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DISCOVER BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
by David Newland
is a guide to the best places to see all
Britain's 58 different butterfly species flying in the wild.
This is the author's website.
CHRISTMAS 2009: If you find bookshops are out of stock, contact WildGuides directly by clicking on the link below.
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book's ISBN is 1903657121 and you can get a copy from any bookshop, or
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BY 20 JULY 2009 ALL 58 BRITISH SPECIES HAD BEEN SEEN ON THE WING. THIS WAS 3 DAYS
EARLIER THAN IN 2008 AND 4 DAYS EARLIER THAN IN 2007. THE LAST BUTTERFLY TO APPEAR THIS YEAR WAS THE
BROWN HAIRSTREAK. LAST YEAR IT WAS THE SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER.
DISCOVER BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
TELLS YOU WHERE TO LOOK. THERE ARE PRECISE DETAILS OF WHERE TO SEE ALL
THE RARE SPECIES WITH CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS AND MAPS. IF YOU GO WHERE THE
BOOK RECOMMENDS, AT THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR AND IN FINE WEATHER, YOU ARE
UNLIKELY TO BE DISAPPOINTED. HERE ARE ALL THE BUTTERFLIES. MORE
DETAILS ABOUT THE BOOK AND SOME SPECIMEN PAGES ARE BELOW. |
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There have been 3 recent unsolicited endorsements by
Michael McCarthy in the Independent: We can recommend a book ... most of the locations we have reported are featured in the book (23.6.09),
Robin Page in the Weekend Telegraph: .... my safari helped inspire him to write his informative book (4.7.09) and
Stephen Moss in the Guardian: David Newland's excellent book (21.7.09)
The Independent's Great British Butterfly Hunt came to a triumphant conclusion on August Bank Holiday Monday. This book got a mention in Michael McCarthy's final report.
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THESE SIX BUTTERFLIES DON'T USUALLY
APPEAR UNTIL JULY |
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THOSE IN THE NEXT BLOCK ALL APPEARED DURING JUNE
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Small Skipper |
Essex Skipper |
Lulworth Skipper |
Purple Hairstreak |
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White-letter Hairstreak |
Black Hairstreak |
Silver-studded Blue |
Northern Brown Argus |
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Large Blue |
White Admiral |
Purple Emperor |
Dark Green Fritillary |
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High Brown Fritillary |
Mountain Ringlet |
Marbled White |
Grayling |
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Meadow Brown |
Ringlet |
Large Heath |
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FROM THIS ROW ONWARDS, BUTTERFLIES FIRST APPEAR IN MAY AND MOST ARE NOW OVER
FOR 2009
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Wood White |
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Brown Argus |
Common Blue |
Adonis Blue |
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
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Marsh Fritillary |
Glanville Fritillary |
Heath Fritillary |
Wall
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THE BUTTERFLIES STARTING IN THIS ROW WERE PROBABLY FLYING IN APRIL AND THOSE WITHOUT SECOND BROODS ARE NOW OVER FOR 2009
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Chequered Skipper |
Dingy Skipper |
Grizzled Skipper |
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Brimstone |
Large White |
Small White |
Green-veined White |
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Orange Tip |
Green Hairstreak |
Holly Blue |
Duke of Burgundy |
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Red Admiral |
Painted Lady |
Small Tortoiseshell |
Peacock |
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Comma |
Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
Speckled Wood |
Small Heath |
Now some information about the book:
DISCOVER BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN is a guide to where to see butterflies,
with descriptions, maps and photographs of 66 good sites.
Click on the images below for sample pages; use the back button to return for your next selection.
If the pages do not appear full screen, look for the expand button by moving your pointer over the bottom right of each picture.
The full list of contents is given here.
Many of the site descriptions are supported by poems by Tricia Newland.
Links to PUBLISHED REVIEWS may be found here.
Comments and suggestions already received from readers are summarised here.
How I wrote the book, RECENT SIGHTINGS and more photos are here.
UPDATES are given here. There are full details of 12 new sites.
A recent article on butterfly photography is here.
A new project BUTTERFLIES IN EUROPE is described here.
It includes articles on Swallowtails in Provence (an article for BC's European Interest Group). This article asks why
continental Swallowtails have their curious hill-topping behaviour. Dr Torben B Larsen has recently emailed a very convincing
explanation, based on his personal observations of butterfly behaviour in West Africa. There is a link to Dr Larsen's explanation
in this section. Also there is article on the Gavarnie Blue, which is one of the rarest European butterflies, found only in the Gavarnie region of the Pyrenees.
And, finally, there is a request for help in identifying some difficult European species.
DISCOVER BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN may be obtained direct from WILDGuides, telephone orderline 01628 529297,
It is stocked by Heffers, Trinity Street, Cambridge and is available by mail order from
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A contribution will be made to Butterfly Conservation for every book sold.
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More information on how to obtain the book is given here.
A companion book BRITAIN'S BUTTERFLIES is also published by WILDGuides (details from WILDGuides web site).
This is about identifying butterflies and their eggs, caterpillars and chrysalises, whereas DISCOVER BUTTERFLIES
IN BRITAIN is about where to find them while also visiting the best of the British countryside.
