The Sussex Butterfly Atlas
The Sussex Butterfly Atlas project was launched in 2010. It is our aim to map the distribution of the butterflies of our county over the five year period 2010-14. The results will give us a greater understanding of each species distribution and, in many cases, will inform our conservation work. We will publish a full colour Butterfly Atlas after the recording period.
In order to do this we need to find out which of our 45 butterfly species are present in each 2km x 2km squares (a 'tetrad') – and there's over 1000 of these tetrads in Sussex.
In 2010 the records started flooding in and we received many more in 2011.
A big thank you to everyone who has helped us out so far.
As the records came in they have all been was entered into our Mapmate database and each week the distribution maps became larger. By the end of 2011 we had recived 78,000 butterfly records - a fantastic achievement.
Remember every butterfly record is valuable ; whether it’s a Peacock on your patio in Polegate or a Purple Emperor perched on some poo in Petworth– we want to hear about it!
Best wishes for a great 2012 butterfly season,
Michael and Clare Blencowe
3 Friston Place Cottages, Friston Place,
Friston, East Sussex, BN20 0AJ
email: recording@sussex-butterflies.org.uk
tel: 01323 423711
Please mail me with any questions or records: sussexgrayling@aol.com
Michael Blencowe
Sample maps of data already collected:
