Appendix - Wildlife 2007 - Butterflies and Moths

(Click for a review of the wildlife during, 2000 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008)

Butterflies and Moths

Common Plume moth Emmelina monodactyla : on car in Capel Road by Wanstead Flats on 3 February (photo)

Buttoned Snout Hypena rostralis : an active specimen found in Capel Road house on 14 February - still present on 3 March (PF) (photo)

Peacock Butterfly : Capel Road garden on 7 March (PF); one in Wanstead Park on 12 March (PF & PS)

Comma butterfly : a few seen in Wanstead Park on 12 March (PF & PS) (photo); numbers in Wanstead Park on 27 June (PF)

Red Admiral : in the Grounds of Wanstead House, 13 March (PF et al.) (photo); Capel Road garden 23 September (PF)

Speckled Wood : Capel Road garden on 6 April (PF); wood north of Alexandra Lake 23 September (PF)

Holly Blue : City of London Cemetery on 12 April (PF); Capel Road garden on 14 April (PF)

Orange Tip : Sewage Works on 16 April (PF); three in Wanstead Park on 25 April (PS)

Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella : on the trunks of Horse Chestnuts on Wanstead Flats (PF and Fred Wanless); leaf damage in evidence on 27 June (PF)

Cinnabar Moth : in Exchange Lands on 4 June (PF); caterpillars in Exchange Lands on 22 June (PF)

Small Heath : on Wanstead Flats on 4 June (PF)

Yellow Shell : on Wanstead Flats on 4 June (PF)

Painted Lady : A few seen in various parts of Wanstead Park and the Exchange Land on 5 April (PF)

Bee Moth : One caught in a moth trap by Bush Wood north on 13 June (RS & PF)

Blotched Emerald : One caught in a moth trap by Bush Wood north on 13 June (RS & PF) (photo)

Light Emerald : One caught in a moth trap by Bush Wood north on 13 June (RS & PF)

Shoulder-stripe Wainscot : One caught in a moth trap by Bush Wood north on 13 June (RS & PF)

Buff Tip : One caught in a moth trap by Bush Wood north on 13 June (RS & PF) (photo)

Willow Beauty : 2 caught in a moth trap by Bush Wood north on 13 June (RS & PF)

Pale Mottled Willow : 2 caught in a moth trap by Bush Wood north on 13 June (RS & PF)

Silver-Y : on Wanstead Flats on 19 June (PF)

Green-veined White : Capel Road garden on 26 June (PF); scrub near Grotto on 27 June (PF); Wanstead Park on 9 July (PF)

Small Copper : north edge of the Plain, Wanstead Park on 27 June (PF)

Common Blue : in the Exchange Lands on 22 June (PF); Wanstead Park on 27 June (PF)

Large Skipper : many at the edge of the Plain on 27 June (PF)

Meadow Brown : numbers around the Plain on 27 June (PF

Large White : in Capel Road garden on 1 July (PF)

Small Tortoiseshell : one on the Plain on 8 July (PF)

Purple Hairstreak : Capel Road and Wanstead Park on 9 July (PF)

Small Skipper : many in Wanstead Park on 9 July (PF)

Gatekeeper : a few in Wanstead Park on 9 July (PF)

Antler Moth : Cerapteryx graminis : by Heronry Pond in Wanstead Park on 9 September (PF) photo

Records for 2007 courtesy of Jennifer Charter (JC), Paul Ferris (PF), Pete Saunders (PS), Roger Snook (RS) and others (named)