Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire - Saving Butterflies, Moths, their habitats and our Environment in Warwickshire

Records and Recording - Butterfly and Day-flying Moth Recording System

Please use the form below to send us your latest butterfly records for 2012 . To view the online records for 2012 , please visit our records page. All records submitted here are subject to checks and verification where required before being posted on the web site.

Records of butterflies and day-flying moths from the Warwickshire Branch region (VC38) only please. For a map showing the area covered, click here.

Butterfly and Day-flying Moth Recording System
Important - Please Read Before Proceeding
1. All records submitted online using the form below now require a 6 figure grid reference.
2. Day-flying Moth records should be provided in the 'moths' field.
3. For observations or eggs, egg-laying, larvae and pupae, please use the 'other notes' field.

Please complete the form below to submit your record

* = Required Field
† = Information provided in the field indicated will be kept private. This information is required on occasions where the county recorder needs to verify a record or contact the recorder for the purposes of ensuring consistent and accurate records.

Your Name		* (HINT - use your tab key to quickly tab through the fields below)
E-mail address		*†

Location/Site Name		*
		TIP: place your cursor in the location/site name field above and use the up or down arrows on your computer to display locations which have already been entered this year or start typing your new location.

Grid Reference		* (6 fig grid refs only please - e.g. SP123456)
		TIP: Use our mapping tool to generate a grid reference. Find out more about OS Grid References.

Date (when seen)		* We have entered todays date for you. Please change the date if your observation occured on a previous day.

Please enter numbers only into the species fields below

TIP: use the TAB key on your keyboard to tab through each field sequentially.

Skippers

Blues & Coppers

Hairstreaks

Dingy Skipper
Essex Skipper
Grizzled Skipper
Large Skipper
Small Skipper

Brown Argus
Common Blue
Holly Blue
Small Blue
Small Copper

Brown Hairstreak
Green Hairstreak
Purple Hairstreak
White-letter Hairstreak

Whites & Yellows

Fritillaries & Brushfoots

Browns

Brimstone
Clouded Yellow
Green-veined White
Large White
Orange-tip
Small White
Wood White

Comma
Dark Green Fritillary
Painted Lady
Peacock
Purple Emperor
Red Admiral
Silver-washed Fritillary
Small Tortoiseshell
White Admiral

Gatekeeper
Marbled White
Meadow Brown
Ringlet
Small Heath
Speckled Wood
Wall Brown

Moths		Notes
Report records of moths in the following format providing numbers seen in brackets (). e.g. Latticed Heath (2), Emperor Moth (1)...		Report any interesting behaviour, sightings of other life stages (including numbers) or notes about the habitat.

If you intend to send this record to the County Butterfly Recorder as a paper based record at the end of 2012 , please tick this box.