Small
Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda,
1761).
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Status
.....At some time since
Carr's 1916 book ' The Invertebrate Fauna of
Nottinghamshire' and the follow-up Supplement to his
original publication in 1935, the Small Skipper increased
its range to become a common and familiar butterfly
across the entire county. There does seem to be a slight
westerly-bias to the county's records, but this may be
driven by observer coverage. While it is still common
today in areas of long grass, there is evidence of a
gradual decline in the county's Small Skipper population
since 1995, although this may be levelling off. In 1999, we recorded
what we (at the time) deemed to be a catastrophic drop in Small Skipper
numbers from all sites in the Eakring area, although it seems that no
similar drop in numbers was noted elsewhere in Nottinghamshire. |
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Photographed
at Hills and Holes SSSI, Market Warsop June 2017 |
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Photographed
at Sherwood Forest CP July 2009 |
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Photographed
at Eakring Flash July 2003 |
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