New Forest Butterflies and Moths
Butterfly Conservation All you need to know about British (and European) Butterflies and Moths.
If you are really keen see: British Butterfly Aberrations
Butterfly Conservation - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Branch Annual Reports 2021 Report pdf
The State of the UK's Butterflies 2015 The State of the UK's Butterflies 2022
If you are really keen see: British Butterfly Aberrations
Butterfly Conservation - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Branch Annual Reports 2021 Report pdf
The State of the UK's Butterflies 2015 The State of the UK's Butterflies 2022
There are currently 59 species of butterfly resident and breeding in the UK, of which approximately 33 are native to the New Forest area.
Over the last 150 years five species have become extinct in the UK (Mazarine Blue, Large Tortoiseshell, Black-veined White, Large Copper and Large Blue), together with the High Brown Fritillary and Wood White from the New Forest. However, the Large Blue has recently been successfully reintroduced.
Over the last 150 years five species have become extinct in the UK (Mazarine Blue, Large Tortoiseshell, Black-veined White, Large Copper and Large Blue), together with the High Brown Fritillary and Wood White from the New Forest. However, the Large Blue has recently been successfully reintroduced.
New Forest Butterflies: (Those in red are "Endangered", with HALF of all British species now listed as "Threatened" or "Near threatened")
Brimstone
Clouded Yellow Comma Common Blue Dark Green Fritillary Duke of Burgundy Fritillary Gatekeeper (Hedge Brown) Grayling Green Hairstreak Green-veined White Grizzled Skipper High Brown Fritillary (now extinct from NF) Holly Blue Large Skipper Large Tortoiseshell (now extinct from NF and the UK by 1960's) Large White Marbled White Meadow Brown |
Orange Tip
Painted Lady Peacock Pearl Bordered Fritillary Purple Emperor Red Admiral Ringlet Silver-Studded Blue Silver Washed Fritillary Small Copper Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary Small Skipper Small Tortoiseshell Small White Speckled Wood Wall White Admiral Wood White (now extinct from NF) |
The ornithologist, naturalist and illustrator Frederick William Frohawk (1861-1946) regularly visited the New Forest, first in July 1888 and almost annually thereafter, often later with his daughter Valezina.
After his first wife died in 1909 he married again in 1911 and had a third daughter Valezina (1913-2000), named after a form of the silver-washed fritillary.
After his first wife died in 1909 he married again in 1911 and had a third daughter Valezina (1913-2000), named after a form of the silver-washed fritillary.
His personally illustrated butterfly books include - Natural History of British Butterflies, 2 Vols (1924), The Complete Book of British Butterflies (1934) and Varieties of British Butterflies (1938).
Burley Historical Society collection of "vintage" New Forest butterflies:-
Recently photographed live specimens