Branch Reports

Below you will find links to various reports and newsletters about butterflies and moths in Cheshire.

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Cheshire & Wirral Butterfly Report

2009 (1,028 Kb - Zipped MS Word )
2008 (1,122 Kb - Zipped MS Word )
2007 (616 Kb - Zipped MS Word )
2006 (901 Kb - Zipped MS Word )
2005 (226 Kb - Zipped MS Word )
2004 (428 Kb - Zipped MS Word )

Lepidoptera in Cheshire

2007 Full Report (919 Kb - PDF)
2006 Full Report (1424 Kb - PDF)
2005 Full Report (934 Kb - PDF)
2005 Text (340 Kb - PDF)
2004 Full Report (676 Kb - PDF)
2004 Gallery (306 Kb - PDF)
2004 Text (282 Kb - PDF)
2003 Full Report (690 Kb - PDF)
2002 Full Report (389 Kb - PDF)
2001 Full Report (244 Kb - PDF)
2000 Full Report (111 Kb - PDF)

Moth Matrices for Vice County 58 (Cheshire)

December 2004 (Macromoths) (114 Kb - PDF)
July 2004 (Micromoths) (138 Kb - PDF)
February 2004 (Macromoths) (122 Kb - PDF)

Special Reports

Choice of larval foodplants by the Orange Tip butterfly in Cheshire

E-moth Moths Count project and National Moth Recording Scheme (NMRS)

April 2009 (418 Kb - PDF)

Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society Newsletter incorporating Cheshire Moth Group Newsletter

Cheshire Moth Group Newsletter

December 2001 (133 Kb - PDF)
August 2001 (113 Kb - PDF)
April 2001 (50 Kb - PDF)
January 2001 (30 Kb - PDF)
November 2000 (28 Kb - PDF)

Silver-studded Blue on Thurstaston Common

Report on the current status of the Silver-studded Blue at Thurstaston Common (2003)
Report on the re-introduction of the Silver-studded Blue at Thurstaston Common (1994)
The proposal for re-introduction of the Silver-studded Blue at Thurstaston Common (1994)

Spotlight on Cheshire Butterflies

Click on the above image to access the 'Spotlight on ...' reports