Butterfly Conservation National Butterfly Survey ------------------------------------------------ Below is a list of butterflies known to visit gardens. If any visit your garden please enter the date FIRST SEEN in column 2 and indicate the frequency of visits by ticking column 3 or 4 or 5. There is room for you to add further butterfly species. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS SURVEY. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUTTERFLY: | Date of first | FREQUENCY OF VISITS - please tick ONE only: | sighting: | Regular visit | Occaisional visit | Once only ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brimstone | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comma | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Blue | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gatekeeper | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Green-veined | | | | White | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holly Blue | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Skipper | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Large White | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meadow Brown | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orange Tip | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Painted Lady | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peacock | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Admiral | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Small Copper | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Small Skipper | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Small | | | | Tortoiseshell | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Small White | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speckled Wood | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wall Brown | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recorder & Garden Details: -------------------------- Name of Recorder: ...................... Year: ........... Address: ............................... ............................... ............................... County: ................................ DESCRIPTION OF YOUR GARDEN: (please tick as appropriate) Are your garden surroundings: URBAN ___ SUBURBAN ___ RURAL ___ Is your garden: LARGE ___ MEDIUM ___ SMALL ___ Does your garden face: NORTH ___ SOUTH ___ EAST ___ WEST ___ Is your garden: MAINLY SHELTERED FROM WIND ___ MAINLY EXPOSED TO WIND ___ PARTLY SHELTERED/EXPOSED ___ Is your garden: MAINLY OPEN TO THE SUN ___ MAINLY SHADED ___ PARTLY OPEN PARTLY SHADED ___ Is your garden within half a mile of any wild habitats containing butterflies ? ___ If so please tick habitat: WOODLAND ___ WILD GRASSLAND ___ HEATHLAND ___ FARMLAND ___ WASTELAND ___ DISUSED RAILWAY LINE ___ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please return the completed form by November 30th to: Dr Margaret Vickery, 3 The Deer Leap, Kenilworth, WARWICKSHIRE CV8 2HW ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLOWERS IN YOUR GARDEN ---------------------- Below is a list of plants to be used by butterflies as sources of nectar. Please tick those plants you have in your garden (column 2). If you see a butterfly feeding enter its name in column 3. If there is not enough space, please enter more details in the spare boxes. Also, if you have plants in your garden that are not on this list, please enter these in the spare boxes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLANTS: | Present ? | BUTTERFLIES SEEN: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alyssum | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aster | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aubretia | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bramble | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buddleia | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Candytuft | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catmint | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coreopsis | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Escallonia | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fleabane (Erigeron) | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forget-me-not | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Golden Rod | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heather | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hebe | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Helichrysum | | (Everlasing Flower) | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hemp Agrimony | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honesty | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavender | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lobelia | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marigold, African | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marigold, French | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marjoram (Oregano) | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michaelmas Daisy | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mint | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phlox | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Primrose/Polyanthus | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Privet | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Runner Bean | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scabious | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sedum | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strawberry | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweet Rocket | | (Hesperis) | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thyme | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valerian | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wallflower | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------