Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch

Nymphalidae - Satyrinae family
(Browns)

All the pictures of British 'Browns' shown on the original sightings page

• Wall (Lasiommata megera)
• Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
• Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia)
• Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
• Small Mountain Ringlet (Erebia epiphron)
• Scotch Argus (Erebia aethiops)
• Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
• Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
• Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
• Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
• Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
• Photo Library Index

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
59.002 BF1615 - Wall	Lasiommata megera	Once resident - now extinct

Norfolk © photo: Liz Goodyear	Dorset © photo: Lee Browne	Somerset © photo: John Stevens
Dorset © photo: Nick Sampford	Norfolk © photo: Liz Goodyear	Norfolk © photo: Liz Goodyear
© photo: Sandra Standbridge	Somerset © photo: John Stevens

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
59.003 BF1614 - Speckled Wood	Pararge aegeria	Resident

	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller
St. Nicks Church Yard, Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne	St. Nicks Church Yard, Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller
St Albans © photo: Brian Knight	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller
Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller
Park Wood, Ruislip © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Park Wood, Ruislip © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Greenford © photo: Lee Hurrell
Grove Farm © photo: Mike Rubin	Grove Farm © photo: Mike Rubin	Dorset © photo: Helen George
Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	March 2007 Ware © photo: Andrew Wood	© photo: Simon Rasch
© photo: Lee Browne	© photo: Frank Johnson	© photo: Liz Goodyear
© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Douglas Penn
© photo: Lee Browne	© photo: Archie Lang	© photo: David Gompertz
© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Linda Chandler	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary was last recorded in Hertfordshire about 1960 (Sawford, 1987)
There are no modern records from Middlesex (Plant, 1987)

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
59.004 BF1628 - Large Heath	Coenonympha tullia	Non-Resident

Lincolnshire © photo: Trevor Chapman	© photo: Angela Sampford	Cumbria © photo: Ian Hardy
© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Nick Sampford

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
59.005 BF1627 - Small Heath	Coenonympha pamphilus	Resident

Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller<
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Elizabeth Debenham	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller<
© photo: Ian Hardy	Buckinghamshire © photo: Trevor Chapman	King's Mead, Ware © photo: Alan Reynolds<
© photo: Trevor Chapman	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Andrew Palmer<
© photo: Malcolm Hull	© photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Andrew Wood<
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Martin Parr	© photo: Nick Sampford	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Robin Pearson<

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
59.007 BF1617 - Mountain Ringlet	Erebia epiphron	Non-resident

	© photo: Nick Sampford

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
59.008 BF1618 - Scotch Argus	Erebia aethiops	Non-Resident

Cumbria © photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Nick Sampford	Cumbria © photo: Nick Sampford
© photo: Ian Hardy	© photo: Nick Sampford

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
59.009 BF1629 - Ringlet	Aphantopus hyperantus	Resident

Jersey Farm, St Albans © photo: Brian Knight	With indistinct markings Sherrardspark Wood © photo: Gwynneth Pearman-Jenkins
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Dave Mackenzie	Wheathampstead LNR © photo: Robin Pearson	Woodoaks Farm, Maple Cross © photo: Steve Pash
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Dave Mackenzie	Ickleford © photo: Simon Crockford	The Commons, Welwyn Garden City © photo: Steve Lane
Mating pair © photo: Andrew Wood	Mating pair © photo: Nick Sampford	Mating pair © photo: Liz Goodyear
© photo: Sandra Standbridge	© photo: Colin Sturges	© photo: Rachel Goodyear
© photo: Sandra Standbridge	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Malcolm Hull

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
59.010 BF1626 - Meadow Brown	Maniola jurtina	Resident

Aldbury Nowers © photo: Dave Mackenzie	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane
Ruislip Lido © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Cornmill Meadow © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Ickleford © photo: Simon Crockford
Mating pair © photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Frank Johnson	© photo: Liz Goodyear
© photo: Nick Sampford	Mating pair © photo: Clive Burrows	© photo: Nick Sampford
© photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Sandra Standbridge

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
59.011 BF1625 - Gatekeeper	Pyronia tithonus	Resident

Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Greenford garden © photo: Alessandro Giusti
The Commons, Welwyn Garden City © photo: Steve Lane	Fir & Pond Wood © photo: David Gompertz	Wheathampstead LNR © photo: Robin Pearson
© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Andrew Wood	© photo: Lee Browne
© photo: Colin Sturges	© photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Steve Lane
Hayes garden © photo: Helen George	© photo: Lee Browne	River Colne to Jnct 4 M25 walk © photo: Dave Miller

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
59.012 BF1620 - Marbled White	Melanargia galathea	Resident

	Ladywell Cemetery © photo: Paul Underwood
Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Jersey Farm, St Albans © photo: Brian Knight
Hexton Chalkpit © photo: Robin Pearson	Bishops Stortford transect © photo: Bob Clift	How Wood area, St Albans © photo: Alan Gardiner
Therfield Heath © photo: Jack Harrison	Dorset © photo: Helen George	Woodoaks Farm, Maple Cross © photo: Steve Pash
Therfield Heath © photo: Jack Harrison	Wheathampstead LNR © photo: Robin Pearson	Wheathampstead LNR © photo: Robin Pearson
Westland Green © photo: Jonathan Forgham	Westland Green © photo: Jonathan Forgham	Bishops Stortford © photo: Bob Clift
Hexton CP © photo: Gavin Vicary	Hexton CP © photo: Gavin Vicary	Therfield Heath © photo: Jack Harrison
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Dave Mackenzie	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Hemel Hempstead © photo: Paula Greenaway
Ickleford © photo: Simon Crockford	Ickleford © photo: Simon Crockford	Pirton © photo: Val Fullforth
Aston Rag Pits, Bucks © photo: Allen Beechey	Aldwickbury Park Golf Club irrigation lake © photo: Geoff Horn	Mating pair Tring Park © photo: Allen Beechey
© photo: Nick Sampford	Stevenage © photo: Keith Mitchell	© photo: Nick Sampford
Wheathampstead LNR © photo: Trevor Chapman	Bricket Wood © photo: Malcolm Hull	© photo: Lee Browne
© photo: Archie Lang	© photo: Archie Lang	© photo: Steven Penn

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
59.013 BF1621- Grayling	Hipparchia semele	Once restricted resident - now extinct

Cumbria © photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Lee Browne	Norfolk coast (note damaged wing) © photo: Rachel Goodyear
Norfolk coast © photo: Rachel Goodyear	Norfolk coast © photo: Liz Goodyear	Norfolk coast © photo: Liz Goodyear