This page brings together direct links to all of the files which are available for download throughout the Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire web site.
Downloads are available in the following formats where shown: Adobe Acrobat .pdf (opens in a new browser window) Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (opens in a new browser window) Microsoft Word Document (opens in a new browser window) FlashPaper online document viewer
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view Adobe Acrobat .pdf files.
Warwickshire Branch Magazine
Butterfly Conservation members affiliated to the Warwickshire Branch receive a hard copy of our full colour magazine once a year alongside our regular newsletters.
2010 Magazine available 03-2011
2009 Magazine
(4,355kb)
2008 Magazine
(6,101kb)
2007 Magazine
(8,823kb)
2006 Magazine
(7,375kb)
Warwickshire Branch Moth Report
2010 Moth Report available 03-2011
2009 Moth Report
(1,300kb)
2008 Moth Report
(3,919kb)
2007 Moth Report
(1,866kb)
2006 Moth Report
(1,004kb)
2005 Moth Report
(605kb)
Branch AGM Minutes 2009 AGM Minutes (123kb) or (30kb) 2008 AGM Minutes (64kb) or (20kb)
Branch Health and Safety Documents Butterfly Conservation Field Trip Guide (11kb) Butterfly Conservation Insurance Note (26kb)
Branch Recording Sheet Templates
Please use the following forms for recording and submitting your butterfly and day-flying moth records to the Warwickshire Branch Recorder.
Warwickshire Butterflies Flight Chart
This flight chart is based upon Warwickshire records only. As a result, emergence dates and adult flight periods may differ from the national perspective. Warwickshire Butterflies Flight Chart (1,980kb)
Field Craft Lessons
A series of butterfly species field craft lessons by Mike Slater available to download in .pdf format. 1. Finding White Admiral Eggs (166kb) 2. Finding Grizzled Skipper Eggs (72kb) 3.
The Purple Emperor (1,040kb) 4.
Finding Dingy Skipper Eggs (825kb)
Other Downloads European Red List of Butterflies (2010) (2,772kb) 2010 Biodiversity Progress (2010) (181kb) Red List of British Butterflies (2007) (360kb) 2008 Review of Rare Species (39kb) Indicators of Forest Biodiversity (2,408kb)
Ryton Wood Meadows Reserve Documents and Reports
An overview of the history of our reserve and its wildlife and management can be found on our reserve page.
Grizzled Skipper Habitat Report
Creation of a dry stone wall to create egg laying habitat for Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae at Ryton Wood Meadows Butterfly Conservation Reserve, Warwickshire, England.
by Mike Slater.
Published in Conservation Evidence (2007) 4, 35–40 (270kb)
Following this success, another project has been commenced to create improved habitat for the Dingy Skipper. This year 1358 pieces of broken slabs have been placed in the Birds-foot Trefoil rich meadow 1 to create abundant egg laying sites for the Dingy Skipper
Dingy Skipper -
Ova Deposition Report 2008 (397kb)
Reserve Maps
Reserve Map
(616kb)
Reserve Map (Grazing)
(944kb)
Reserve Transects
Transect Survey Report 2008
(2,563kb)
Transect Survey Report 2007
(737kb)
Field Identification by Jaye Whalley
(1,198kb)
Reserve Moths
Reserve Moths (Full list)
(31kb)
Reserve Moths (new sp. 2005-9)
(80kb)
Reserve Moths (new sp. 2009)
(37kb)
Reserve Moths (new sp. 2008)
(10kb)
Reserve Moths (new sp. 2007)
(10kb)
Reserve Moths (new sp. 2006)
(13kb)
Reserve Moths (new sp. 2005)
(18kb)
Reserve Habitat Assessments
Section A
2008
Section B
2008
Section C
2008
Section D
2008
Section E
2008
Section T1
2008
Section T2
2008
2008 West Midlands Regional Action Plan This document provides a snapshot of the current status of butterflies and moths in the West Midlands, Birmingham & Black Country, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Warwickshire.
West Midlands Region Action Plan (2008) (14.92mb - large file) West Midlands Region Action Plan (2008) interactive version.
Other Regional Action Plans
Warwickshire Regional Action Plan
2008 (856kb)
2007 (377kb)
2006 (3,633kb)
West Midlands Regional Action Plan
2008 (14.92mb)
1997 (441kb)
East Midlands Regional Action Plan
awaiting update
2000 (511kb)
Conservation for the Wood White Butterfly (Leptidea sinapis) National Sites Dossier 2010 by Jenny Joy, Mike Williams and Stephen Jeffcoate
The Wood White (Leptidea sinapis) is one of the fastest declining butterflies in the UK and is
now a priority species in the national Biodiversity Action Plan. Transect data and other recording shows
that it has been lost from many locations and, where still found, its populations are now often small or
confined to a limited area of habitat.
Wood White Butterfly - National Sites Dossier (2010) (6.258mb - large file) Wood White Butterfly - National Sites Dossier (2010) interactive version.
Local (BAP) Biodiversity Action Plans (Species Specific)
More information about Local Biodiversity Action Plans can be found on the Warwickshire County Council's Biodiversity web page.
For further information on a national scale, please visit the UK BAP web site.
On a world-wide scale, visit the Countdown to 2010 web site.
Dingy Skipper butterfly
(167kb)
2007 Progress Report (33kb)
Small Blue butterfly
(105kb)
2007 Progress Report (31kb)
Wood White butterfly
(89kb)
2007 Progress Report (31kb)
Argent and Sable moth
(84kb)
2007 Progress Report (68kb)
Chalk Carpet moth
(115kb)
2007 Progress Report (30kb)
Butterfly Conservation Priority Species Factsheets (Warwickshire Species)
The following factsheets relate to priority species which occur in Warwickshire or have done in the past. Other similar fact sheets are available from the Butterfly Conservation web site.
Species
Last Update
Download
Black Hairstreak butterfly
2010
(716kb)
Dark Green Fritillary butterfly
2010
(792kb)
Dingy Skipper butterfly
-
(305kb)
Duke of Burgundy butterfly
-
(298kb)
Grizzled Skipper butterfly
-
(276kb)
High Brown Fritillary butterfly
-
(267kb)
Marsh Fritillary butterfly
-
(301kb)
Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly
2010
(337kb)
Silver-washed Fritillary butterfly
2010
(891kb)
Small Blue butterfly
-
(273kb)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly
-
(286kb)
White Admiral butterfly
2010
(897kb)
White-letter Hairstreak butterfly
-
(202kb)
Wood White butterfly
-
(238kb)
Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire Conservation Project Reports Various documents produced as part of the ongoing monitoring of conservation work.
Sutton Park Green Hairstreak Habitat Survey Report 2009
One of the actions in the Warwickshire Conservation update was to determine how many colonies of Green Hairstreak butterflies are present in Sutton Park.
A species transect for the Green Hairstreak in Sutton Park is still conducted every year by Harvey Skelcher, FOSPA Conservation Team Coordinator, covering one of the main breeding areas. We have also received casual records from across Sutton Park of sightings of Green Hairstreak and other butterflies.
It is believed the the Green Hairstreak in Sutton Park utilize Bilberry and Cowberry as the sole larval food plants although Gorse and Birds-foot Trefoil are used as food plants in other areas of the Uk there is no evidence as yet that they are being used in Sutton Park.
Sutton Park Habitat Survey Report (2009) (7,471mb - large file).
Identification Guides
A series of butterfly species identification guides by Steven Cheshire available to download in .pdf format.
Brown Argus and Common Blue Identification Guide
This 4 page guide covers the key identification features which separate the Brown Argus from the female Common Blue, ideal for anyone who finds it difficult to separate the two species.
Most importantly, the guide places equal emphasis on key features of both the under side and upper side wing markings and is illustrated with photographs taken in the wild of actual butterflies.
Answers to page 4 identification questions
1 = Brown Argus underside
2 = Female Common Blue upper side
3 = Female Brown Argus upper side
Common Blue / Brown Argus ID Guide (626kb).
Warwickshire Moths ID Guides and Other Documents
Various documents concerning the moths of Warwickshire and how to identify them.
1033 Green Oak Tortrix - 2418 Cream-bordered Pea comparisson sheet
2449 Dark Spectacle - 2450 Spectacle comparisson sheet
(111kb)
Warwickshire Moth Trapping Reports
The branch holds regualr moth traping and recording sessions across Warwickshire. Some of these sessions can be attended by the general public and these are listed on our events page. Other sessions are held on private or sensitive sites where the public does not have access (normally due to site restrictions concerning health and safety) such as within working quarries.
03-08-2010 Moth Trapping at Ryton Meadows
(244kb)
(2,087kb)
30-07-2010 Moth Trapping at Purley Quarry
(543kb)
(2,803kb)
28-07-2010 Moth Trapping at Weston Wood
(142kb)
(1,361kb)
23-07-2010 Moth Trapping at Ladywalk
(251kb)
(9,083kb)
17-07-2010 Moth Trapping at Bubbenhall Meadows & Wood
(457kb)
(3,732kb)
09-07-2010 Moth Trapping at Middleton Hall
(274kb)
(2,636kb)
30-06-2010 Moth Trapping at Bishops Bowl Lakes (TISHA)
(426kb)
(2,653kb)
25-06-2010 Moth Trapping at Weston Wood
(426kb)
(1,109kb)
11-06-2010 Moth Trapping at Middleton Hall
(426kb)
(1,071kb)
Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS)
Following four years of pilot studies, the Wider
Countryside Butterfly survey (WCBS) was formally
launched in 2009. The WCBS is the first UK-wide survey of
butterfly abundance based on random sampling. In spite
of limited resources for promotion, there was a fantastic
response by volunteer recorders.
The WCBS is run as a partnership between Butterfly Conservation (BC), the Centre for
Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and the British Trust
for Ornithology (BTO). Participants included
recorders from the BTO’s Breeding Bird Survey
(BBS) and BC volunteers. 568 squares were
allocated to BTO recorders who signed up to
take part in 92 BTO regions, whilst a further
721 squares were allocated to BC volunteers
though a network of 31 WCBS Branch
Champions. National co-ordination
was undertaken by Katie Cruickshanks at
BC HQ, with support from Kate Risely
BBS National Organiser at BTO HQ.
Results of the WCBS
In 2009, a total of 1642 visits were made to 763 1-km squares by
611 recorders, who walked 3300 km of survey
line, counting 119,000 butterflies of 47 species.
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