Butterflies
| Lepidoptera — Butterflies | |
| Brimstone | Gonopteryx rhamni |
| Clouded Yellow | Colias croceus |
| Comma | Polygonia c-album |
| Common Blue | Polyommatus icarus |
| Gatekeeper | Pyronia tithonus |
| Green Veined White | Pieris napi |
| Holly Blue | Celastrina argiolus |
| Large skipper | Ochlodes venata |
| Large White | Pieris brassicae |
| Marbled White | Melanargia galathea |
| Meadow Brown | Maniola jurtina |
| Painted Lady | Cynthia cardui |
| Peacock | Inachis io |
| Red Admiral | Vanessa atalanta |
| Ringlet | Aphantopus hyperantus |
| Small Copper | Lycaena phlaeas |
| Small Tortoiseshell | Aglais urtica |
| Small White | Pieris rapae |
| Speckled wood | Parage aegeria |
Comma Butterfly
Marbled White
Red Admiral
Speckled Wood
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First sighting of a red admiral basking in the sun on brambles in the herbaceous bank, 7th March
First sightings of a peacock butterfly on 8th April.
First sightings of a brimstone butterfly on 8th April.
Small tortoiseshells and a comma seen on the sunny south-facing bank on 15th April
First sightings of a holly blue and a speckled wood, both in the Woodland on
27th April 2010 (still sunny)