STATUS OF BUTTERFLIES IN COOKHAM
SPECIES |
FLIGHT
SEASON |
LOCAL
RECORDS |
HABITAT
& LOCAL SITES |
Small
Skipper |
Late
June-Late Aug |
Common |
Path-sides
& grassland |
Essex
Skipper |
Early
Jul late Aug |
Becoming
regular |
Path-sides
& grassland |
Silver
Spotted Skipper |
Aug |
None |
Watlington
Hill, Aston Rowant |
Large
Skipper |
June
& July |
Common |
Grasslands,
meadows, hedgerows |
Dingy
Skipper |
May
& June |
None |
Chalk
grassland, heaths. Dorset, Wilts |
Grizzled
Skipper |
May
& June |
None |
Chalk
down-land, Chilterns, Bernwood Forest (Oxon), Berks Downs |
Wood
White |
May-June
& August |
None |
Woodland
Rides, Whitecross Green Wood (Oxon) |
Clouded
Yellow |
April-May
& August |
None |
Grasslands
should be a possible visitor to Cookham |
Brimstone |
Late
Mar-June & Jul-Aug |
Common |
Scrub,
woodland edges, hedgerows, gardens |
Large
White |
July
mid September |
Very
Common (c5000 whites once estimated on brassica field behind CIM) |
Gardens,
allotments, commercial crops |
Small White |
Jul mid September |
Very Common |
Almost any habitat, but does like Rape |
Green-veined White |
May & Jul-September |
Fairly Common |
Prefers lush, damp settings. |
Orange Tip |
April-mid June |
Quite Common |
(Only male has orange tips, so females can be confused with Whites) Damp grassy areas. |
Green Hairstreak |
May & June |
None |
Woodland & chalk down-land. Has been recorded near Cliveden chalk face. |
Brown Hairstreak |
August - September |
None |
Rare & decreasing Otmoor & Bernwood (Oxon) |
Purple Hairstreak |
July & August |
None |
Woolmans Wood (Hedsor) or Ashley Hill mature woodland |
White-Letter Hairstreak |
July |
One historic record only |
Elm specialist so declining |
Black Hairstreak |
June |
None very rare in region |
Blackthorn Oxon areas |
Small Copper |
July - September |
Quite Common |
Clover. Grassland, scrub, churchyards, gardens. |
Small Blue |
June |
None |
Scarce Chilterns & Downs |
Silver-studded Blue |
July |
None |
Very scarce Surrey heath-lands |
Brown Argus |
May/June & August |
Surprisingly few perhaps under-recorded. |
Calcareous grasslands, set-aside |
Common Blue |
May/June & August |
As it says on the tin! |
Verges, golf courses, woodland clearings, gardens |
Chalkhill Blue |
July & August |
None |
Record from Bloom Wood, Marlow. |
Adonis Blue |
August |
None very rare |
Downs west Streatley nearest |
Holly Blue |
April/May & July/August |
Regular (and not just on Holly!) |
Gardens, woodland, hedgerows |
White Admiral |
July/early August |
None |
Honeysuckle in woodland. Ashley Hill |
Red Admiral |
Early June & July/August |
Gloriously common |
Wide range gardens, waysides, hedgerows |
Painted Lady |
Immigrants June, plus July/August |
Annual records |
Grassland, hedges and gardens |
Small Tortoiseshell |
Year-round, fewest June & August |
Very Common |
Almost anywhere |
Peacock |
Almost year-round |
Very Common |
Almost anywhere |
Comma |
Year-round, fewest June & August |
Quite common |
Woodland edge & gardens. (The comma is on the underwing, in white.) |
Dark Green Fritillary |
July - August |
Very Scarce |
One nearby record. More common on Chilterns |
Speckled Wood |
April - September |
Common Quarry Wood etc |
Woodland glades, shady hedgerows |
Marbled White |
June - August |
Scarce |
Unimproved grassland. Plenty on Braywick |
Gatekeeper |
July & August |
Very Common |
Colonial on hedgerows and wasteland |
Meadow Brown |
May - August |
Extremely Common |
Grassland, verges, parks & cemeteries |
Ringlet |
July & August |
Quite Common easily over-looked |
Tall, lush grassland, glades, scrub |
Small Heath |
May to October |
Uncommon in region |
Records nearby dry grassland, verges, fine grasses |