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Saturday 20th March
Siskin on feeders at Lottage Road (Emily Best)
Insect Sightings
Please submit your insect sightings via email (contact@aldbournewildlife.com) or via the contact box. Please do send photos if you are happy for them to be shared.
Please tell us about bees, butterflies, moths, ladybirds, beetles and anything else you can identify.
Wednesday 26th October
Peacock butterfly near Ford Farm (Matt Best)
Wednesday 19th October
Hummingbird Hawkmoth Hawkins Road (Matt Best)
Clouded Yellow butterfly High Clear Down (Emily Best)
Sunday 16th October
Small White and Red Admiral Aldbourne Village (Jo Day)
Tuesday 11th October
Clouded Yellow (1), Small White (2) at High Clear Down (Emily Best),
Thursday 22nd September
Large White, Peacock, Small White, Small Copper, Green-veined White and Clouded Yellow High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Wednesday 21st September
Clouded Yellow (3), Brimstone (1), Small White (2), Green-veined White (2), Small Copper (3), Adonis Blue (5), Peacock (1), Comma (1), Speckled Wood (1), Meadow Brown (1), Small Heath (2) at High Clear Down (Matt Best),
Thursday 15th September
Clouded Yellow High Clear Down (Sean Pyman)
Tuesday 13th September
Hummingbird Hawkmoth Hawkins Road (Matt Best),
Monday 12th September
Adonis Blue, Brown Argus, Chalk Hill Blue, Small Heath and Common Blue High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Monday 29th August
Small White, Meadow Brown, Chalk Hill Blue, Small Heath, Adonis Blue, Common Blue, Speckled Wood High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Hummingbird Hawkmoth the Old Malt House, South Street (Matt Best)
Sunday 28th August
Hummingbird Hawkmoth Hawkins Road (Matt Best)
Friday 26th August
Brimstone, Large White and Small White Aldbourne (Jo Day)
Saturday 20th August
Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Adonis Blue, Small Heath, Chalk Hill Blue, High Clear Down (Jon Beresford),
Thursday 18th August
Hummingbird Hawk-moth , garden on Whitley road (Alan Phizacklea),
Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar, garden on The Butts (Sandy Martin)
Small Heath, Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Chalk Hill Blue, Brown Argus and Clouded Yellow High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
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Wednesday 10th August
Clouded Yellow, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Chalk Hill Blue and Small White High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Monday 8th August
Southern Hawker , garden on Back Lane (Nigel Payne)
Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Common Blue, Gatekeeper and Tortoiseshell Aldbourne Village (Jo Day)
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Sunday 7st August
Hummingbird Hawk Moth beside St Michael's Church (Matthew Best)
Brimstone, Comma, Red Admiral and Small White Aldbourne Village (Jo Day)
Saturday 6th August
Marbled White butterfly track to High Clear Down (Matthew Best)
Common Blue and Chalk Hill Blue High Clear Down (Matthew Best)
Monday 1st August
Dark Green Fritillary Whitley Road playng field (Matthew Best)
Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Gatekeeper, Chalk Hill Blue, Dark Green Fritillary, Marbled White, Large White, Clouded Yellow, Small Copper High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Thursday 28th July
Meadow Brown, Large White, Dark Green Fritillary, Gatekeeper, Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Common Blue and Marbled White butterflies and 6-spot Burnet moth High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Thursday 21th July
Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Gatekeeper, Ringlet, Small Skipper butterflies and 6-spot Burnet moth High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Saturday 16th July
Comma, Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown Aldbourne Village (Nick Josephy)
Gatekeeper, Small Skipper, Large White Aldbourne Village (Jo Day),
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Monday 11th July
Comma The Square (Nick Josephy),
Sunday 10th July
Tortoiseshell, Large White, Small White, Marbled White Aldbourne (Jo Day),
Saturday 9th July
Glow Worm Ewins Hill (Alan Heasman),
Friday 8th July
Green-veined White, Meadow Brown Aldbourne (Jo Day),
Large White, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Marbled White, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Small Heath, Gatekeeper, Dark Green Fritillary and Red Admiral High Clear Down (Jon Beresford),
Monday 4th July
Marbled White, Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Small Skipper butterflies High Clear Down (Jon Beresford),
Wednesday 29th June
Ringlet and Marbled White track opposite Ford Farm (Jo Day),
Tuesday 28th June
Violet ground beetle, Four Barrows track (Emily Best),
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Monday 27th June
Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Marbled White and Small Skipper High Clear Down (Jon Beresford),
Sunday 26th June
8 Buff Ermine, Brimstone, Pale Mottled Willow, 4 Rustics, Small Magpie, Celypha lacunana, 3 common harvestmen, garden moth trap on Hawkins Road Road (Emily Best),
Friday 24th June
3 Scarlet Tigers, garden on Marlborough Road (Alison Edmonds),
Common Emerald garden on Marlborough Road (Jenny Greaves),
Tortoiseshell Aldbourne Village (Jo Day)
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Thursday 23rd June
Marbled Whites, Comma, Red Admiral, Tortoiseshells, Painted Lady, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Six-spotted Burnets Upper Upham to High Clear Down (Nick Whelan)
Scarlet Tiger, garden on Kandahar (Nick Whelan) ,
Vapourer moth caterpillar Castle Street (Emily Best)
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Wednesday 22nd June
Azure Damselflies The Pond (Emily Best)
Speckled Bush Cricket, Eupeodes luniger hoverfly St Michaels Close (Emily Best)
Tortoiseshell Aldbourne Village (Jo Day)
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Tuesday 21st June
Green Oak Tortrix moth at Poors Gorse (Matthew Best)
Friday 17th June
Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Tortoiseshell, Marbled White, Ringlet, Common Blue and Small Skipper butterlies and Forester, Cinnabar, Yellow Shell and Mother Shipton moths High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Thursday 16th June
Tortoishell Aldbourne village (Jo Day)
Wednesday 15th June
White Plume moth, Silver Y, Brimstone butterfly, Speckled Wood track to High Clear Down (Emily Best)
Large Skipper, Marbled White, Green Hairstreak, Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Small Heath, Dark Green Fritillary, Painted Lady, Common Blue, butterflies on High Clear Down (Matt and Emily Best)
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Saturday 11th June
Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Tortoiseshell butterflies and Cinnabar, Yellow Shell, 5-spot Burnet, High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Tuesday 7th June
Garden Tiger Moth garden on Kandahar (Elliot Fynn)
Dingy Skipper, Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Common Blue, Tortoiseshell, Small Blue, Adonis Blue butterflies and Wood Tiger, 5-spot Burnet, Common Carpet moths High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Thursday 2nd June
Robber fly garden on Back lane (Nigel Payne)
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Tuesday 31st May
Small White, Large White, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Small Heath, Orange Tip and Common Blue butterflies High Clear Down (David Perring)
Saturday 28th May
Peacock, Green Hairstreak, Red Admiral, Orange Tip, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Common Blue, Small Blue, Adonis Blue, Marsh Fritillary, Small Heath, Painted Lady, Dingy Skipper and Brimstone butterflies High Clear Down (Aldbourne Wildlife picnic - William and Anne Brown, James Wallace, Jon Beresford, Matt/Emily/Sophie/Alice/Ben Best + others)
Burnett Companion, 5-spot Burnett, Yellow Shell, Pyraustra purpuralis and Forester moths High Clear Down (Aldbourne Wildlife picnic - William and Anne Brown, James Wallace, Jon Beresford, Matt/Emily/Sophie/Alice/Ben Best + others)
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Friday 27th May
Small Heath, Dingy Skipper, Common Blue, Small Blue butterflies, Mother Shipton, 5-spot Burnet, Silver Y, Burnet Companion, Forester and Yellow Shell moths High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Wednesday 25th May
Drinker moth track to Four Barrows (Matt Best)
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Wednesday 22nd May
Small Heath, Orange Tip, Green Hairstreak, Painted Lady, Brimstone, Dingy Skipper, Common Blue, Small Blue and Brown Argus butterflies, 5-spot Burnet, 6-spot Burnet, Silver Y, Wood Tiger and Yellow Shell moths High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Saturday 17th May
Small White, Brimstone Aldbourne Village (Jo Day)
Saturday 14th May
Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Common Blue, Tortoiseshell, Small Heath, Brown Argus, Small Copper, Small Blue and Orange Tip butterflies High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Wood Tiger, Wavy-barred Sable and Common Carpet moths High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Thursday 12th May
Red Admiral, Small White, Brimstone, Tortoiseshell, Orange Tip and Speckled Wood Aldbourne Village (Jo Day)
Monday 9th May
Common Blue, Brown Argus, Small Copper High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
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Sunday 8th May
Dingy Skipper, Gizzled Skipper, Brown Argus, Peacock, Green-veined White, Small Heath, Green Hairstreak, Brimstone, Small Copper, Common Blue and Tortoiseshell Butterflies, Pyraustra purpuralis, Silver Y and Straw-barred Pearl moths High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Saturday 7th May
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly Poors Gorse (Matt Best)
Peacock, Holly Blue and Orange Tip Aldbourne village (Jo Day)
Thursday 5th May
Green Carpet, Pyrausta aurata, Pyraustra purpuralis High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Brimstone, Orange Tip, Grizzled Skipper, Green Hairstreak, Peacock, Dingy Skipper, Small Heath, Green-veined White and Tortoiseshell Butterflies High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Orange Tip Aldbourne village (Jo Day)
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Wednesday 4th May
Green Hairstreak, Grizzled Skipper and Dingy Skipper butterflies, Red Twin-spot Carpet moth High Clear Down (Matthew Best)
Sunday 1st May
6 Muslin moths, 3 Nut tree Tussock, 1 Knot Grass, 2 White Ermine, 4 Shuttle-shaped darts, 5 Hebrew Characters, 2 Brimstones, 1 Poplar Hawkmoth, 1 Flame Shoulder, 1 Pebble Prominent, 1 Small Quaker, 1 Frosted Green, 1 Foxglove Pug, 1 Twenty-plume moth, moth catch in the churchyard (Emily Best)
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Saturday 30th April
2 Green hairstreaks, peacocks, brimstones, tortoiseshell, holly blues, dusky skipper, green-veined white butterflies, dotted bee-fly at High Clear Down (Emily and Matthew Best)
Holly Blue, Brimstone and Orange Tip Butterflies Aldbourne village (Jo Day)
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Tuesday 26th April
Brimbstones 16, Small Tortoiseshell 9, Orange tip 9, Green Veined White 13, Large White 2, Holly Blue 1, Peacock 1 track to High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Grizzled Skipper 5, Dingy Skipper and Hare, High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
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Saturday 16th April
Peacock Butterfly Aldbourne (Jo Day)
Friday 15th April
Brimstone Butterfly Aldbourne (Jo Day)
Brimstone, Orange Tip and Peacock Butterflies High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Sunday 10th April
Tortoiseshell butterfly High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Sunday 27th March
3 Common Quakers, 11 Hebrew Characters, 4 Early Greys, 20 Small Quakers, 1 Pale Pinion, 4 Clouded Drabs, 1 Twin-spotted Quaker, 1 Early Thorn and 1 Brindled Pug moth catch on Lottage Road (Emily Best)
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Thursday 24th March
4 Small Quaker, 2 Common Quaker and 1 Hebrew Character moths Lottage Road (Emily Best)
Tuesday 22nd March
Peacock Butterfly Aldbourne Village (Jo Day)
Monday 21st March
Tortoiseshell Aldbourne Village (Jo Day)
Friday 18th March
Brimstones and tortoiseshell butterflies lots around but many on Palmers Field (Jo Day and Emily Best)
Tuesday 15th March
Brimstone Butterfly Aldbourne (Jo Day)
Saturday 12th March
Black Oil Beetles 14 on the edge of the green including several mating pairs (Ben Best)
Wednesday 9th February
Brimstone Butterfly track to four barrows (Matt Best)
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Tuesday 8th February
Black Oil Beetle in the churchyard (Emily Best)
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Friday 28th January
Dingy Skipper caterpillar, Highclear Down (Alice Best)
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Monday 3rd January
Red Admiral, Lottage Road (Matt Best)
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Wednesday 15th December
4 December moths, moth catch on Lottage Road (Emily Best)
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Thursday 11th November
Drinker moth caterpillar Four Barrows track (Emily Best)
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Wednesday 10th November
2 Feathered Thorn and 2 Beaded Chestnut moths in the moth trap in the churchyard (Emily Best)
Sunday 7th November
Rosemary beetle, garden on Back Lane (Nigel Payne)
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Sunday 17th October
Small Heath and Red Admiral Butterflies at Highclear Down (Matt Best)
Thursday 14th October
Southern Hawker Dragonfly Lottage road (Emily, Matt and Ben Best)
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13th October
Ivy bee many of these lovely bees along the Green towards High Town. These are the UKs latest solitary bee in the year and are the only true autumn bee in the UK. Amazingly these beeautiful insects were first described to science only 30 years ago and we are lucky to have large numbers buzzing about and feeding on ivy flowers on the green (Emily Best)
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Sunday 10th October
Red Admiral chrysalis, South Street (Sophie Best)
Barred Sallow 2, Red-line Quaker 2, Angle Shades 1, Beaded Chestnut 4, Common Wainscot 2, Rosy Rustic 1 Brown Spot Pinion 1, Setaceous Hebrew Character 1, Lunar Underwing 2, Green-brindled Crescent 1, Merville du Jour 1, Light Brown Apple Moth 1, Lottage Road moth catch (Matt and Emily Best)
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Sunday 3rd October
Lunar Underwing 4, Setacous Hebrew Character 4, Barred Sallow 7, Large Yellow Underwing 2, Black Rustic 3, Green-brindled Crescent 1, Beaded Chestnut 7, Snout 1, St Michael's churchyard (Marvellous Churchyard Moths)
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Friday 1st October
Hummingbird Hawk-moth St Michael's churchyard (Emily Best)
Pale Tussock caterpillar Kandahar garden (Nick Whelan)
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Wednesday 29th September
Dor Beetle, Highclear Down (Emily Best)
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Monday 27th September
Pale Tussock Moth caterpillar strolling across the window in Back Lane (Nigel Payne)
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Sunday 26th September
Black Rustic 3, Common Wainscott 2, Uncertain 1, Burnished Brass 1, Large Yellow Underwing 1, Setaceous Hebrew Character 1, Lunar Underwing 4, Common Marbled Carpet 5, Lesser Yellow Underwing 1, Light Brown Apple Moth 6, Box Tree Moth 1, moth catch on our Lottage Road garden (Matt and Emily Best)
Wednesday 22nd September
Adonis Blue Butterfly still several at Highclear Down with Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Small Heath, Meadow Brown and Speckled Wood also seen in the sunshine today (Emily and Matt Best)
Early thorn caterpillar, living in our Lottage road garden (Emily Best)
Barred Sallow 1, Frosted Orange 1, Setaceous Hebrew Character 1, Light Brown Apple Moth 5, Garden Rose Tortrix 1, moth catch on Lottage Road (Emily and Matt Best)
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Wednesday 15th September
Dusky Thorn 6, Common Wainscott 19, Brimstone 2, Green Carpet 6, Straw Dot 2, Setaceous Hebrew Character 26, Large Yellow Underwing 10, Angle Shades 1, Canary-shouldered Thorn 1, White-point 2, Lesser Yellow Underwing 6, Black Rustic 3, Small Square Spot 1, Pale Mottled Willow 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart 1, Light Emerald 1, Lunar Underwing 2, Turnip Moth 1, Snout 1, Rosy Rustic 1, Frosted Orange 1, Light Brown Apple moth 3, Celypha lacunana 2, Nettle-top 1, Blastobasis adustella 1, caught in light trap on Lottage Road (Matt and Emily Best)
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Monday 13th September
Buff Ermine caterpillar, garden on Kandahar (Nick Whelan)
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Sunday 12th September
Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillars at least 5 (!) on the beautiful fuchsia on the Butts (Sophie Best)
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Wednesday 8th September
Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar on the ground at the bottom of Back Lane this morning (Harriet Ainsworth)
Adonis blue butterfly and Small heath butterfly at Highclear Down (most numerus along the bottom (Emily and Matt Best)
Brimstone 4, Setaceous Hebrew Character 108, Small Square Spot 7, Dusky Thorn 11, Green Carpet 12, Founced Rustic 1, Garden Carpet 4, Flame Shoulder 3, White-point 6, Common Wainscot 19, Uncertain 9, Lesser Yellow Underwing 12, Large Yellow Underwing 15, Centre-barred Sallow 1, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2, Shuttle-shaped Dart 3, Straw Dot 1, Common Marbled Carpet 9, Copper Underwing 2, Pale Mottled Willow 1, Square-spot Rustic 1, Light Brown Apple Moth 22, Garden Rose Tortrix 2, Pyrausta aurata 1, Cydia splendana 1, Orange Ladybird 1, Harlequin Ladybird 1, light trap in garden on Lottage Road (Emily and Matt Best)
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Saturday 4th September
Elephant Hawkmoth Caterpillars 3 outside Smith's Barn and one outside No15 West Street (Alice Best)
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Friday 3rd September
Elephant Hawkmoth Caterpillar Found at the school by the children during break time (Alice Best)
Wednesday 1st September
Adonis Blue butterfly, Hornet Robberfly, High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
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Monday 30th August
Roesel's Bush Cricket steep bank next to Pentico wood, also 30 species of bird - see bird page for list (Beating the Bounds)
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Saturday 28th August
Yellow tail moth caterpillar, garden on The Butts (Sandy Martin)
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Sunday 22nd August
Hornet Mimic Hover-fly, garden on Kandahar (Nick Whelan)
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Wednesday 11th August
Elephant Hawkmoth Caterpillar, Lottage Road garden (Ben Best)
Dusky Thorn 7, Pebble Prominent 1, Dark Arches 1, Common Footman 6, Sliver Y 3, Flame Shoulder 2, Ruby Tiger 2, Privet Hawkmoth 1, Lesser Broad-Bordered Yellow Underwing 9, Lime-spec Pug 1, Straw Underwing 1, Straw Dot 2, Brimstone 6, Red twin-spot Carpet 1, Spectacle 1, Shuttle-shaped Dart 1, Bright-line Bright Eyes 1, Common Wainscott 1, Dingy Footman 1, Single-dotted Wave 1, Peppered Moth 1, Founced Rustic 4, Willow Beauty 1, Dunbar 1, Buff Arches 1, Marbled Green 1, Snout 1, Marbled Beauty 1, Mother of Pearl 3,Cydia splendana 1, Chrysoteuchia culmella 1, Oegoconia sp. 1, Acleris forsskaleana 1, Agriphila geniculea 1, Garden Rose Tortrix 2, Dark Fruit-Tree Tortrix 1, Eudonia lacustrata 1, Light Brown Apple Moth 1, Moth Catch in Lottage Road garden (Emily Best)
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Tuesday 10th August
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly, Lottage Road Garden (Matt Best)
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Monday 9th August
Chalkhill Blue, High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
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Tuesday 3th August
Common Blue, Brimstone, Small Copper, High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
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Monday 2nd August
Hornet hoverfly, Comma, by-way leading to High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Dark Green Fritillary, High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
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Thursday 29th July
Buff-tailed bumblebee workers on alliums, garden on The Butts (Sandy Martin)
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Monday 26th July
Tortoiseshells, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Marbled White, Essex Skipper, Large Skipper, Brimstone Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Red Admiral, Love's Lane (Emily Best)
Saturday 24th July
Black Arches, Love's Copse (Matt Best)
Cinnabar caterpillars on ragwort, Love's Lane (Matt Best)
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Wednesday 21st July
Mullein caterpillar, Buff Tip moths, Kandahar garden (Tim Beattie)
Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper, Painted Lady, Marbled White, Large Skipper, Essex Skipper, Peacock, Small Heath, Red Admiral, Four Barrows Track (Emily Best)
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Monday 19th July
Scarlet Tiger 3, Peppered Moth 1, Heart and Dart 5, Common Footman 45, Large Emerald 1, Buff Ermine 7, Ruby Tiger 4, Beautiful Hook-tip 2, Elephant Hawk-moth 10, Coronet 13, Common Wainscot 1, Bright-line Brown-eyes 8, Marbled Minor 1, Clouded Silver 1, Grey Dagger 1, Swallowtail moth 4, Spectacle 4, Common Wave 1, Privet Hawk-moth 3, Riband Wave 16, Uncertain 18, Large Yellow Underwing 1, Willow Beauty 2, Buff Footman 2, Brimstone 1, Burnished Brass 1, Early Thorn 3, Plain Golden Y, Flame 2, Buff Arches 1, Lesser Yellow Underwing 1, Light Emerald 1, Buff Tip 1, Light Arches 1, Yellow Tail 1, Miller 1, Rosy Footman 1, Mother of Pearl 7, Small Magpie 2, Moth Catch in Lottage Road garden (Emily Best)
Thursday 15th July
Glow worm, Southward Lane 150m uphill from the bench, (Emily Best)
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Wednesday 14th July
Glow worm, Southward Lane just beyond Southward Triangle, (Matt Best)
Riband Wave 8, Short-cloaked moth 1, Elephant Hawk-moth 4, Coronet 4, Silver Y 1, Buff Ermine 7, Bright-line Brown-eyes 8, Willow Beauty 2, Buff Arches 1, Small Elephant Hawk-moth 2, Uncertain 13, Small Yellow Wave 1, Common Footman 11, Swallowtail 3, Scalloped Oak 1, Scorched Carpet 1, Lilac Beauty 2, Heart and Dart 3, Burnished Brass 3, Small Blood Vein 1, Dark Arches 3, Barred Straw 1, Beautiful Hook-tip 1, Fan-foot 1, Buff Tip 1, Common Wave 1, Buff Footman 1, Clouded Border 1, Rosy Footman 1, Small Magpie 5, Beautiful Plume 1, Barred Fruit Tree Tortrix 2, Udea Olivalis 1, Moth Catch in Lottage Road garden (Emily Best)
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Tuesday 13th July
White Plume, St Michael's churchyard (Jenny Greaves)
Peacock caterpillar, Four Barrows Track, (Nigel Payne)
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Sunday 11th July
Pied Shieldbug (final instar), St Michael's churchyard (Jenny Greaves)
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Saturday 10th July
Five-spot Burnet, Marbled White, Four Barrows Track (Ros Oswald)
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Friday 9th July
Ringlet, 38; Small Tortoiseshell, 54; Meadow Brown, 20; Marbled White, 11; Large Skipper; 4; Small Skipper, 1; Red Admiral, 2; Speckled Wood, 2; Green-veined White, 1; Small Heath, 1, Track to High Clear Down, (Jon Beresford)
Thursday 8th July
Privet Hawk-moth, Back Lane (Nigel Payne)
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Wednesday 7th July
Marbled White, Small Tortoiseshell, Large Skipper, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Narrow-borderd five-spot Burnet, Vapouror, Agapanthia Villosoviridescens, Peacock Caterpillar, Four Barrow Track (Matt Best)
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Tuesday 6th July
Scarlet Tiger, garden on Oxford Street (Jennifer Rendell)
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Monday 5th July
Harlequin ladybird larva, garden on Kandahar (Nick Whelan)
2-Spot Ladybird, South Street (Emily Best)
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Sunday 4th July
Large Skipper, on by-way leading to High Clear down (Jon Beresford)
6-spot Burnet, 5-spot (fused) Burnet, 5-spot Burnet, Dingy Skipper, Wood Tiger, Marbled White, Common Blue, Brown Argus, Cinnabar, High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Elephant Hawkmoth 12, Flame Shoulder 1, Heart and Dart 3, Common Wainscot 2, Small Elephant Hawkmoth 12, Uncertain 12, Four Dotted footman 1, Treble Brown Spot 1, Hart and Club 1, Buff Ermine 4, Fanfoot 2, Flame 1, Double Square-Spot 1, Treble Lines 1, Brimstone 1, Willow Beauty, Riband Wave 2, Scarlet Tiger 1, Grey Dagger 1, Large Nutmeg 1, Marbled Minor 1, Ingrailed Clay 1, Coronet 1, Rustic Shoulder-knot 1, Light Arches 1, moth catch in St Michael's churchyard, (Emily Best)
Orange-tailed Clearwing, attracted to lure in garden on Lottage Road (Emily Best)
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Friday 2nd July
Lesser Stag Beetle, Oxford Street opposite Co-op (Emily Best)
Strangalia Maculata, track to Four Barrows (Emily Best)
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Thursday 1st July
22-spot Ladybird, Vine Weevil, Lily Beetle, garden on Lottage Road, (Emily Best)
Paederus Littoralis, St Michael's churchyard (Emily Best)
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Wednesday 30th June
Crab spider (Xysticus species), St Michael's Churchyard (Matt Best)
Spectacle 2, Heart and Dart 10, Tawney Marbled Minor 3, Elephant Hawkmoth 1, Buff Footman 2, Buff Ermine 15, Uncertain 15, Buff Tip 3, Common Wainscot 1, Bright-line Brown eye 2, Coronet 1, Willow Beauty 3, Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1, Four-dotted footman 1, Large Yellow Underwing 1, Plain Golden Y 1, Heart and Club 6, Light Arches 1, Dark Arches 2, Fan Foot 1, Shears 1, Flame Shoulder 1, Rustic Shoulder Knot 1, Treble Brown Spot 2, Beautiful Hooktip 1, Ingrailed Clay 1, Riband Wave 1, Common Marbled Carpet 1, Small Magpie 2, Bared Fruit Tree Tortrix 1, Udea olivalis 4 and an Orange Ladybird moth catch Lottage Road (Emily Best)
Small Blue, Common Blue, Marbled White, bridleway opposite Ford Farm, (Emily Best)
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Monday 29th June
Mullein caterpillar, garden on Marlborough Road (Jenny Greaves)
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Friday 25th June
Spectacle 3, Brimstone 1, Rustic Shoulder-knot 3, Silver Y 1, Marbled Minor 4, Heart and Dart 2, Small Elephant Hawkmoth 1, White Point 1, Elephant Hawkmoth 1, Flame Shoulder 1, Heart and Club 4, Buff Ermine 2, Mottled Beauty 1, Pale Mottled Willow 1, Green Pug 2, White Ermine 1, Shears 1, Ghost Moth 1, Burnished Brass 1, Common Wainscot 1, Broken-Barred Carpet 1, Riband Wave 1, Silver-ground Carpet 1, Clouded Silver 1, Small Dusty Wave, Small Magpie 3, Bee Moth 2, Beautiful Plume 1 and an Orange Ladybird, moth catch Lottage Road (Emily Best)
Thursday 24th June
Alder Leaf Beetle? these beetles have been all over the village over the last few weeks (Emily Best)
Mullein caterpillars, on Mullein plants just to right of church steps at top of the Green (Emily Best)
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Wednesday 23nd June
Common Blue Butterfly, Stock Lane (Jean Farr)
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Monday 21th June
Scarlet Tigers, Back Lane (Nigel Payne)
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Wednesday 16th June
White Ermine 10, Silver-Ground Carpet 1, Poplar Grey 1, Orange Footman 3, Scalloped Hazel 1, Clouded Border 1, Pale Tussock 5, Treble Lines 7, Green Carpet 4, Brimstone 3, Common Pug 1, Riband Wave 1, Common Marbled Carpet 4, Marbled Minor 4, Heart and Dart 11, Miller 1, Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1, Shuttle-Shaped Dart 3, Ingrailed Clay 2, Shears 2, Common Wainscot 2, Buff Ermine 3, Privet Hawk-Moth 1, Buff Tip 3, Spectacle 2, Rustic Shoulder Knot 1, Flame Shoulder 2, Flame 1, Willow Beauty 2, Clouded Silver 1, Scorched Wing 2, Small Magpie 3, garden on Lottage Road (Emily Best)
Tuesday 15th June
Green Shield Bug, Back Lane (Nigel Payne)
Daddy long-legs, Back Lane (Nigel Payne)
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Monday 14th June
Lily Beetle, garden on Kandahar (Nick Whelan)
Saturday 12th June
Orange footman 1, Buff Tip 6, Pale Prominent 7, Buff Ermine 5, Scorched Wing 1, White Ermine 8, Green Carpet 6, Elephant Hawk-moth 2, Small Elephant Hawk-moth 2, Privet Hawk-moth 5, Knot Grass 1, Large Nutmeg 2, Coxcomb Prominent 1, Heart and Dart 5, Spectacle 4, Treble Lines 10, Shuttle-shaped Dart 1, Common Swift 8, Flame Shoulder 1, Pale Mottled Willow 1, Iron Prominent 1, Grass Rivulet 1, Rustic Shoulder-Knot 2, Uncertain 1, Angle Shades 1, Small Magpie 2, moth catch St Michael's church yard (Emily Best)
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Friday 11th June
Lesser Stag Beetle, Goddards Lane (Emily Best)
Privet Hawk-moth 5, Elephant Hawk-moth 1, Small Elephant Hawk-moth 3, Burnt Umber 2, Treble Lines 10, Peppered Moth 2, Oak Hook-tip 1, White Ermine 5, Flame Shoulder 1, Spectacle 2, Buff Tip 2, Pale Tussock 3, Green Carpet 4, Iron Prominent 1, Shuttle-shaped Dart 2, Brown Silver-line 2, Common Swift 3, Muslin Moth 1, Orange Footman 2, Middle-barred Minor 1, Rustic Shoulder-knot 1, Foxglove Pug 1, Marbled Minor 1, Heart and Dart 3, Shears 1, Buff Ermine 1, Small Magpie 1, moth catch St Michael's church yard (Emily Best)
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Thursday 10th June
Peppered Moth 2, Privet Hawk-moth 1, Elephant Hawk-moth 2, Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1, Buff Tip 2, Green Carpet 3, Heart and Dart 1, Orange Footman 1, Brimstone 2, Spectacle 1, Treble Lines 5, Bright Line Brown Eye 2, Pale Prominent 1, Buff Ermine 1, White Ermine 1, Shears 1, Scalloped Hazel 1, Grass Rivulet 1, Large Nutmeg 2, Iron Prominent 1, Small Magpie 1, moth catch Lottage road (Emily Best)
Wednesday 9th June
Poplar Hawk-moth 1, Lobster Moth 1, Buff Tip 2, Brimstone 2, Treble Lines 8, Green Carpet 2, Bright line brown eye 1, Pale Prominent 2, Orange Footman 1, Heart and Dart 1, Marbled Minor 1, Brindled Pug 2, Small Magpie 1, Cockchafer 1, moth catch Lottage road (Emily Best)
Large Red Damselfly, garden on Whitley Road (James Worby)
Lesser Stag Beetle, The Butts (James Worby)
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Tuesday 8th June
Scarlet Tiger 1, Small Elephant Hawk-moth 2, Privet Hawk-moth 1, Brimstone 2, Green Carpet 2, White Ermine 1, Heart and Dart 2, Shears 2, Treble Lines 4, Nut-tree Tussock 1, Scalloped Hazel 1, Orange Footman 1, Buff Ermine 1, Buff Tip 2, Scorched Wing 1, Puss Moth 1, Pale Tussock 2, Waved Umber 1, Marbled Minor 1, Common Swift 2, Common Pug 1, Small Magpie 1, Moth catch St Michael's Church yard (Emily Best)
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Monday 7th June
Treble Lines 4, Heart and Dart 1, Buff tip 3, White Ermine 3, Scorched Wing 2, Grey Dagger 1, Pale Tussock 5, Puss Moth 1, Green Carpet 5, Orange Footman 5, Brimstone 4, Privet Hawk-Moth 1, Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1, Elephant Hawk-moth 1, Poplar Hawk-moth 1, Common Marbled Carpet 1, Lottage Road garden, (Emily Best)
Cockchafer, Oxford Street (Jennifer Rendell)
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Sunday 6th June
Lesser Stag Beetle, footpath beside Goddard's Park (Emily Best)
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Saturday 5th June
Cockchafer, on four barrows track during the day (Nigel Payne)
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Thursday 3rd June
Brimstone 3, Nut-tree Tussock 1, Oak Hook Tip 1, Pale Tussock 2, Waved Umber 1, Light Brocade 1, Green Carpet 4, Brindled Pug 2, Treble Lines 8, Muslin 1, Small Elephant Hawkmoth 3, Scorched carpet 1, Shears 3, Orange footman 1, Iron Prominent 1, Spectacle 1, Heart and Dart 2, Garden Carpet 1, Flame 1, Flame Shoulder 1, White Point 1, Broken-barred Carpet 1, White Pinion Carpet 1, Rustic Shoulder knot 1, Alder moth 1, Shuttle-shaped dart 3, Mottled pug 1, Brindled pug 2, Anania fuscalis 1, cockchafer 3, moth catch Lottage road (Emily Best)
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Wednesday 26th May
Tortoiseshell caterpillars, Brimstones, Tortoiseshells, Peacocks, 2 Green carpet moths, Red-tailed bumble bee, 7 spot ladybirds (mating and eggs) track to High Clear Down (Emily Best)
4 Small Heaths, Dingy Skipper, Tortoiseshell, Peacock, 8 Silver Y moths, High Clear Down
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Tuesday 25th May
Small White Butterfly, Garden Bumble Bee, Orange-legged Furrow Bee, football field (Emily Best)
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Sunday 23th May
Muslin moth, moth catch Lottage Road, (Emily Best)
St Mark's flies on hawthorn flowers, garden Back Lane (Nigel Payne)
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Thursday 20th May
4 Brimstones, 1 Scalloped Hazel, 6 Muslins, 1 Hebrew Character, 1 Common Pug, moth catch Lottage road (Emily Best)
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Tuesday 18th May
2 Muslin moths, moth catch on Lottage Road (Emily Best)
Monday 10th May
1 Brindled Beauty, 2 Hebrew Characters, 1 Clouded Drab, 1 Great Prominent and a cheeky Cockchafer, Lottage Road moth catch (Emily Best)
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Sunday 9th May
Ruby Tigers 2, Cinnabar 1 Moth, High Clear Down (Emily Best)
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Thursday 6th May
Vestal Cuckoo Bee female, Early Bumblebee worker, on dead nettles at corner of football pitch (Emily Best)
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Wednesday 5th May
Green Hairstreak, Small Heath, Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Small Tortoiseshell and Peacock butterflies at High Clear Down (Matt and Emily Best)
Orange-tailed Mining Bee, Grey-patched Mining Bee, Red-tailed Mason Bee, Lathbury's Nomad Bee, High Clear Down
Holly Blue, Brimstone, Orange Tip, Green-veined White and Peacock butterflies in the church yard (Matt Best)
Large Red Damselfly several in Lottage Road (one in the church yard as well last Sunday (Emily Best)
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Monday 3nd May
Muslin Moths 2, Hebrew Character 1, Earl Grey 1, Still surprised by how few moths are around! Garden Lottage Road (Emily Best)
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Sunday 2nd May
Hairy-footed flower-bee male, garden on Back Lane (Nigel Payne)
Dotted Bee-fly, garden on Back Lane (Nigel Payne)
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Saturday 1st May
Spectacle 1, Early Grey 1, Hebrew Character 1, Clouded Drab 1, moth catch Lottage Road (Emily Best)
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Monday 26th April
Speckled wood butterfly, Love's Lane (Emily Best)
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Saturday 24th April
Hebrew characters 3 of these lovely moth was the total for a very quiet moth catch overnight (Emily Best)
Friday 23th April
Black oil beetle, Four Barrows track (Nigel Payne)
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Holly Blue, Orange-tip, Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Green-veined white butterflies, Southward triangle
Common Mourning Bees, going into holes in wall opposite pump on the square
Orange-tailed Mining Bees, Lottage Road (Emily Best)
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Wednesday 21th April
Moth catch, Lottage Road, still only a few flying around (Emily Best)
4 Hebrew Characters
1 Early Grey
1 Powdered Quaker
1 Knot Grass
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Tuesday 20th April
Brimstone and Orange Tip butterflies, St Michael's School (Sophie Best)
Common Carder Bee, Holly Blue butterfly, Football field (Emily Best)
Monday 19th April
Large Whites, Tortoiseshells, Brimstones, Peacocks all flying on the Four Barrows track (Emily Best)
Dotted Bee Fly, Lottage Road garden, (Emily Best)
Common Carder Bee, Lottage Road garden (Emily Best)
Sunday 18th April
Brimstones, Orange Tips, Tortoiseshell and Peacocks; lot of butterflies on the wing.
Black Oil Beetles, Sugar Hill near Liddington Warren Farm. (Matt Best)
Wednesday 14th April
Black Oil Beetles - Palmer's Field and Track to Upper Upham (Harriet Ainsworth and Family)
Who else is seeing these and where? Try reading the Nature Notes on oil beetles and using the buglife ID guide to check that we do not have any of the other species around Aldbourne (and if you are adventurous see if you can spot any mining bees - the Ashy mining bees are coming out in good numbers now - google them as they are confiding and recognisable - also they do not sting).
Moth catch Lottage road - not very long in the cold weather! (Emily Best)
1 Clouded Drab
1 Small Quaker
1 Hebrew Character
Monday 12th April
Ashy Mining Bee High Clear Down nature reserve (Matt and Emily Best)
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Thursday 8th April
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Lottage road (Emily Best)
Thursday 1st April
Hummingbird Hawkmoth - Goddard's Lane Park (Emily and Sophie Best)
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Tuesday 30th March
Lottage Road moth catch
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2 Common Quakers
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3 Hebrew Characters
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1 Double-striped Pug
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4 Small Quakers
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1 Clouded Drab
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1 Twin-spotted Quaker
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1 Early Grey
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and a micro (Diurnea fagella)
Brimstone, comma, small tortoiseshell, peacock around Aldbourne village today
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