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Brae Pasture
Brockadale
Broad Heads Farm
Burniston
Broxa
Burton Leonard
Burton Riggs
Calley Heath
Canklow
Catterstye
Clifton Backies
Crook Sike
Cropton Forest South
Denton
Duck Street Quarry
East Park Animal Education
East Riddlesden Hall
Ellerburn Bank (new)
Embsay Reservoir
Fen Bog
Flatts Lane, Eston Moor
Forest of Flowers, Huby
Fordon Chalk Banks
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal
Foxglove Covert
Frickley Country Park
Fryston Country Trails
Fulford Golf course
Ganton Golf Club
Gauber
Gowerdale
Grass Wood
Green Hammerton
Green Park Leeds 1+2
Harlow Carr
Hasker Bottom
Hawnby Hill
Hell Wath
Hetchell Woods
High Brae
Hipperley Beck
Hollin Hall
Jacob Smith Park
Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit
Langrickgate
Lea Green Bastow Wood
Leyburn Old Glebe
Lindrick Common Golf Course
Lindyke Link RSPB
Littleworth Park
Low Ox Pasture
Malham Tarn
Main Bay Heath RSPB
Maze Park
Millfield Meadow Saltburn
Moorgate Cemetery
Noddle End
North Selby Mine
Nosterfield Quarry
Nosterfield Extention
Nosterfield Main
Paull Holme
Pexton Bank
Pickering Woods
Pickup (Fairburn Ings)
Potteric Carr YWT
Priory Fields
Rabbit Ings
Ripon Wetlands
Riverbank Trail RSPB
Roach Hills
Rodley Nature Reserve
Roundhay Park & Gardens
Scar Close
Shadwell
Silpho
South Gare
Southerscales
Spurn 1+2
Sprotbrough Flash YW
Staveley East
Staveley West
Stirley Farm
Stirley Farm East
Stocksmoor Common
St Aidens Lowther
St Aidens Hillside
St Aidens Astley-Outfall
Strensall Common
Sun Lane NR
Sutton Bank NYMNPA
Swarth Moor
Thorpe Marsh
Three Hagges Woodmeadow
Threshfield Long Ashes
Townclose Hills
Upper Dunsforth YWT
Upper Parks Wood
Walton NP Wakefield
Wenthillside
Wharram Quarry
Wheldrake Ings
Whitcliffe
Widdop
Wooldale
Wooley Grange SUD
Yedmandale
Yockenthwaite
Yorkshire Arboretum
Becoming a Transect walker
Wider Countryside Recording Scheme
Moth Recording
Moths 2020 Highlights
Sites
Interactive Sites Map
Top sites to visit
Butterfly Walks
YBC Reserves
Went hillside
Shipley Station Meadow
Fordon Chalk Banks
Yorkshire Species
Butterfly Atlas
Moths
Brimstone
Brown Argus
Camberwell Beauty
Clouded Yellow
Comma
Common Blue
Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper
Duke of Burgundy
Essex Skipper
Gatekeeper
Grayling
Green Hairstreak
Green-veined White
Holly Blue
Large Heath
Large Skipper
Large Tortoiseshell
Large White
Marbled White
Meadow Brown
Northern Brown Argus
Orange-Tip
Painted Lady
Peacock
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Purple Emperor
Purple Hairstreak
Red Admiral
Ringlet
Scotch Argus
Silver-studded Blue
Silver-washed Fritillary
Small Blue
Small Copper
Small Heath
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Small Skipper
Small Tortoiseshell
Small White
Speckled Wood
Wall
White-letter Hairstreak
Yorkshire Species Poster
Conservation
Our Campaigns
Limestone Lepidoptera
Wolds Way Lavender
Himalayan Garden
Sheffield Botanic Gardens
Small Eggar Study
Saving Askham Bog
Buckthorn for Brimstones
Dark Bordered Beauty
Brockadale Update
Thornton le Clay Meadow (CWM)
Members Area
Outstanding Volunteer Award recipients
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Argus
Butterflies of Yorkshire
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Butterflies of Yorkshire - Poster
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Home
Membership
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Starting with Zoom
Sightings
Monthly Updates
Report a Sighting
Previous First Sightings
First sightings 2023
First Sightings 2022
First Sightings 2021
First Sightings 2020
First Sightings 2019
First Sightings 2018
First Sightings 2017
First Sightings2016
First Sightings 2015
First Sightings 2014
First Sightings 2013
First Sightings 2012
First Sightings 2011
First Sighting 2010
First Sightings 2009
First Sightings 2008
First Sightings 2007
First Sightings 2006
Events
Online
Working Parties
Workshops and Field Trips
Recording
Monitored Sites
Transect Reports
Allerston
Allerthorpe Common
Allerton Ings
Ashberry Pastures YWT
Askham Bog
Ballowfield
Barlow Common
Bishop Wood Selby
Bishop Monkton
Bolton Percy Station
Brae Pasture
Brockadale
Broad Heads Farm
Burniston
Broxa
Burton Leonard
Burton Riggs
Calley Heath
Canklow
Catterstye
Clifton Backies
Crook Sike
Cropton Forest South
Denton
Duck Street Quarry
East Park Animal Education
East Riddlesden Hall
Ellerburn Bank (new)
Embsay Reservoir
Fen Bog
Flatts Lane, Eston Moor
Forest of Flowers, Huby
Fordon Chalk Banks
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal
Foxglove Covert
Frickley Country Park
Fryston Country Trails
Fulford Golf course
Ganton Golf Club
Gauber
Gowerdale
Grass Wood
Green Hammerton
Green Park Leeds 1+2
Harlow Carr
Hasker Bottom
Hawnby Hill
Hell Wath
Hetchell Woods
High Brae
Hipperley Beck
Hollin Hall
Jacob Smith Park
Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit
Langrickgate
Lea Green Bastow Wood
Leyburn Old Glebe
Lindrick Common Golf Course
Lindyke Link RSPB
Littleworth Park
Low Ox Pasture
Malham Tarn
Main Bay Heath RSPB
Maze Park
Millfield Meadow Saltburn
Moorgate Cemetery
Noddle End
North Selby Mine
Nosterfield Quarry
Nosterfield Extention
Nosterfield Main
Paull Holme
Pexton Bank
Pickering Woods
Pickup (Fairburn Ings)
Potteric Carr YWT
Priory Fields
Rabbit Ings
Ripon Wetlands
Riverbank Trail RSPB
Roach Hills
Rodley Nature Reserve
Roundhay Park & Gardens
Scar Close
Shadwell
Silpho
South Gare
Southerscales
Spurn 1+2
Sprotbrough Flash YW
Staveley East
Staveley West
Stirley Farm
Stirley Farm East
Stocksmoor Common
St Aidens Lowther
St Aidens Hillside
St Aidens Astley-Outfall
Strensall Common
Sun Lane NR
Sutton Bank NYMNPA
Swarth Moor
Thorpe Marsh
Three Hagges Woodmeadow
Threshfield Long Ashes
Townclose Hills
Upper Dunsforth YWT
Upper Parks Wood
Walton NP Wakefield
Wenthillside
Wharram Quarry
Wheldrake Ings
Whitcliffe
Widdop
Wooldale
Wooley Grange SUD
Yedmandale
Yockenthwaite
Yorkshire Arboretum
Becoming a Transect walker
Wider Countryside Recording Scheme
Moth Recording
Moths 2020 Highlights
Sites
Interactive Sites Map
Top sites to visit
Butterfly Walks
YBC Reserves
Went hillside
Shipley Station Meadow
Fordon Chalk Banks
Yorkshire Species
Butterfly Atlas
Moths
Brimstone
Brown Argus
Camberwell Beauty
Clouded Yellow
Comma
Common Blue
Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper
Duke of Burgundy
Essex Skipper
Gatekeeper
Grayling
Green Hairstreak
Green-veined White
Holly Blue
Large Heath
Large Skipper
Large Tortoiseshell
Large White
Marbled White
Meadow Brown
Northern Brown Argus
Orange-Tip
Painted Lady
Peacock
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Purple Emperor
Purple Hairstreak
Red Admiral
Ringlet
Scotch Argus
Silver-studded Blue
Silver-washed Fritillary
Small Blue
Small Copper
Small Heath
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Small Skipper
Small Tortoiseshell
Small White
Speckled Wood
Wall
White-letter Hairstreak
Yorkshire Species Poster
Conservation
Our Campaigns
Limestone Lepidoptera
Wolds Way Lavender
Himalayan Garden
Sheffield Botanic Gardens
Small Eggar Study
Saving Askham Bog
Buckthorn for Brimstones
Dark Bordered Beauty
Brockadale Update
Thornton le Clay Meadow (CWM)
Members Area
Outstanding Volunteer Award recipients
Past members
Publications
Argus
Butterflies of Yorkshire
Resources for species writers
Butterflies of Yorkshire - Poster
Porritt's List
Butterflies and Moths of Yorkshire
Contacts
Committee and Officers
Recorders
Species Champions
Butterfly Conservation Staff
4 Kids and Families
Whats my Name
Quiz
Wordsearch
Wordsearch 2
Books
Science Spotlight
Links
Photo Competition winners 2020
More
Home
Membership
Volunteering
Starting with Zoom
Sightings
Monthly Updates
Report a Sighting
Previous First Sightings
First sightings 2023
First Sightings 2022
First Sightings 2021
First Sightings 2020
First Sightings 2019
First Sightings 2018
First Sightings 2017
First Sightings2016
First Sightings 2015
First Sightings 2014
First Sightings 2013
First Sightings 2012
First Sightings 2011
First Sighting 2010
First Sightings 2009
First Sightings 2008
First Sightings 2007
First Sightings 2006
Events
Online
Working Parties
Workshops and Field Trips
Recording
Monitored Sites
Transect Reports
Allerston
Allerthorpe Common
Allerton Ings
Ashberry Pastures YWT
Askham Bog
Ballowfield
Barlow Common
Bishop Wood Selby
Bishop Monkton
Bolton Percy Station
Brae Pasture
Brockadale
Broad Heads Farm
Burniston
Broxa
Burton Leonard
Burton Riggs
Calley Heath
Canklow
Catterstye
Clifton Backies
Crook Sike
Cropton Forest South
Denton
Duck Street Quarry
East Park Animal Education
East Riddlesden Hall
Ellerburn Bank (new)
Embsay Reservoir
Fen Bog
Flatts Lane, Eston Moor
Forest of Flowers, Huby
Fordon Chalk Banks
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal
Foxglove Covert
Frickley Country Park
Fryston Country Trails
Fulford Golf course
Ganton Golf Club
Gauber
Gowerdale
Grass Wood
Green Hammerton
Green Park Leeds 1+2
Harlow Carr
Hasker Bottom
Hawnby Hill
Hell Wath
Hetchell Woods
High Brae
Hipperley Beck
Hollin Hall
Jacob Smith Park
Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit
Langrickgate
Lea Green Bastow Wood
Leyburn Old Glebe
Lindrick Common Golf Course
Lindyke Link RSPB
Littleworth Park
Low Ox Pasture
Malham Tarn
Main Bay Heath RSPB
Maze Park
Millfield Meadow Saltburn
Moorgate Cemetery
Noddle End
North Selby Mine
Nosterfield Quarry
Nosterfield Extention
Nosterfield Main
Paull Holme
Pexton Bank
Pickering Woods
Pickup (Fairburn Ings)
Potteric Carr YWT
Priory Fields
Rabbit Ings
Ripon Wetlands
Riverbank Trail RSPB
Roach Hills
Rodley Nature Reserve
Roundhay Park & Gardens
Scar Close
Shadwell
Silpho
South Gare
Southerscales
Spurn 1+2
Sprotbrough Flash YW
Staveley East
Staveley West
Stirley Farm
Stirley Farm East
Stocksmoor Common
St Aidens Lowther
St Aidens Hillside
St Aidens Astley-Outfall
Strensall Common
Sun Lane NR
Sutton Bank NYMNPA
Swarth Moor
Thorpe Marsh
Three Hagges Woodmeadow
Threshfield Long Ashes
Townclose Hills
Upper Dunsforth YWT
Upper Parks Wood
Walton NP Wakefield
Wenthillside
Wharram Quarry
Wheldrake Ings
Whitcliffe
Widdop
Wooldale
Wooley Grange SUD
Yedmandale
Yockenthwaite
Yorkshire Arboretum
Becoming a Transect walker
Wider Countryside Recording Scheme
Moth Recording
Moths 2020 Highlights
Sites
Interactive Sites Map
Top sites to visit
Butterfly Walks
YBC Reserves
Went hillside
Shipley Station Meadow
Fordon Chalk Banks
Yorkshire Species
Butterfly Atlas
Moths
Brimstone
Brown Argus
Camberwell Beauty
Clouded Yellow
Comma
Common Blue
Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper
Duke of Burgundy
Essex Skipper
Gatekeeper
Grayling
Green Hairstreak
Green-veined White
Holly Blue
Large Heath
Large Skipper
Large Tortoiseshell
Large White
Marbled White
Meadow Brown
Northern Brown Argus
Orange-Tip
Painted Lady
Peacock
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Purple Emperor
Purple Hairstreak
Red Admiral
Ringlet
Scotch Argus
Silver-studded Blue
Silver-washed Fritillary
Small Blue
Small Copper
Small Heath
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Small Skipper
Small Tortoiseshell
Small White
Speckled Wood
Wall
White-letter Hairstreak
Yorkshire Species Poster
Conservation
Our Campaigns
Limestone Lepidoptera
Wolds Way Lavender
Himalayan Garden
Sheffield Botanic Gardens
Small Eggar Study
Saving Askham Bog
Buckthorn for Brimstones
Dark Bordered Beauty
Brockadale Update
Thornton le Clay Meadow (CWM)
Members Area
Outstanding Volunteer Award recipients
Past members
Publications
Argus
Butterflies of Yorkshire
Resources for species writers
Butterflies of Yorkshire - Poster
Porritt's List
Butterflies and Moths of Yorkshire
Contacts
Committee and Officers
Recorders
Species Champions
Butterfly Conservation Staff
4 Kids and Families
Whats my Name
Quiz
Wordsearch
Wordsearch 2
Books
Science Spotlight
Links
Photo Competition winners 2020
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