Butterfly observations

Butterfly transects were undertaken by WMF volunteers throughout the 2025 season. Reports were uploaded to the national UKBMS recording database https://ukbms.org/ and Wild Maple Field received a number of special mentions in the species reports for the East Midlands. Including:

Brown Argus Migrating

“A few late sightings of this species in Lowland Derbyshire with records up to the 13 Sept 2025 coming from Witches Oak Water NR, Shardlow (Rob Shaw), Willington G P ( Richard Winspear), Markham Vale South (Sid Morris) and Seale Wood, Overseal (Peter Brewster) with a surprising sighting on the hillside above Wirksworth at Wild Maple Field on the 12th of September 2025 (Jane Flint) - yet more evidence that this species is about the link up with the Peak District version such as at the other calcareous grasslands where this has already occurred in the past (Cromford Hill and at the National Stone Centre).”

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