Hertfordshire and Middlesex Branch of Butterfly Conservation

The Satyridae family
(The Browns)

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

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Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Speckled Wood	pararge aegeria	Resident

Grove Farm © photo: Mike Rubin	Grove Farm © photo: Mike Rubin

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
Marbled White	melanargia galathea	Resident

Therfield Heath © photo: Jack Harrison

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

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

	© photo: Lee Browne

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

Aldbury Nowers © photo: Dave Mackenzie	Wheathampstead LNR © photo: Robin Pearson

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

© 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

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)
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