I would like to include in the new 'Butterflies of Suffolk' an 'all time' list of earliest and latest records for all Suffolk species. The provisional list below tends to be based on recent records but I have trawled through all files passed on to me when I became the County Recorder and have examined all past copies of the Transactions and White Admiral. A very few incredibly early records have not been included as being dubious, though I did take advice in each case. The preponderance of recent records is probably the consequence of climate changes, some recorders (including myself) actually going out early or late in the year to hopefully find individual species, and the increasing number of recorders - over 500 involved in the current Millennium Survey at the last count. I have included all available data I could discover for each record and they are in the order listed on the Survey sheet:
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Small Skipper: |
14.06.97 |
Tony Prichard and James Mann |
West Stow TL 7973 |
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25.09.95 |
Stella and Roger Wolfe |
Stoke by Nayland TL 989362 |
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Essex Skipper: |
12.06.96 |
Andrew Toomey |
Battisford TM 030550 |
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01.09.98 |
Anne-Marie and Richard Stewart |
Buss Creek, Southwold TM 497766 |
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Large Skipper: |
31.05.97 |
Peter Hamling |
Near Offton TM056495 |
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27.08.84 |
No name |
Lakenheath no Grid Ref - described as ‘possible second brood’ more information would be appreciated as this was just the emergence date. |
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Dingy Skipper: |
25.04.90 |
W. E. Lemmon |
John O’Groats Ride, North Stow no Grid Ref |
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13.06.96 |
John Dolman |
Chalk Lane TL 825753. |
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Swallowtail: |
28.05.97 |
Mervyn Bell |
Walberswick TM 488745 |
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28.08.91 |
No recorder |
Minsmere no Grid Ref. |
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Clouded Yellow: |
27.04.97 |
Colin Hawes |
Raydon Great Wood TM 051401 |
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21.11.32 |
Mr Richardson |
Flatford no Grid Ref |
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Brimstone: |
15.01.95 |
Nigel Smart |
Creeting St Mary TM 094558 |
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15.11.95 |
Jeff Martin |
Lineage Wood TL 8848 |
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Large White: |
18.03.95 |
Terry Hammond |
Leiston TM 444628 |
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01.11.59 |
D. C. Garrett |
Aldringham no Grid Ref. |
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Small White: |
10.03.90 |
Emma Parsons |
Ipswich TM 1843 |
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27.10.94 |
No recorder |
Languard no Grid Ref. |
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Green-veined White: |
16.03.90 |
No recorder |
Minsmere no Grid Ref. |
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29.10.95 |
Nick Mason |
Bawdsey Cliffs TM 338379 |
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Orange Tip: |
23.03.90 |
Mike Crewe |
Sutton no Grid Ref. |
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20.07.95 |
Mrs Sindall |
Wissett TM 367793 |
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Green Hairstreak: |
12.04.95 |
Rob Macklin |
North Warren no Grid Ref. |
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20.07.96 |
R. Havard |
Blackheath, Wenhaston TM 425746 |
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Purple Hairstreak: |
26.06.98 |
Neil Sherman |
Ipswich Golf Course TM 2043 |
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05.09.96 |
Nick Gibbons |
Center Parc, Elveden TL 800800 |
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White-letter Hairstreak: |
08.07.96 |
Adrian Richards |
Haughley TM 022617 |
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22.08.97 |
Charlotte Anderson |
Minsmere TM 454669 |
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Small Copper: |
07.04.90 |
Stan Dumican |
Lakenheath Warren no Grid Ref. |
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16.11.94 |
Richard Stewart |
Tangham TM 354474 |
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Siver-studded Blue: |
23.06.94 |
Michael and Jenny Kelsey |
Dunwich Heath TM477677 |
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17.08.78 |
Cliff Waller |
Westleton Heath no Grid Ref. |
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Brown Argus: |
04.05.97 |
Steve Goddard |
Suffolk Water Park TM1148/1248 (several) |
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Common Blue: |
24.04.92 |
Pat Shott |
Near Hunston TL 976682 |
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06.11.94 |
Steve Piotrowski |
Fagbury TM 2734 |
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Holly Blue: |
18.03.90 |
Jennifer Hadley |
Saxmundham no Grid Ref. |
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01.11.84 |
No recorder |
Languard no Grid Ref. |
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White Admiral: |
05.07.98 |
Glenn Rae |
New Delight Walks TM 450720 |
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01.09.51 |
H.J. Boreham |
Sicklemere Road, Bury St Edmunds no Grid Ref. |
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Red Admiral: |
07.01.98 |
Neil Sherman |
Rushmere Road, Ipswich TM 191456 |
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11.12.94 |
Rob Macklin |
North Warren no Grid Ref. |
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Painted Lady: |
20.02.90 |
Anthony Cook |
Puddlebrook, near Ladygate Wood no Grid Ref. |
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Small Tortoiseshell: |
09.01.98 |
Wilfrid George |
Christchurch St., Ipswich TM 168451 |
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28.12.97 |
Mrs J. Frost |
Baylam TM1051 |
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Peacock: |
06.01.98 |
Bea and Fred Elliston |
Alton Water TM 139372 |
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06.01.98 |
John Warnes |
Mutford Big Wood TM 485894 |
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31.12.97 |
Peter Hobbs |
Near Lavenham TL 913498 |
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Comma: |
15.01.95 |
Stan Dumican |
Great Whelnetham TL 882602 |
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02.11.95 |
Colin and Ann Hawes |
Bentley TM 113368 |
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Speckled Wood: |
31.03.90 |
W. E. Lemmon |
Icklingham Belt no Grid Ref. |
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03.11.95 |
Janis and Alan Hubbard |
Fen Alder Carr, |
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Creeting St.Peter TM 0856 |
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Wall Brown: |
24.04.90 |
No recorder |
Minsmere no Grid Ref. (two seen) |
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29.10.95 |
Nick Mason |
Bawdsey TM 338379 |
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Grayling: |
03.07.94 |
Steve Goddard |
Tangham TM 355485 |
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21.09.98 |
Richard Stewart |
Tangham TM 358479 |
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Gatekeeper: |
13.06.92 |
O.B. Parker |
Pakenham-Manor Garth TL924676 |
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21.09.95 |
Joan Moore |
Nayland TL 967344 |
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Meadow Brown: |
27.05.95 |
Janis and Alan Hubbard |
Frostenden TM 4880 |
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16.09.84 |
No recorder |
Languard no Grid Ref. |
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Ringlet: |
14.06.97 |
Tony Prichard and James Mann |
West Stow TL 7972 |
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27.08.84 |
No Recorder |
Brandon no Grid Ref. |
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Small Heath: |
28.04.90 |
No Recorder |
Cavenham no Grid Ref. |
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26.09.92 |
Rob Macklin |
North Warren no Grid Ref. |
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Camberwell Beauty: |
15.03.97 |
Steve Babbs |
Groton Wood TL 978432 |
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14.10.96 |
S. and R. Biddle |
Searson’s Farm, Trimley TM 278358 |
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Queen of Spain Fritillary: |
06.08.95 |
Dave Fairhurst |
Minsmere TM 462673 |
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28.10.97 |
Rob Macklin |
Thorpeness TM 4760 |
Obviously I would appreciate more details for some of these and any alterations in recorders or the fact that others were present. Some of the more 'ancient' records will not, of course, have a Grid Reference. I have made this a first draft and welcome, in writing only, any later or earlier records. Can I stress, however, that these must be submitted records, i.e. sent to the County Recorder, or published in a Society article. I am not prepared to consider records that were not forwarded previously. Please could I have any comments on the above by the 1st February 1999 and then I can hopefully publish a definite list.
Richard Stewart, County Recorder