today, selbourne is a place of pilgrimage for naturalists.racted here by the memory, the living memory, of the reverend gilbert white, the forefather of natural history. this is where it all started. the first record for a butterfly in hampshire was of a male brimstone seen on march 8th, 1766, by the reverend gilbert white, here in selbourne in hampshire. now, white regarded the brimstone as being the harbinger of spring and even today it is a butterfly that people diligently look out for on the first warm days of spring. there are other familiar butterflies. we may not know all their names, but we know them for what they are, the souls of summer hours. i'm talking about garden butterflies like the peacocks, small tortoiseshell and red admiral. there are many other less well—known butterflies, many of which are specialists of central southern england. they have dazzling names and belong to strange named families, like the skippers, which are fiery darts that whizz around at great speed. and the hare streams, which are rather elusive. on the d

today, selbourne is a place of pilgrimage for naturalists.memory of the reverend gilbert white, the forefather of natural history. this is where it all started, the first record for a butterfly in hampshire was of aim mail brimstone, seen on the 8th of march, 1766, by the reverend, gilbert white, here, in selbourne, in hampshire. —— male brimstone butterfly. he regarded the brimstone of being a harbinger of spring, and even today, butterfly people diligently look out for it on the first warm days of spring. there is otherfamiliar first warm days of spring. there is other familiar butterflies, we first warm days of spring. there is otherfamiliar butterflies, we may not know all their names, but we know them for what they are, the sol‘s summer hours. talking about garden butterflies, like the tortoiseshell, the red admiral. there is other less well—known butterflies, many of whom are specialists to central southern england. —— soul's summers hours. they have dazzling names, belonging to strange names families, like the skippers, fiery darts, wh