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Academic & Professional Books  Insects & other Invertebrates  Insects  Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Butterflies of Surrey Revisited

Flora / Fauna
Series: Surrey Wildlife Atlas Series Volume: 14
By: Alan Willmott(Author), Malcolm Bridge(Author), Harry E Clarke(Author), Francis Kelly(Author)
240 pages, 110 colour photos, colour illustrations, colour distribution maps, tables
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In 1995 Surrey Wildlife Trust published Butterflies of Surrey by Graham Collins, the first of the Surrey Wildlife Atlas series. That original volume was a one-author work of 87 pages; it sold out long ago and the time has come for a revisit. Much has changed since 1995: Surrey has lost Pearl- bordered and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries, Duke of Burgundy and the Wall, while Glanville Fritillary has been controversially introduced in the Farnham area. Of our current 42 resident or regular migrant species, 24 have declined in abundance since 2000.

This 2013 volume is neither a revision nor a second edition. It is a new book that expands the scope of the original volume, takes advantage of additional and more diverse data as well as improved technology, and is based on records up to 2012. The writers, photographers and those providing editing skills are all members of Butterfly Conservation's Surrey & SW London branch. Equally important contributors are those who walked weekly transects, and other recorders, who have built up a rich body of data.

The main section of Butterflies of Surrey Revisited is occupied by the species accounts. Here the authors have followed a standard template for each species, but they have been encouraged to expand the content to include their personal observations and specialist knowledge, particularly on aspects of the butterfly life cycle, behaviour, or the complex issue of conservation. Each species account has a distribution map, abundance and flight-period charts, plus a featured transect table. Comparisons are drawn between the years before 2000 and the period 2000-2012. Although the accounts concentrate on the vice-county of Surrey, particularly with respect to species status and habitat, Butterflies of Surrey Revisited will be of interest to butterfly enthusiasts of all experience levels, everywhere.

Features cover geology, ecology, the weather, gardening, photography and day-flying moths. There are guides to important sites that represent Surrey's key habitats of downland, heathland and woodland, describing where and when to go, and what you may see. The appendices include a wealth of statistics and other data. The production of Butterflies of Surrey Revisited follows the wettest year (2012) in England since 1917, with butterflies in their lowest numbers since the start of the Butterfly Monitoring Scheme in 1976. We take comfort from their remarkable, proven capacity to bounce back from adversity. The butterfly journey from egg to larva (caterpillar) to pupa (chrysalis) to flying adult is well known, but no less magical for that. Enjoy the beauty of these amazing creatures, and the countryside in which they live.

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Flora / Fauna
Series: Surrey Wildlife Atlas Series Volume: 14
By: Alan Willmott(Author), Malcolm Bridge(Author), Harry E Clarke(Author), Francis Kelly(Author)
240 pages, 110 colour photos, colour illustrations, colour distribution maps, tables
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