Butterfly First Sightings 2012*
The table below lists the earliest sightings of resident and regular migrant butterfly species that occured in Warwickshire in 2012.
This data is gathered as each year progresses to provide up-to-date information about butterfly emergence. The data is based on information submitted via our online recording form and is not reviewed retrospectively to include sightings information from other sources.
The list below is in order of reported sighting date, with the latest species on the wing at the top of the list.
**First sighting dates are based on records submitted online. Note that these dates are not updated retrospectively to include records submitted to the branch recorder in other forms. If a species is missing, this is either due to records not being submitted online or because the species was not recorded in our region during that year.
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Annual First Sightings for 2012
| Species | Date | Location | Recorder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Hairstreak | 19-08-2012 | Ryton Wood Meadows and Ryton Pools CP | Gillian Thompson / Mike Slater |
| White Letter Hairstreak | 23-07-2012 | Ryton Wood | Mike Slater |
| Wood White | 22-07-2012 | Ryton Wood | via Cheshire BC member |
| Purple Emperor | 17-07-2012 | Oversley Wood | Richard Eyres |
| Purple Hairstreak | 12-07-2012 | Blooms Garden Centre, Nr Dunchurch | Cyril Cleaver |
| Essex Skipper | 10-07-2012 | Hell Hole | Jonathan Bowley |
| Gatekeeper | 08-07-2012 | Snitterfield Bushes | Don Wagstaff |
| White Admiral | 07-07-2012 | Ryton Wood | Mike Slater |
| Silver Washed Fritillary | 05-07-2012 | Ryton Wood | Mike Slater |
| Dark Green Fritillary | 01-07-2012 | Oxhouse Farm | Julian Lloyd |
| Marbled White | 23-06-2012 | DMC Kineton | Warwickshire Wildflower Group / Jonathan Bowley |
| Meadow Brown | 19-06-2012 | Barston Churchyard | Jonathan Bowley |
| Small Skipper | 19-06-2012 | Binley, Coventry | Rob Adams |
| Ringlet | 17-06-2012 | Stamford Hall | James Kerr |
| Painted Lady | 29-05-2012 | Nr Brandon Wood | Warwickshire Flora Group |
| Brown Argus | 24-05-2012 | Malpass South | Phil Parr |
| Large Skipper | 16-05-2012 | Ryton Pools Country Park | James Whitney |
| Small Heath | 14-05-2012 | Lighthorne Quarry | Jonathan Bowley |
| Small Blue | 12-05-2012 | Bishop's Hill | Martin Kennard |
| Common Blue | 11-05-2012 | Fenny Compton-Tunnel Bank | Jonathan Bowley |
| Dingy Skipper | 08-05-2012 | Stockton Cutting/Harbury Spoilbank S/Harbury Spoilbank N | Ivor Davies/Gillian Thompson/Mike Slater |
| Green Hairstreak | 05-05-2012 | Ryton Wood Meadows BC Reserve | Ian Gray |
| Grizzled Skipper | 17-04-2012 | Fenny Compton Tunnel | Nigel Kiteley |
| Holly Blue | 27-03-2012 | Farnborough, The Inn | Phil Parr |
| Green Veined White | 27-03-2012 | Ryton Wood Meadows / Purley Quarry | Mike Slater / John Harris |
| Large White | 27-03-2012 | Ryton Pools Country Park | Ben Coleman |
| Small Copper | 25-03-2012 | Cubbington | Tom Chandler |
| Small White | 24-03-2012 | Packwood Hall | Graham Hailstone |
| Orange Tip | 24-03-2012 | Bodymoor Heath | Steven Haynes |
| Clouded Yellow | 23-03-2012 | Ryton Pools Country Park | James Whitney |
| Speckled Wood | 20-03-2012 | Ryton Wood Meadows / Priory Fields, Yardley Wood | Terry Southgate / Gillian Thompson |
| Comma | 01-03-2012 | Hall Green | Gillian Thompson |
| Small Tortoiseshell | 23-02-2012 | Upton Estate | Mike Slater |
| Brimstone | 23-02-2012 | Middleton Hall, Mill Plantation | John Harris |
| Red Admiral | 27-01-2012 | New Street, Baddesley Ensor | Keith & Heth Warmington |
| Peacock | 06-01-2012 | Middleton Hall, Mill Plantation | John Harris |