London butterfly survey 1976-2025

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Areas Covered -1

Location	Ordnance Survey Reference	Area status	Description of Site, Geology and Flora	Agencies	Rare and uncommonSpecies
Ruxley Reserve	TQ 47.3/699	managed	Large angling lake connected to Nash Paper Mill surrounded by mixed water tolerant trees and shrubs	Kent Wildlife Trust
Foots Cray Meadow	TQ48.1/716	managed	Extensive managed recreational grassland with lakes and river	L.B.Bexley
Joydens Wood	TQ 49.9/716	managed	Very extensive mixed oak woodland	L.B.Bexley	White Admiral Purple Emperor 24.10.1974
Hoblingwell Wood	TQ 45.7/692	managed	Small wood above St Paul's Cray housing estate	L.B.Bromley
Petts Wood North	TQ 45.2/692	managed	Extensive mixed oak woodland on sand and shale	National Trust	White Admiral Purple Emperor
Petts Wood South	TQ 45/689	managed	Extensive mixed oak woodland on sand and shale	National Trust	White Admiral Purple Emperor
Willet Memorial Wood	TQ 44.9/687	managed	Extensive mixed oak woodland on sand and shale	National Trust	White Admiral Purple Emperor
Beckenham Park	TQ 38.3/707	managed	Extensive grassed areas and mixed woodland on clay	Lewisham
Fosters Memorial Park	TQ 38.7/722	managed	Parkland heavily used with surrounding housing estate on old woodland with large oaks prominent in green spaces	Lewisham

Areas Covered -2

Location	Ordnance Survey Reference	Status of area 2019	Description of site with links to maps	Agency	Species
Lullingstone Castle	TQ 53/64.3	managed	Lake surroundings attached to castle and grounds and nearby stream environment	Harte Dyke Fam
Lullingstone Golf Course and Park	TQ 52/64.5	Managed	Very extensive grasslands bordering mixed grasslands bordering mixed woodland descending to the Darenth River- critical areas of grassland above the central path	Kent County Council	Dark Green Fritillary Silver Washed Fritillary
Chalkhurst Woods	TQ 64.3/54.5	uncertain	Wood above Chalkhurst House Upper Austin Lodge Rd	private
Upper Beechen Wood	TQ 51/64	uncertain	Woodland South West Of Lullingstone Golf Course	Woodland Trust	Silver Washed Fritillary ?
Lower Beechen Wood	TQ 52/64	uncertain	Woodland Above Lullingstone Castle	Woodland Trust	Silver Washed Fritillary ?
Home Wood	TQ51.5/64.2	uncertain	Woodland adjacent to Upper Beechen Wood	Woodland Trust	Silver Washed Fritillary ?
Lower Austin Lodge	TQ 54/64.2	grazed	Fields either side of lane up to U.A.Lodge Farm	William Alexander	Dark Green Fritillary
Hartsnip Woods	TQ54.5/64.3	unmanaged	Woodland and grazed fields between Bower Lane and U.A.Lodge Road	Private
Preston Hill	TQ53.4/63.5	managed	Extensive area above A225 and between L.A.Lodge Farm	Kent Wildlife Trust?	Dark Green Fritillary
Lonespring Woods	TQ62.9/50.3	unmanaged	North of Cockerhurst Road
Donkey Bank	TQ62.8/51.4	overgrown	Above Cockerhurst Road
Barnett's Wood	TQ62.5/50.5	old coppice	Between Shacklands and Chelsfield Lane
The Birches	TQ63.5/53.7	uncertain	Woodland above L.A.Lodge Farm
Rifle Range	TQ 63/53.23	managed?	East of Rail Bridge on Shoreham Road A225	Kent Wildlife Trust?
Preston Hill Plantation	TQ 62.8/53.5	managed	Between L.A.L Farm and Shoreham Road A225	Kent Wildlife Trust?	Dark Green Fritillary
Pilots Wood	TQ62.3/54.7	uncertain	Extensive mixed woodland on plateau above Filston Lane and M25	Kent Wildlife Trust?	Purple Emperor White Admiral
Andrews Wood	TQ 61.8/50.5	managed	Between Polhill and Badgers Mount Extensive Beech & mixed woodland -	Kent Wildlife Trust?	Purple Emperor White Admiral
Meenfield Wood	TQ61.7/51.3	uncertain	Extensive mixed woodland on valley side between Andrews Wood and Shoreham village	Kent Wildlife Trust?	Purple Emperor White Admiral
Shoreham Place/Village	TQ61.3/52.3	Domestic	Development in Shoreham Village from where Geoff Stanley provided almost complete weather records for the period 1976 -1987		White Admiral
Dunstall Woods	TQ 61.5/53.2	overgrown	Above A225 Shoreham Road Extensive Beech woodland	Dunsany?
Upper Meadow	TQ 61.7/53	overgrown	Dunsany estate small meadow- wych elms	Dunsany?	White Letter Hairstreak 1976-87
White Hill	TQ 61.2/53	overgrown	Dunsany granted public utility East of Shoreham station	Kent Wildlife Trust?	Chalk Hill Blue
Fackenden Bank	TQ 53/61	Managed	Dunsany granted conservationWest facing slope formerly sheep grazed	Kent Wildlife Trust?	Chalk Hill Blue
Fackenden Down	TQ 53/60.8	Managed	Donaldson grazed fields conservation since 1976	Kent Wildlife Trust?	Small Blue Chalk Hill Blue Dark Green Fritillary
Fackenden Lane	TQ 52.9/61	Grazed	KWT arable land below Downland	Kent Wildlife Trust?	Chalk Hill Blue Dark Green Fritillary
Otford Telephone Exchange	TQ 53.2/60	Grazed	Arable field above telephone exchange	Kent Wildlife Trust?	Chalk Hill Blue Dark Green Fritillary
Former Upper Austin Lodge Golf Course	TQ 54.7/62	part managed	Downland above UALodge Farm to French Street	Private
Magpie Bottom	TQ 54.1/61	managed	Downland bank North of Magpie Bottom Lane	Kent Wildlife Trust?	Chalk Hill Blue Dark Green Fritillary
Lower Wood	TQ62.3/54.7	uncertain	Woodland between Bower Lane South of Upper Austin Lodge Farm	Private
Lullingstone Golf Course and Park	TQ 52/64.5	Managed	Grassland above central path	Kent County Council	Chalk Hill Blue Dark Green Fritillary

Areas Covered -3

Location	Ordnance Survey Reference	Status of area 2019	Description of site with links to maps	Agency	Species
Whitehall Rec	TQ42/68	managed	Park with small wild enclosure and pond	LBBrom	Brown Argus
Bickley -Lido/Allotment	TQ42/68.4	cultivated	Allotment behind Gym Howard Walmsley	private	Small Tortoiseshell
Bromley Common - Elmfield	TQ41.5/67.4	managed	Area of grassland behind A21 adjacent Norman Park occasional orchids and rarities	Idverde LBB	Dark Green Fritillary and Chalk Hill Blue regular breeding Common Blue Marbled White
Bromley Common -Rookery	TQ41.4/67	overgrown	Area surrounding college and lake	HayesFm
Bromley Common - Scroginhall Wood	TQ41.3/67.2	part managed	Area both sides of Ravensbourne	HayesFm Idverde	Silver Washed Fritillary White Admiral Purple Hairstreak
Hayes - Trout Lake	TQ41/66.8	managed	Track to the sideof the trout lake	HayesFm	White Admiral
Hayes Farm	TQ40.8/666	managed	Large open tract used mainly for grazing and boot fairs	HayesFm	various
Hayes - Coppiced Area	TQ41.1/667	unmanaged	Extensive chestnut coppice skirted by mixed oak woods - needs management for White Admiral	Hayes Farm	White Admiral
Hayes - Track, George Lane	TQ41.1/664	cleared	Area around end of George Lane extensive nettle beds	Hayes farm	Small Tortoiseshell Comma
Hayes Fields - George Lane - Primary School	TQ41.2/663	cultivated	Cultivated grass fields skirted by mature oak and blackthorn	Hayes Farm	various
Hayes - Fields, Lane, Oakley Road	TQ41.8/663	cultivated	Large cultivated grass fields skiirted by oaks and mixed woodland	Hayes Farm	Purple Hairstreak
Mazzards Wood	TQ41.4/664	overgrown	Enclosed former coppice maintained for pheasant shooting	Hayes farm
Enclosure Oakley Road	TQ41.7/659	overgrown	Enclosure running parrallel with Ravensbourne and cricket club on the side of the hay field first	Hayes Farm	Marbled White
Track Hayes Rugby pitch Barnet Wood Road	TQ41.5/657	unmanaged	Track skirting pheasant field and Barnet Wood	Hayes Farm	Marbled White Purple Hairstreak
Hayes Common	TQ40.7/652	common	Shale and sand extensive area of open and wooded spaces to the East and West of West Common Road	LBB	(in car park 1985 with Mr Eves) White Letter Hairstreak
West Wickham Common	TQ39.8/652	common	Extensive area of open and wooded spaces adjacent to Hayes Common intersected by A232	LBB	various
Nash Lane	TQ40.3/635	managed	Intersecting lane by Fullers Wood James Wood	Private	various
Skid Hill/Layhams	TQ39.6/611	verge	Heavily used cut through cross roads	Private	Marbled Whites
Sparrow Wood	TQ43.7/667		Mixed oak woodland	LBB	Purple Hairstreak
Roundabout Wood	TQ44/664		Mixed oak woodland	?	Purple Hairstreak
Colyers Wood	TQ 41.4 652		Mixed oak woodland	?	Purple Hairstreak
High Elms Golf Course	TQ44.4/63	managed	Fairway and greens with unmanaged rough extensive throughout	LBB	Marbled White
High Elms -Main Site	TQ44.6/625	managed	Large expanse of managed grassland for golf course with rough enclosed by mixed woodland with managed orchid and butterfly clearings	Idverde LBB	Silver Washed Fritillary White Letter Hairstreak
High Elms North	TQ44.7/624	managed	Clearing both sides of track - rarities	Idverde LBB	Purple Emperor and breeding Silver Washed Fritillary White Letter Hairstreak
High Elms Orchid Field	TQ 44.4/622	managed	Managed clearing with extensive orchid population	Idverde LBB	Silver Washed Fritillary - Dark Green Fritillary
High Elms Burnt Gorse	TQ44.3/619	managed	Extensive managed chalk grassland with	Idverde LBB	Marbled Whites Silver Washed Fritillary Dark Green Fritillary Green Hairstreak

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