP 01929 400209 Butterfly Recording Laura Sivell County Butterfly Recorder Please continue to send your butterfly records (remember, every little helps)to: Lancashire and Merseyside Laura Sivell, email [email protected]. Or by post to 22 Beaumont Place, Lancaster LA1 2EY. Phone 01524 69248. Please note that for records to be included in the annual report, the deadline is the end of February. Late records will still be used for the database, but once the report is written, I’m not going to update or rewrite on the basis of late records. The report is also going to have to be written earlier in the year, in February, as I’m full on with work in March/April and I just can’t do it! Greater Manchester These records should only go to Peter Hardy, 28 Hyde Grove, Sale, M33 7TE, email [email protected] - not to Laura Sivell. Some people have been sending their records to both, leading to a fair amount of wasted time in sorting out the duplicate records. Likewise Lancashire and Merseyside records should only go to Laura. Number of recorded 2km squares per species and percentage of total number of 2km squares where any butterfly recorded 1995 % 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 % 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 % Small Skipper 153 20.5 132 89 95 133 103 20 95 114 139 99 52 13.6 Large Skipper 267 35.7 147 103 87 127 98 19 70 100 116 92 62 16.3 Dingy Skipper 5 5 4 4 3 8 8 6 5 7 7 Clouded Yellow 0 14 1 35 2 96 1 4 7 2 11 Brimstone 24 3.21 32 41 48 44 58 11.2 38 61 59 58 42 11 Large White 392 52.5 286 235 295 340 235 45.5 224 260 318 228 162 42.5 Small White 448 60 292 254 246 322 203 39.3 177 207 301 172 114 29.9 Green-veined White 320 42.8 255 219 243 311 204 39.5 179 201 303 245 125 32.8 Orange Tip 265 35.5 231 182 205 246 154 29.8 133 194 185 199 99 26 Green Hairstreak 29 3.88 23 19 30 22 24 4.65 7 38 25 27 23 6.03 Purple Hairstreak 7 2 13 9 9 13 13 11 16 12 10 White-letter Hairstreak 2 2 3 0 5 5 2 3 9 6 4 Small Copper 219 29.3 216 164 108 121 83 16.1 57 68 147 132 56 14.7 Northern Brown Argus 7 5 4 7 4 3 6 6 7 8 7 Common Blue 160 21.5 149 100 83 119 100 19.4 71 102 121 120 77 20.2 Holly Blue 30 4.01 41 52 142 158 86 16.7 65 99 91 122 61 16 Duke of Burgundy 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 Red Admiral 395 272 156 174 279 222 202 188 332 163 146 Painted Lady 174 415 44 60 72 176 58 157 315 169 39 Small Tortoiseshell 497 66.5 396 403 331 345 238 46.1 248 347 470 281 181 47.5 Peacock 266 35.6 290 279 305 311 226 43.8 235 316 329 266 185 48.6 Comma 165 22.1 138 122 104 182 168 32.6 145 164 221 146 77 20.2 Small Pearl-bordered 8 4 5 10 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 Pearl-bordered Fritillary 7 4 5 6 4 4 4 5 4 6 5 High Brown Fritillary 7 6 6 9 4 4 6 7 7 8 8 Dark Green Fritillary 7 6 5 5 4 6 4 6 8 17 10 Speckled Wood 102 13.7 64 74 117 190 193 37.4 179 241 316 248 171 44.9 Wall 205 27.4 191 147 182 209 143 27.7 99 103 104 117 92 24.1 Scotch Argus 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 Grayling 18 2.4 12 18 17 15 13 2.51 19 12 12 17 12 3.14 Gatekeeper 105 14.1 115 75 66 133 116 22.5 101 125 135 134 80 21 Meadow Brown 410 54.9 294 225 222 322 246 47.7 213 233 310 236 160 42 Ringlet 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 Small Heath 90 12 79 66 45 54 43 8.33 36 59 69 60 35 9.18 Large Heath 3 0 7 1 7 1 0 1 4 5 1 Total recorded squares 747 604 555 570 683 516 432 563 675 537 381 2 Recorders list I always miss someone off, and that, combined with many new contributors sending in records via the Big Butterfly Count and the new iRecord App, has led to the decision not to include a list in this report, or future ones. Hours of work, and there’s always mistakes; it’s just not worth it. Huge thanks to all of you though. Record Validation Some records received through the Big Butterfly Count and the iRecord app have not been accepted. These were Common Blue and Small Copper where aerial photographs of the grid reference given showed no apparently suitable habitat in the area, and where the recorder was unknown. The records may have been correct, but better to err on the side of caution. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 % 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 % Small Skipper 115 71 63 87 86 17 96 106 135 225 225 29 Large Skipper 112 78 51 80 99 19.6 119 94 124 213 206 26.6 Dingy Skipper 9 8 8 8 8 10 10 8 10 7 0.9 Clouded Yellow 65 2 1 15 3 5 0 3 16 5 0.6 Brimstone 60 60 46 47 45 8.91 67 40 61 133 129 16.6 Large White 207 194 200 280 173 34.3 179 166 284 355 325 41.9 Small White 207 181 158 216 190 37.6 197 179 314 430 350 45.2 Green-veined White 183 160 138 203 221 43.8 227 199 254 385 269 34.7 Orange Tip 169 171 115 138 147 29.1 211 154 166 237 192 24.8 Green Hairstreak 46 31 27 26 28 4.15 36 18 23 35 30 3.8 Purple Hairstreak 29 12 15 19 23 30 17 18 24 19 2.4 White-letter Hairstreak 22 11 7 13 27 28 21 30 71 86 11.1 Small Copper 126 79 46 69 128 25.3 115 80 121 191 125 16.1 Northern Brown Argus 8 8 8 5 6 7 7 5 7 7 0.9 Common Blue 114 77 53 75 114 22.6 96 77 108 170 143 18.4 Holly Blue 130 108 124 67 76 15 94 100 46 122 138 17.8 Duke of Burgundy 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 0.3 Red Admiral 282 153 136 239 178 224 125 194 438 373 48.1 Painted Lady 207 118 20 305 62 39 24 65 116 209 27 Small Tortoiseshell 268 250 137 209 273 54.1 288 299 249 500 460 59.4 Peacock 269 262 156 241 256 50.7 249 258 310 536 379 48.9 Comma 180 139 119 165 153 30.3 165 135 193 264 279 36 Small Pearl-bordered 6 10 8 6 6 7 6 4 6 6 0.7 Pearl-bordered Fritillary 4 4 6 4 3 5 5 4 3 5 0.6 High Brown Fritillary 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 0.5 Dark Green Fritillary 16 8 8 17 11 12 9 18 12 14 1.8 Speckled Wood 286 258 221 263 257 50.9 257 220 241 457 410 52.9 Wall 101 48 32 49 48 9.5 22 33 35 66 38 4.9 Scotch Argus 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0.1 Grayling 13 11 9 15 11 2.17 11 17 16 13 13 1.6 Gatekeeper 117 103 83 97 127 25.1 128 129 158 301 331 42.7 Meadow Brown 243 178 156 208 204 40.4 206 193 248 396 417 53.8 Ringlet 1 9 12 12 9 1.78 14 18 48 108 134 17.3 Small Heath 55 44 34 42 58 10.5 48 42 52 94 73 9.4 Large Heath 2 4 2 2 3 7 3 2 3 3 0.3 Total recorded squares 554 487 399 529 505 479 476 554 794 774 3 High Counts table Highest counts 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Small Skipper 190 155 100 41 12 60 54 200 97 150 500 218 220 Large Skipper 30 20 40 50 20 28 33 70 57 25 190 85 80 Dingy Skipper 10 15 11 6 8 10 34 29 29 22 34 35 22 Clouded Yellow 1 1 4 12 2 1 3 3 1 1 6 1 Brimstone 41 12 19 29 31 30 16 36 16 5 21 22 21 Large White 30 50 130 303 50 100 85 200 18 50 300 100 15 Small White 35 50 23 50 280 30 120 32 150 52 130 100 42 Green-veined White 200 50 70 45 30 254 155 100 119 100 229 113 60 Orange Tip 12 23 20 20 20 12 14 20 20 55 22 100+ 20 Green Hairstreak 651 48 70 130 66 100+ 38 92 463 55 12 68 25 Purple Hairstreak 8 24 25 50 7 57 67 49 42 11 16 59 20 White-letter Hairstreak 3 1 10 9 5 3 4 10 3 3 16 10 7 Small Copper 15 41 22 23 16 23 24 42 18 150 45 84 56 Northern Brown Argus 46 8 22 32 7 17 49 47 103 24 34 26 16 Common Blue 256 97 150 216 113 88 281 182 250 293 200 268 164 Holly Blue 8 19 6 8 8 8 30 14 5 4 7 14 6 Duke of Burgundy 10 8 4 7 9 5 6 12 15 4 12 7 6 Red Admiral 153 37 75 86 16 46 81 25 50 15 28 100 95 Painted Lady 120 28 3 83 20 1 1000+ 7 20 5 6 20 9 Small Tortoiseshell 141 105 66 1700 31 24 39 287 120 60 280 100 162 Peacock 56 71 58 144 75 49 76 104 71 72 500 50 33 Comma 30 13 7 40 20 6 15 10 14 8 11 15 19 Small Pearl-bordered 38 10 10 11 9 15 24 29 34 33 49 50 13 Pearl-bordered Fritillary 40 40 34 28 34 22 12 25 38 22 13 20 12 High Brown Fritillary 67 38 35 80 10 119 67 52 16 17 6 3 Dark Green Fritillary 6 20 134 14 83 50 88 70 54 293 10 46 36 Speckled Wood 201 67 233 104 72 47 108 65 66 90 50 115 68 Wall 25 60 34 25 5 16 20 11 5 7 17 47 25 Scotch Argus 161 304 188 66 134 199 158 221 38 61 Grayling 100 14 37 81 12 84 108 105 206 98 200 28 26 Gatekeeper 250 136 100 400 62 79 100 205 137 900 300 225 227 Meadow Brown 225 181 194 500 100 295 433 143 425 300 600 474 381 Ringlet 0 1 1 1 25 12 100 50 250 100 248 348 219 Small Heath 15 54 50 37 30 37 59 70 150 75 67 120 80 Large Heath 90 63 28 143 9 5 48 53 20 33 21 18 19 The 2015 Butterfly Season 2015 was a poor year with the cold, late spring followed by a cool and dull summer with above average rainfall in June and an unsettled July and August with a series of westerly weather systems following each other - apparently due to a strong El Nino which resulted in the jet stream being further south than usual in summer.