27 August 2026

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Climate change is having a major impact on many of our butterfly species, including Dingy Skipper. The second brood total for 2025 was a new county record of 15 different locations and this year that figure has increased to around 32/33 (this figure may be revised in due course). I like doing the analytical stuff and I like writing, and so with John Hey's encouragement I have re-written the article I wrote last year, on second brood Dingy Skippers. But I need your help! Would you please read the following list and either add to it or make a comment, if you think it would help. If you cannot remember the precise date that you saw a second brood Dingy Skipper, that doesn't matter, as the location is the important thing. Just send a post, as that is the easiest way for me to pick up the details. Thank you. 
Arundel Park, Belle Tout (Eastbourne), Bevendean Down, Birling Gap, Castle Hill, Chantry Hill, Cissbury Ring, Cradle Valley (Seaford), Blunts Wood and Paiges Meadow (Cuckfield), Chantry Hill, Deep Dean, Etchingham, Friston Gallops, Greenway Bank (Seaford), High and Over, Horseshoe Plantation (Eastbourne), Knowlands Wood (north of Barcombe), Lee Farm chalk pit, Levin Down, Mayfield College, Medley Bottom, Mill Hill, New England Wood (Cuckfield), Newtimber Hill, Nuthurst, Seaford (Bob Eade’s garden), Seaford Head, Steyning Rifle Range, Storrington garden, Steep Down, Stoke Bottom, Washington Chalk Pits, Whitbread Hole (Eastbourne).

Reporter: Martin Kalaher
Location: Website Editor  — TQ082140