2007 League Table – “First to 25”

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Once again we will be running this annual League. It’s partly for fun and partly to encourage people to get out and about to secure those early sightings. The aim of the challenge is to see who can be the first to record 25 species of butterfly in the UTB area.  The competition began four years ago on UTB’s 21st birthday with the challenge being “First to 21”.  It will be incremented every year, so 2008 will be “First to 26” and so on.

 

Anyone can enter, just email me to get your name added to the League Table and then send in details of your butterfly sightings on the day you see them.

 

The only rules are that the butterfly species must be seen in the wild (your garden is included) and must be recorded in the UTB area of Bucks, Berks and Oxon.

 

As always, please don’t forget to forward all your records to Jim Asher, UTB Records Officer.

 

 

Name

Butterfly Species seen 1st Jan to 31st Dec 2007
(see list of abbreviations below)

Total Species as at 05/06/07

Dave Ferguson

*WINNER*

10.16am

AB,B,BA,C,CB,DB,DS,GH,GS,GvW,HB,LS,LW,MB,OT,P,PL,RA,SB,SC,SH,SmW,SpW,

ST,WW

25

Dave Wilton

11.15am

AB,B,BA,BlH,C,CB,DB,DS,GH,GS,GvW,HB,LS,LW,MB,OT,P,RA,SB,SC,SH,SmW,

SpW,ST,WW

25

Mick Campbell

2.15pm

AB,B,BA,BlH,C,CB,DS,GH,GS,GvW,HB,LS,LW,MB,OT,P,PL,RA,SB,SC,SH,SmW,SpW,

ST,WW

25

David Redhead

4.40pm

AB,B,BA,BlH,C,CB,DS,GH,GS,GvW,HB,LS,LW,MB,MW,OT,P,RA,SB,SC,SH,SmW,

SpW,ST,WW

25

Richard Soulsby

AB,B,BA,C,CB,DB,DS,GH,GS,GvW,HB,LS,LW,MB,OT,P,RA,SB,SC,SH,SmW,SpW,

ST,WW

24

Tom Stevenson

AB,B,BA,C,CB,DB,DS,GH,GS,GvW,HB,LS,LW,OT.P,RA,SB,SC,SH,SmW,SpW,ST

22

Nick Bowles

B,BA,C,CB,DB,DS,GH,GvW,GS,HB,LS,LW,MB,OT,P,RA,SB,SC,SH,SmW,SpW,ST

22

Wendy Redhead

B,BA,C,CB,DS,GH,GS,GvW,HB,LS,LW,MB,MW,OT,P,RA,SB,SC,SH,SmW,SpW

21

Derek Brown

AB,B,C,CB,DS,GH,GS,GvW,HB,LW,OT,P,RA,SB,SC,SH,SmW,SpW,ST

19

Stuart Hodges

B,C,CB,GS,GvW,HB,LS,LW,MB,OT,P,PL,RA,SC,SH,SmW,SpW,ST,WW

19

Cathy Brown

B,BA,C,CB,DS,GH,GS,GvW,HB,LW,OT,P,RA,SC,SH,SmW,SpW,ST

18

Dave Maunder

B,BA,C,GvW,HB,LW,OT,P,RA,SmW,SpW,ST

12

 

 

 

** WINNER ANNOUNCED – 5TH JUNE 2007 **

·        5th JUNE – CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVE FERGUSON WHO, IN A VERY CLOSE-RUN FINAL, PICKED UP PAINTED LADY AND MEADOW BROWN BY 10.16AM TO BE THE FIRST TO REACH 25 SPECIES THIS YEAR!
Dave Wilton was a close second, logging his 25th species of WW just under an hour later at 11.15am.
Third passed the post was Mick who was standing watching a BlH when a PL flew by at 2.15pm
In 4th place was David who finished with a flourish, spotting the first UTB Marbled White of the season (another early emerger this year!).
Full reports will be posted on the Butterfly Sightings page later today.

·        Thank you to everyone who took part - I hope you all enjoyed the competition as much as I did. If you’re wondering what to do with yourself now, then you can always have a go at our new Dayflying Moth Challenge!

·        04/06 – Dave heads the league again after adding BlH to his total and David moves into equal 2nd place.

·        02/06 – Gaps close in the league as more species emerge in the warm weather.  We could see a winner any day now.

·        01/06 – After a spell of bad weather, Tom, Richard & Dave manage to find a new species. Mick sees his first Blăck Hairstreak of the season.

·        24/05 – Cathy and Tom both add to their species count.

·        23/05 – Mick & Dave join forces to look for Adonis, while Richard goes the extra mile (or two!) for a Duke.

·        20/05 – Derek adds 3 Blues to his tally. Large Skipper is now on the wing!

 

Species seen so far are in blue text – species count to date for 2007 is: 28
Click here for the table showing the earliest reported sighting of each species

 

AB = Adonis Blue

B = Brimstone

BA = Brown Argus

BlH = Black Hairstreak

BrH = Brown Hairstreak

C = Comma

CB = Common Blue

CHB = Chalkhill Blue

CY = Clouded Yellow

DB = Duke of Burgundy

DGF = Dark Green Fritillary

DS = Dingy Skipper

ES = Essex Skipper
G = Grayling

GH = Green Hairstreak

GK = Gatekeeper

GS = Grizzled Skipper

GvW = Green-veined White

HB = Holly Blue

LS = Large Skipper

LW = Large White

MB = Meadow Brown

MF = Marsh Fritillary

MW = Marbled White

OT = Orange Tip

P = Peacock

PBF = Pearl-bordered Fritillary

PE = Purple Emperor

PH = Purple Hairstreak

PL = Painted Lady

R = Ringlet

RA = Red Admiral

SB = Small Blue

SC = Small Copper

SH = Small Heath

SPBF = Sm. Pearl-bordered Fritillary

SpW = Speckled Wood

SS = Small Skipper

SSB = Silver-studded Blue

SSS = Silver-spotted Skipper

ST = Small Tortoiseshell

SmW = Small White

SWF = Silver-washed Fritillary

WA = White Admiral

WB = Wall Brown

WH = White-Letter Hairstreak

WW = Wood White