This is a fantastic place to see a wide variety of species of butterflies in good numbers. The list below is from a particular day, when we were enjoying a general outing not specifically targeting butterflies, so we could easily have missed any that were not on our route, around in small numbers or that sneaked past as we were looking at birds or other insects.
| 9th JUNE 2009 – BUTTERFLY LIST FOR THE DAY | ||
| Papilionidae | ||
| Scarce Swallowtail | Iphiclides podalirius | |
| Pieridae | ||
| Black-veined White | Aporia crataegi | |
| Small White | Artogeia rapae | |
| Bath White | Pontia daplidice | |
| Brimstone | Gonepteryx rhamni | |
| Cleopatra | Gonepteryxcleopatra | |
| Clouded Yellow | Colia crocea | |
| Lycaenidae | ||
| Blue-spot Hairstreak | Satyrium spini | |
| False Ilex Hairstreak | Satyrium esculi | |
| Small Copper | Lycaena phleas | |
| Common Blue | Polyommatus icarus | |
| Brown Argus | Aricia agestis | |
| Nymphalidae | ||
| Red Admiral | Vanessa atalanta | |
| Painted Lady | Vanessa cardui | |
| Cardinal Fritillary | Argynnis pandora | |
| Queen of Spain Fritillay | Issoria lathonia | |
| Marsh Fritillary | Euphydryas aurinia | |
| Satyridae | ||
| Marbled White | Melanargia lachesis | |
| Grayling | Hipparchia semele | |
| Great Banded Grayling | Kanetisa circe | |
| Meadow Brown | Maniola jurtina | |
| Spanish Gatekeeper | Pyronia bathsheba | |
| Hesperiidae | ||
| Mallow Skipper | Carcharodus alceae | |
| Sage Skipper | Muschampia proto | |
| Essex Skipper | Thymelicus lineola | |
| Small Skipper | Thymelicus sylvestris | |
nightingale trails 