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70.043 Scotopteryx bipunctaria - Chalk Carpet

Chalk Carpet (Scotopteryx bipunctaria)
Chalk Carpet (Scotopteryx b...

Species account from Moths of Glamorgan
(Gilmore, Slade & Stewart, 2009):

Univoltine, flying from late June to August. This species is restricted to limestone cliffs and hills in Glamorgan, with colonies along the south Gower coast, the Heritage coast from Dunraven to Bull Cliff, Barry. It is also known from an inland site in north Cardiff, where it was present in the early 1930s and rediscovered in 2004.



10km Distribution Map

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Tetrad Distribution Map

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Moth Records

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Site Gridref Quantity Date Recorder More Info
Old Castle Down (north west) SS8976 5 25 Jul 1999 David Gilmore
Oxwich SS505875 0 1800 to 2007 Unknown (CCW database)
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 2 07 Jul 2011 M.C. Powell
Yellow Top Junipers SS440857 1 02 Jul 2010 B. Stewart & G.H. Jones
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 10 28 Jul 2008 D.J. Slade
Dunraven Park (east wood) SS889727 1 03 Jul 2019 George M. Tordoff
Dams Bay Quarry, Glamorganshire ST0765 0 10 Jul 2002 Dave Gilmore
Old Castle Down (north west) SS8976 4 29 Jul 2000 David Gilmore
West Cliff, Southgate SS552872 1 23 Jul 2015 Barry Stewart
Ogmore Down SS8876 0 1979 Unknown
Longhole west SS449851 1 03 Sep 2012 B. Stewart & M. Howells
Penarth ST1771 0 1898 Unknown
Bull Cliff (beach carpark), The Knap ST097665 4 04 Aug 2000 David Gilmore, Mike Powell, Stefan Golaswezski
Wick SS9272 0 1972 D.R. Stephenson
Old Castle Down (north west) SS8976 1 24 Jul 1999 Mike Powell
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 0 1979 R.G. Warren
Bull Cliff, Barry ST0966 0 04 Aug 2000 Barry Stewart
Fonmon Cutting B4265 ST045678 4 10 Aug 2002 David Gilmore, Mike Powell
Pwll Du SS5787 0 Aug 1979 Unknown
Oxwich Marsh & Burrows SS5087 2 23 Aug 2006 David Painter
Pwlldu Bay SS5787 0 1979 Anthoney White, Martin White
Dunraven bay SS88887270 5 20 Jul 2019 Paul Parsons
Southview (A470), Tongwynlais, Cardiff ST128828 3 27 Jul 2012 D.R.W. Gilmore, M.C. Powell
Deborah's Hole SS434863 0 11 Jul 2002 Barry Stewart
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 5 19 Jul 2004 Greg Jones
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 1 09 Jul 2009 D.J. Fisher, D.R.W. Gilmore & M.C. Powell
Southview (A470), Tongwynlais, Cardiff ST128828 1 23 Jul 2008 M.C. Powell & P. Parsons
Dunraven SS88887270 15 17 Jul 2018 Paul Parsons
Taff's Well ST1283 1 20 Jul 1932 W.E. Cox
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 5 11 Jul 2006 David Gilmore, Mike Powell
Oxwich Marsh & Burrows SS5087 2 23 Aug 2006 David Painter
Deborah's Hole SS434862 0 06 Jul 2003 Barry Stewart
Deborah's Hole SS434863 1 11 Jul 2002 Barry Stewart
Dams Bay Quarry ST0765 3 10 Jul 2002 David Gilmore
Dunraven Park SS887726 1 22 Jul 2020 George M. Tordoff
Dunraven bay SS88877271 2 03 Aug 2019 Paul Parsons
Crawley Bluff (east) SS51918787 1 23 Jul 2011 Barry Stewart
Dunraven Park (Trwyn-y-Witch) SS8872 1 30 Jul 2019 M.C. Powell & P. Parsons
Ogmore Down SS8876 0 1979 Unknown
Ewenny Down SS9076 7 09 Jul 2015 M.C. Powell
Dunraven Park (east wood) SS889727 3 03 Jul 2019 George M. Tordoff
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 1 07 Jul 2011 D.R.W. Gilmore
Pant norton, Ogmore SS877757 1 23 Jul 2008 Richard (BC) Smith
Old Castle Down, Ogmore SS8976 0 29 Jul 2000 Dave Gilmore
Dunraven SS88887270 3 03 Jul 2019 Paul Parsons
Old Castle Down, Ogmore SS9075 0 29 Jul 2000 Unknown
Deborah's Hole SS434863 1 06 Jul 2003 Barry Stewart
Dunraven Park (Reserve Centre) SS886732 2 18 Jul 1997 Belinda Ashong
Old Castle Down, Ogmore SS8976 0 25 Jul 1999 Dave Gilmore
Pwll Du SS5787 0 21 Jul 1983 Unknown
Southview, Tongwynlais ST128827 1 16 Jul 2020 George M. Tordoff
Old Castle Down (north west) SS8976 6 28 Jul 2004 David Gilmore, Mike Powell
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 1 05 Jul 2018 D.R.W. Gilmore, M.C. Powell
Deborah's Hole SS434862 0 09 Jul 2003 Barry Stewart
Pwll Du SS5787 1 21 Jul 1983 Unknown
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 26 09 Jul 2005 Glamorgan Moth Recording Group
Old Castle Down, Ogmore SS8976 0 24 Jul 1999 Mike Powell
Dunraven Park SS888728 1 22 Jul 2004 Belinda Ashong
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 3 08 Jul 2000 Mike Powell, Stefan Golaswezski
Dunraven bay SS88877270 1 22 Jul 2020 Paul Parsons
Old Castle Down (north west) SS898762 6 11 Aug 2007 Glamorgan Moth Recording Group
Horton, Gower SS4785 3 19 Jul 1953 Basil McNulty
Old Castle Down (north west) SS8976 1 27 Jul 2008 M.C. Powell
Old Castle Down, Ogmore SS9075 1 24 Jul 1999 Unknown
Old Castle Down, Ogmore SS9075 0 26 Jun 2003 Mike Powell
Lavernock Point ST187681 0 18 Aug 1929 Unknown (CCW database)
Langland Bay, Glamorganshire SS6087 0 1893 Unknown
Alun Valley northeast SS907762 1 16 Jul 2015 C. Manley
Dunraven SS88887270 3 21 Jul 2018 Paul Parsons
Old Castle Down (north) SS9001676275 1 22 Jul 2007 D.K. Thomas
Thurba Head (start of) SS421871 11 31 Jul 2011 T. Bantock, B. Stewart, I. Tew & R. Wilson
Thistleboon SS6187 0 1893 R.B. Robertson
Bull Cliff, Barry ST0966 0 04 Aug 2000 Barry Stewart
Caswell Bay cliff and slope SS594874 5 25 Jul 2012 C. Manley
Nitten Field, Mewslade SS423875 1 06 Aug 2006 Barry Stewart, Sandra Stewart
Old Castle Down (north west) SS8989976288 3 22 Jul 2007 D.K. Thomas
Long Hole Cliff, Overton SS453849 1 25 Jul 2001 Barry Stewart
Nicholaston Woods SS518879 2 11 Aug 2007 David Painter
Bull Cliff (beach carpark), The Knap ST097665 1 09 Jul 2005 Glamorgan Moth Recording Group
Penarth ST1871 0 1898 T.L. Howe
Taff's Well ST1283 4 28 Jul 1930 W.E. Cox
Old Castle Down (north west) SS8976 1 26 Jun 2003 Mike Powell
Southview, Tongwynlais ST128827 2 15 Jul 2019 George M. Tordoff
Yellow Top gulley SS439858 1 02 Jul 2010 B. Stewart & G.H. Jones
Old Castle Down (north west) SS8976 1 09 Jul 2005 Glamorgan Moth Recording Group
Crawley SS518878 1 23 Aug 2006 Veronica Shenston, David Painter
Southview, Tongwynlais ST128827 2 14 Jul 2004 David Slade
Coastal cliffs, Overton SS458848 0 10 Aug 1969 to 15 Aug 1969 Unknown (CCW database)
Dunraven Park (Trwyn-y-Witch) SS8872 2 20 Jul 2018 D.R.W. Gilmore, M.C. Powell
Taff's Well ST1283 1 10 Aug 1931 W.E. Cox
Cwm Mawr, near Southerndown SS8972 2 04 Aug 2004 Greg Jones
Dams Bay Quarry ST0765 3 13 Jul 2002 David Gilmore, Mike Powell
Langland Bay, Glamorganshire SS6087 0 1893 Unknown
Dams Bay Quarry ST0765 7 18 Jul 2004 David Gilmore, Mike Powell
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 2 23 Jul 2008 Richard (BC) Smith
Dunraven Park (Trwyn-y-Witch) SS8872 2 29 Jul 2019 Paul Parsons
Ogmore Down (east) SS899764 1 15 Jul 2014 George M. Tordoff
Longhole Cliff SS450850 1 03 Sep 2012 B. Stewart & M. Howells
Tongwynlais ST128827 1 23 Jul 2008 Paul Parsons
Rhoose Point ST066660 2 01 Sep 2011 Adam Mantell
Pant St. Brides, Ogmore Down SS898763 1 24 Jul 2017 George Tordoff
Pwll Du SS5787 1 Aug 1979 Unknown
Crawley SS518878 6 23 Aug 2006 Veronica Shenston, David Painter
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 14 27 Jul 2008 M.C. Powell
Southview, Tongwynlais ST128827 1 31 Jul 2012 George M. Tordoff
Dunraven bay SS88887270 2 29 Jul 2019 Paul Parsons
Crawley SS518878 1 23 Aug 2006 Veronica Shenston, David Painter
Lavernock Point ST1868 0 18 Aug 1929 Howard Hallett
Ogmore Down (east) SS8976 48 28 Jul 2004 David Gilmore, Mike Powell
Cwm Bach, near Southerndown SS8971 1 03 Aug 2005 Greg Jones, Simon Warmingham
Butter Slade SS421869 1 31 Jul 2011 T. Bantock, B. Stewart, I. Tew & R. Wilson
Taff's Well ST1283 6 04 Aug 1931 W.E. Cox
Long Hole Cliff (east) SS453849 1 25 Jul 2001 Barry Stewart, Martin White, R.H.A. Taylor, Sandra Stewart
Penarth ST1771 0 1898 Unknown
Pwlldu Bay SS5787 0 21 Jul 1983 Anthoney White
Taff's Well ST1283 1 05 Aug 1931 W.E. Cox
Horton, Gower SS4785 1 31 Jul 1952 Basil McNulty
Old Castle Down (north west) SS8976 1 25 Jun 2010 D.R.W. Gilmore
Dunraven Park, Ogmore-by-Sea SS8872 2 18 Jul 1997 Unknown
Lavernock (Historical) ST1868 0 18 Aug 1929 Howard Hallett
Old Castle Down, Ogmore SS9075 5 25 Jul 1999 David Gilmore
Deborah's Hole SS434863 2 09 Jul 2003 Barry Stewart, Sandra Stewart
Dams Bay Quarry, Glamorganshire ST0765 0 13 Jul 2002 Dave Gilmore, Mike Powell
Crawley SS518878 0 16 Jul 1987 R.G. Warren
Crawley, Nicholaston Burrows SS5187 0 Jun 1989 R.G. Warren
Reserve Centre, Dunraven Park, Ogmore-by-Sea SS888728 0 18 Jul 1997 Unknown
Lavernock Point ST1868 0 18 Aug 1929 Howard Hallett
Southview, Tongwynlais ST128827 1 06 Jul 2022 George M. Tordoff

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