Butterfly Conservation Hertfordshire and Middlesex BranchHome

The Satyridae family
(The Browns)

All the pictures of British Browns that have been shown on the Sightings page

Links to species on this page . . .

Speckled Wood (pararge aegeria)

Wall Brown (lasiommata megera)

Mountain Ringlet (erebia epiphron)

Scotch Argus (erebia aethiops)

Marbled White (melanargia galathea)

Grayling (hipparchia semele)

Gatekeeper (pyrnia tithonus)

Meadow Brown (maniola jurtina)

Ringlet (aphantopus hyperantus)

Small Heath (coenonympha pamphilus)

Large Heath (coenonympha tullia)

Photo House Index

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
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	gorging on blackberries 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

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Wall Brown	lasiommata megera	Resident - now very rare

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

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Mountain Ringlet	erebia epiphron	Non-Resident

	© photo: Nick Sampford

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Scotch Argus	erebia aethiops	Non-Resident

Cumbria © photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Nick Sampford	Cunbria © photo: Nick Sampford

© photo: Ian Hardy	© photo: Nick Sampford

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
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

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
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

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Gatekeeper	pyrnia 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

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
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

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
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

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
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

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
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


	Speckled Wood (pararge aegeria)
	Wall Brown (lasiommata megera)
	Mountain Ringlet (erebia epiphron)
	Scotch Argus (erebia aethiops)
	Marbled White (melanargia galathea)
	Grayling (hipparchia semele)
	Gatekeeper (pyrnia tithonus)
	Meadow Brown (maniola jurtina)
	Ringlet (aphantopus hyperantus)
	Small Heath (coenonympha pamphilus)
	Large Heath (coenonympha tullia)
	Photo House Index