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Warwickshire Butterfly Statistics

Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire led the way by being the first branch to collect and verify butterfly records online. Since the pilot year in 2007 we have collected:

2011 - 1,379 () records, consisting of 22,659 () butterflies (av. 16.4 butterflies per record submitted)
2010 - 1,167 () records, consisting of 26,247 () butterflies (av. 22.5 butterflies per record submitted)
2009 - 1,388 () records, consisting of 32,138 () butterflies (av. 23.2 butterflies per record submitted)
2008 - 633 () records, consisting of 11,675 () butterflies (av. 18.4 butterflies per record submitted)

 
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11,675 633 32,138 1,388 26,247 1,167 26,247 1,167    
  Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
  # 11,675 32,138 26,247 22, 659  
  # 633 1,388 1,167 1,379  
  # 44 77 88    

Key: # Butterflies # Records# Recorders

Latest Butterfly Records 2012

View all of the records submitted online this year.

View details of this recordRecord ID: BCW16 - 12 February  2012
Steven Cheshire (via R. Mays)
- Brandon Marsh

View details of this recordRecord ID: BCW12 - 27 January  2012
Keith & Heather Warmington
- New Street, Baddesley Ensor

View details of this recordRecord ID: BCW4 - 06 January  2012
John Harris
- Middleton Hall, Mill Plantation

Butterflies to see in February

You may 6 species of Butterfly during February in Warwickshire.
Look for: Brimstone, Clouded Yellow, Comma, Peacock, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell,

Latest species reported in 2012

Red Admiral.













Red Admiral on 27/01/2012 by Keith & Heather Warmington.

2 of 36 butterfly species has been reported in 2012 .
View the individual species counts.

First Sightings

Annual first sightings: 2012 : 11 : 10 : 09 : 08 : 07

 

Online Recording Effort
General annual statistics showing number of records and actual butterfly count based on those records submitted online since online recording began in 2007.

Online Butterfly Recording Statistics