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Butterfly Walk at Snitterfield Bushes
by Mike Slater and Martin Kennard

14 people attended the guided walk at Snitterfield Bushes on 3rd August 2008. Silver-washed Fritillary and White Admiral were the primary targets. In all, 11 species of butterfly were seen on the day. Full list below.
Snitterfield Bushes - South Snitterfield Bushes - North Photographs by Martin Kennard

Butterflies
Meadow Brown
Silver-washed Fritillary
Gatekeeper
Marbled White
Common Blue
Small Copper (see photo right)
Green-veined White
Comma larva

Moths
Cinnabar larvae
Six-spot Burnet
Yellow Shell
Shaded Broad-bar
Pyrausta purpuralis
Agriphila straminella
Straw Dot
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Common Carpet
Cochylis roseana
Mother-of-Pearl

Butterflies
Holly Blue
Gatekeeper
White Admiral
Ringlet
Speckled Wood
Green-veined White

Moths
Gypsonoma dealbana
Dingy Footman
Red Twin-spot Carpet
Common Carpet
Yellow Shell

Dragonflies
Southern Hawker
Common Darter

Plants
Broad-leaved Helleborine
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