Butterflies are extremely valuable indicators of the state of the environment, so it is important to record and monitor them.
The data gathered can inform our conservation work and helps to reveal the impact of climate change. Anyone can take part, from butterfly beginners to experienced recorders.
When you enter your records, you need to supply a grid reference. To help with this, we have compiled a list of the common sites in the area and the relevant grid reference.
County Butterfly Records
Please note down all your butterfly records on a spreadsheet and towards the end of September, either email it or send it by post to John Davison.
E-mail: [email protected]
Postal records to be sent to:
John Davison, 161 Warley Road, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1QX
Please consider using the irecord app on your phone..
County Moth RecordsAll moth sightings for North Lincs. (VC 54 - roughly North of River Witham) can be reported to:
Colin Smith, 8 Old Barn Court, Ludford, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 6AZ.
@email
All moth sightings for South Lincs.
(VC 53 - roughly South of River Witham) can be reported to:
Martin Gray, Hollyside, Manor Lane, Broadholme, Lincoln, LN1 2NA
[email protected]
Common Sites Grab A Grid Reference tool.
Ancaster Valley SK984432 Ashing Lane Nature Reserve TF043790 Austacre Wood TF144717 Bourne Wood (East) TF078207 Bourne Wood (West) TF081206 Castle Bytham Quarry - Main Quarry SK990179 Castle Bytham Quarry - Main Quarry SK990179 Castle Bytham Quarry - Top Banks SK990180 CFW - Chambers Plantation TF1574 CFW - Fiveways TF154743 CFW - Ivy Wood & Minting Park TF145732 CFW - Little & Great Scrubbs Wood TF146742 CFW - Little Scrubbs Meadow TF147744 CFW - Minting & Hatton Wood TF1674 CFW - Minting Wood Exit to Wood Farm TF162735 Chambers Farm Wood (CFW) Butterfly Garden TF147739 Cleatham Quarry - North SE9402 Cleatham Quarry - South SE9401 College Wood TF122753 Colsterworth Bank Sk931250 Covenham Reservoir North TF3496 Covenham Reservoir South TF3495 Crowle Moor NNR Car Park SE7514 Crowle Moor NNR North SE7515 Crowle Moor NNR South SE7513 Donna Nook - Stonebridge Car Park TF49J Gibraltar Point - East (Dunes) TF55U Gibraltar Point - West (Gibraltar Road) TF55P Goslings Corner Wood LWT Reserve TF1475 Great West Woods TF111763 Greetwell Quarry - Carlton BLVD Site SK9972 Greetwell Quarry - Greetwell Road Site TF0071 Greetwell Quarry - Main Site TF0072
Grimsthorpe Estate - Elsea Pit
TF033204
Grimsthorpe Estate - Fox Rough
TF035203
Grimsthorpe Estate - Good Bank
TF044204
TF046203
Grimsthorpe Estate - Jubilee Plantation (inc. timber storage area)
TF045205
Grimsthorpe Estate - New Quarry
TF043206
Grimsthorpe Estate - New Quarry Meadows (inc. The Hollow)
TF042206
Grimsthorpe Estate - Old Railway Track (inc. Inner & Outer Glades & Cottage Path)
TF045204
Grimsthorpe Estate - Pheasant Pen Meadow
TF046204
Grimsthorpe Estate - Pots & Pans
TF038204
Grimsthorpe Estate - Rabbit Hill
TF008218
Grimsthorpe estate - Scottlethorpe Hillside
TF044203
Grimsthorpe Estate - Scottlethorpe Lane (from cottage to stream bridge)
TF046205
Grimsthorpe Estate - Swayfield Drift
TF003220
Grimsthorpe Estate - Swinstead Valley (inc. Gorse Hill)
TF007222
Hardy Gang Wood TF093748 Heaths Meadow TF484640 Kirkby Moor - Myres Plantation TF2261 Kirkby Moor LWT Reserve TF2262 Laughton Forest - Tuetoes Ride SE846007 Linwood Warren TF133875 Little Bytham Spinney Meadow TF014185 Little Ponton Quarry (disused) SK931325 Mablethorpe North End Car Park TF48Y Messingham Sand Quarry LWT Reserve SE9103 Monk/Co-op Plantations TF043789 Moor Farm LWT Reserve - Meadows TF2263 Moor Farm LWT Reserve - Rush Bottom Close TF221641 Moor Farm LWT Reserve - Woodland TF2163 Morkery Wood SK954188 New Park Wood TF151708 North Somercotes Dunes - Howden's Pullover/Toby's Hill TF49M North Somercotes Dunes - Samphire Beds TF49N North Spring Wood TF148701 Osbournby Hill Top TF063388 Ostler's Plantation TF2162 Pickerings Meadows TF041793 Red Hill LWT Reserve TF264806 Risby Warren - East SE91G Risby Warren - Entrance Track SE9214 Risby Warren - West SE91B Robert's Field LWT Reserve - North (Entrance left field) TF000150 Robert's Field LWT Reserve - South (Entrance right field) SK999148 Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes - Brickyard Lane/Crook Bank TF48Z Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes - Paradise Car Park TF49L Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes - Rimac/Churchill Lane TF49Q Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes - Saltfleet Haven/Sea View TF49R Scotgrove Wood TF130702 Scotton Common SK872985 Snakeholme Pit Butterfly Conservation Reserve TF116715 Snipe Dales - Country Park TF3368 Snipe Dales - Nature Reserve TF3268 Sotby Wood TF186777 Southrey Wood - South (Parking Area East and South) TF135678 Southrey Wood - Butterfly Conservation Reserve TF128681 Southrey Wood -Main Track TF132684 Tuetoes Hills SE844014 Tupholme Grassland TF147698 Twyford Forest (General) SK92L Twyford Glades BC Reserve SK951225 Twyford Sanctuary BC Reserve SK941233 Watts Wood TF041791 Welton le Wold (disused Quarry) TF285881 West Glen River Valley North TF0022 West Glen River Valley South TF0021 Woolsthorpe Line Nature Reserve SK914242
If If a site is not listed, or for something more specific, you can use this Grab A Grid Reference tool.
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