Champions
Species Champions
10km Square Champions
The Upper Thames Branch has developed a Species Champion
Programme which aims to increase our knowledge and conservation efforts for those
species of butterfly and moth which are most threatened in our three counties.
Each Species Champion specialises in one of our key species of butterfly or moth
and aims to study its behaviour, abundance, range and habitat requirements. Results
of these studies will help us to determine the most effective conservation activities
for each of the key species.
Our Species Champions are listed below, along with links to their reports where these
have already been produced:
Adonis Blue: Maureen Cross
Black Hairstreak: Stuart Hodges
Brown Hairstreak: David Redhead
Chalkhill Blue: Nick Bowles
Dark Green Fritillary: Ched George
Dingy Skipper: Dave Wilton
Duke of Burgundy: Robin Carr
Grayling: Grahame Hawker
Green Hairstreak: Tony Croft
Grizzled Skipper: Tom Dunbar
Heart Moth: David White
Marsh Fritillary: George Osmond
Purple Emperor: Dennis Dell
Silver-spotted Skipper: Richard Soulsby
Silver-studded Blue: Grahame Hawker
Silver-washed Fritillary: Mick Campbell
Small Blue: Jim Asher
Striped Lychnis: Peter Hall
Wall Brown: Jack Peeters
White Admiral: Peter Bugg
White-letter Hairstreak: Mark Calway
Wood White: Becky Woodell
Calling all UTB Supporters - become a 10km Square Champion!
We are very keen to enlist the support of as many people as possible to
assist with the recording of butterflies in our three counties of Bucks,
Berks and Oxon during the current five-year recording period (2005 to 2009).
We need to have the best coverage possible of our region leading up to
the production of the next "atlas" of the state of Britain's butterflies.
One way in which YOU can become involved is by volunteering to act as
a 10km Square Champion. Choose a 10km square close to your home -
click here to see a map (as at March 2008) - divide
it up into its 25 constituent "tetrads" (2km squares) and aim to visit
each one of them at four different times - preferably in May, June,
July and August so that the flying times of all our local species are
covered - at least once over the five-year period.
An hour of your time spent walking along likely-looking footpaths in
your local area once or twice each week during the season to record
the butterflies seen there could provide us with so much useful data.
You don't have to do it all yourself, share a square with someone else
or enlist the help of others to assist you. All we need to know is
that someone is looking after a particular area so that we can target
the gaps in our coverage more effectively.
Will YOU help us, please?
For more information contact:
Dave Wilton
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