Sightings of Butterflies in Suffolk - 2017

The Branch is always grateful for butterfly records and a recording form can be downloaded from the conservation section of this website.  We would be particularly grateful for records away from the coast and information on the following species:
BAP species; Dingy Skipper, White Letter Hairstreak, Silver-studded Blue, White Admiral, Grayling, Small Heath, Wall Brown
Others; Green Hairstreak, Purple Hairstreak, Silver-washed Fritillary, Purple Emperor, Chalkhill Blue (not Devil's Dyke)

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Return completed form by November to 20, Langstons, Trimley St Mary, Suffolk IP11 0XL  or to

If visiting Purdis Heath, Pipers Vale and Landseer Park (or any other site for that matter) please keep to footpaths and recognised tracks and do not trample heather, ant nests or any other vegetation.  There are plenty of places where you can see butterflies from the paths.  Keep dogs on a lead.

June	SS ES LS DS SWT CY B LW SW GVW OT GH PH WLH BH SC SSB BA CB HB CHB LTB WA RA PL ST P C SWF LT PE CMB SPW WB GR GK MB R SH MW- Total species seen 34
30 Jun	2 meadow brown, 1 large white, 1 ringlet, 1 small tortoiseshell	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
30 Jun	Meadow Brown 10+, Ringlet 6, Red Admiral 1, Skippers 6 not sure which, Comma 1, Small Tortoiseshell 3, Purple Hairstreak 1, (photo click here) + Common Darter 2	Hazlewood Marshes		Roger & Kate Seaman
30 Jun	Aborted bonny wood today as A14 closed.  Went to Norton wood and saw 46 x silver washed fritillaries, 1 x white admiral, red admiral, comma, large skipper,  Green-veined White, large white and numerous ringlet and Meadow Brown.  Purple hairstreak x 9 and one came to head height for a photo, wish I had steps. (photos click here)	Norton wood		Trevor Goodfellow
30 Jun	I saw the following butterflies in overcast conditions at Assington this morning:- Small Skipper 8, Essex Skipper 4, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell 3, Green-veined White 6, Large White 2, Small White 2, Gatekeeper 3, Meadow Brown c100, Ringlet c60, 1 Hairstreak spp (probably Purple Hairstreak because of proximity to oaks in hedgerow).	Assington	TL9338	Martin Peers
30 Jun	At Thorington Street reservoir earlier, I saw 12 Small and 2 Essex Skippers, 4 Green-veined Whites, 40 Meadow Browns, 40 Ringlets, 1 Gatekeeper with other numbers similar to 23rd June (apart from Comma, down from 10 then to 5 today!)	Thorington Street		Martin Peers
30 Jun	Comma butterfly		NR34 8ED	Glynn Buck
29 Jun	Plenty of butterflies at Snape Warren NR (RSPB), Suffolk today including tSmall Copper and a fresh Brown Argus	Snape Warren		Charles Cuthbert
29 Jun	At Theberton Woods this morning, between 9.30 to 11.30 am, we saw at least 3 Purple Emperors including this one (photo click here) on the look-out tower.  Also 3 White Admirals, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary, Ringlets, Meadow Brown, Comma, Red Admiral, Large White, Purple Hairstreak and both Large and Small Skipper.	Theberton Woods		Margie & David Carter
28 Jun	Pleased to report at IP6 8AJ in my garden (Needham Market): White Admiral.		IP6 8AJ	Jo Horstead
28 Jun	Not the earliest but my first sighting of Grayling for the year at Upper Hollesley Common on June 28th in dull, cool and windy conditions  {photo click here}	Upper Hollesley Common		Bill Plumb
28 Jun	1 comma, 1 ringlet, 1 large white	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
27 Jun	1 ringlet	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
27 Jun	Encountered today my first purple hairstreak butterfly of the year a male flying around an oak tree canopy as well as 30 meadow browns, 30 ringlets, 20 small skippers, 10 large skippers, 2 large whites both male and 1 male green veined white butterfly.  Private land. .	near the Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey
27 Jun	Morning walk with Purdis volunteers.  Despite full cloud and breezy - Purple Hairstreak, Gatekeeper, Grayling, Small Copper, Comma, Small Skippers, Meadow Browns, Ringlets, Red Admiral, 30+ Silver-studded Blue.  Emperor Dragonfly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Common Blue Damsel.	Purdis Heath		Helen Saunders
27 Jun	Around one small patch of bramble bush blossom: Ringlet x5, Red Admiral x3, Comma x1, Small White x2, Ringlet x5, Meadow Brown x3, White Admiral x2, Silver-washed Fritillary x2, Speckled Wood x2 and Small Tortoiseshell x1 at Hall Farm, Onehouse.	Northfield Wood		M Girling
27 Jun	10:00-10:30. Two male Purple Emperor around car park including one feeding on minerals on cars.  Also one male Silver-washed Fritillary, Comma, Ringlet, Meadow Brown.	Theberton Woods		James & Peter Kennerley
27 Jun	14:45-16:30. 32+ Silver-washed Fritillary, 8+ White Admiral, 1 Purple Hairstreak, Red Admiral, Comma, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Speckled Wood, Large Skipper, Large White, Small White.	Bonny Wood		James & Peter Kennerley
26 Jun	There were two White Admirals at North Cove	North Cove		Ricky Fairhead
26 Jun	Clouds of butterflies today at Landseer park. 30 Marbled whites, 100 Ringlets, 400 Meadow browns, 1000+ Small skippers and 250+ Essex	Landseer park		David Dowding
26 Jun	Late afternoon visit to Waldringfield, SE Suffolk produced good numbers of Purple Hairstreak in oaks around sailing huts and pub car park	Waldringfield		Bill Stone
26 Jun	First Grayling reported today at RSPB Minsmere	RSPB Minsmere		via Bill Stone
26 Jun	Butterflies in their hundreds!   234 Skippers (Large/Small/Essex), 215 Ringlet, 26 Comma, 17 Meadow Brown, 6 Red Admiral, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Large White, 1 Peacock	Kiln Meadow		Kev Ling
26 Jun	My parents were thrilled to see over 20 Silver-washed Fritillaries in Ramsey Woods today; Southern Hawker in Wolves Wood was my first of '17	Ramsey Woods		David Walsh
26 Jun	A lovely walk along the blackbourn at sapiston looking for variable damsel which turned into a hairstreak hunt.  14 species including: white letter hairstreak x 5, purple hairstreak x 9 (photo click here) , painted lady x 1 plus red admiral, comma, large/small and essex skipper, small heath x 1, small tortoiseshell, meadow brown and ringlet, small and large white.  WLH centered around elms under high tension cables.  Perhaps these trees are favoured as the regular topping of these english elms promotes new growth at high level.  Signs of elm disease elsewhere.  Good day out but only banded damsels to see (everywhere) and zero dragonflies	Sapiston		Trevor Goodfellow
26 Jun	3 meadow brown, 1 comma, 1 small tortoiseshell, 1 ringlet, 1 red admiral	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
25 Jun	1 large white, 2 meadow brown, 1 ringlet, 1 cinnabar moth ( 1st time ever )	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
25 Jun	Butterflies seen: Green-veined white (1), Small Tortoiseshell (4). Comma (3), Red admiral (1), Meadow Brown (30), Ringlet (40), Small skipper (2)	Lukeswood, Elmswell	TL983634	Peter & Mary Feeney
25 Jun	Butterflies seen: Silver-washed fritillary (16), Speckled wood (2), Ringlet (100+), Meadow Brown (40), Red admiral (1), Large white (6)	Norton Woods SSSI	TL971645	Mary & Peter Feeney
25 Jun	6 ringlets seen on one wild rose bush, East Town Park (photo click here)	Haverhill		Duncan FletcherBrown
25 Jun	Marbled White	Mildehall	TL 70344 78580	Mike Casanova
24 Jun	SBBC Event at Holywells Park, Ipswich was relocated to Landseer Park where grassland species were in abundance. Scores of Small and Essex Skippers, Ringlets and Meadow Browns were seen on the wonderful display of wildflowers that sympathetic management has allowed to flourish.   Also seen were a dozen or so Marbled Whites, Common Blue, a Small Tortoiseshell, Cinnabar Moth caterpillars and a Hebrew Character caterpillar on Alder Buckthorn.	Landseer Park		Peter Madison
24 Jun	Carlton Marshes , 613 Meadow Brown,  336 Small Tortoiseshell, 204 Ringlet,  142 Large Skipper , 46 Comma, 36 Red Admiral,  4 Large White,  3 Small White,  1 Green-veined White			Robert Quadling
24 Jun	Several silver-washed fritillaries at Bonny Wood this afternoon but no PEs	Bonny Wood		Steve Babbs
24 Jun	1 meadow brown, 1 small white, 1 comma	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
23 Jun	1 meadow brown, 1 small white, 1 comma, 1 ringlet	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
23 Jun	I saw the following at Thorington Street reservoir between 08:30 and 09:30: Large White 1, Small White 2, Large Skipper 2, Essex Skipper 1, Small Skipper 6+, Comma 10 (most of these appeared to have emerged recently and were inactive), Red Admiral 3, Small Tortoiseshell 1, Meadow Brown 25, Ringlet 15.	Thorington Street	TM011350	Martin Pe
23 Jun	A walk  from ride 44 to the most favoured area for White-letter Hairstreak from 09:40-11:45 revealed the following in warm but mostly overcast conditions: White Admiral 6, White-letter Hairstreak 1 (2 unidentified hairstreak probably this species), Comma 4, Red Admiral 6, Ringlet 50+, Speckled Wood 3, Meadow Brown 1, Small Skipper 1, Large White 1.  Some of the White Admiral were settling, but not long enough to photograph.	Dunwich Forest		Sean Minns
23 Jun	On Friday morning we recorded White-Letter Hairstreak, (photo click here)), White Admiral, Red Admiral, Comma, Ringlet, Meadow Brown and Large Skipper.	Dunwich Forest		Margie & David Carter
23 Jun	3 White-letter Hairstreaks with pair mating, many Ringlets, White Admiral, Large Skipper	Dunwich Forest
23 Jun	Purple Emperor	Bonny Wood		via Bill Stone
23 Jun	11 White-letter Hairstreaks 5 along A14 slip road and 6 in single Elm along Millenium Way not the best weather	Trimley st Martin		Will Brame
23 Jun	Strolling in Kiln Meadow/Spring Wood continues to bear fruit: just had my 1st ever local White Admiral!	Kiln Meadow/Spring Wood		David Walsh
22 Jun	1 meadow brown, 1 small white, 1 comma	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
22 Jun	Busiest night this year for my moth trap. Poplar hawk x 2, elephant hawk x 2, eyed hawk, lobster moth and orange moth to name just a few of about 60 or more species, also four new records for home (photos click here)	Thurston		Trevor Goodfellow
22 Jun	A morning walk in Pakenham Wood produced at least 6 Silver-washed Fritillaries, in good condition despite being 9 days since their first sighting here.  Also 3 White Admirals plus Large Skipper, Comma, Large White and good numbers of Ringlets and Meadow Browns flying during the sunny spells despite the gathering clouds and serious thunder. We escaped as the lightning and rain arrived.	Pakenham Wood		Rob Parker
21 Jun	Returned to the forest to see if we could find a White-letter Hairstreak on bramble and we found one!  Saw 9  White-letter Hairstreaks  in total (most high up) plus 7 White Admiral.  Also there were 20+ Red Admiral plus Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Comma, Speckled Wood, Large White plus a Silver Y Moth.	Dunwich Forest		David and Lilian Pitt
21 Jun	On another visit to Bradfield Woods this afternoon we saw 10+ numbers of both Silver-washed Fritillaries and White Admirals.  Also Large Whites, Meadow Browns, Commas, Speckled Woods Ringlets and a Large Skipper.	Bradfield Woods		Margie & David Carter
21 Jun	Encountered today 30 ringlets including several courting pairs, 40 meadow browns, 20 small skippers, 15 large skippers, 2 red admirals, 2 commas, 2 small coppers and 1 large white. Private land .	near the Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey.
21 Jun	Sighted on the stairs landing at home.  This Elephant Hawk Moth must be the first one I have seen since I was a boy back in the 50's/60's (photo click here)	East Ipswich		Fred Hanniffy
21 Jun	1 small white, 2 comma, 1 ringlet, 1 red admiral, 1 meadow brown	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
21 Jun	Speckled Wood 2, Comma 8, Red Admiral 30, Large Skipper 2, Meadow Brown 20, Ringlet 5, Small Copper 1, Small Skipper 30	Minsmere		Richard Perryman
20 Jun	Silver-washed Fritillaries 7, White Admirals 12, Green-veined White 4, Large Skipper 2, Meadow Brown 50, Ringlet 3, Speckled Wood 2, Comma 5, Large White 5, Red Admiral 2	Bonny Wood		Richard Perryman
20 Jun	Tea time walk produced 17 Comma, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet and a Hummingbird Hawk Moth	Kiln Meadow		Kev Ling
20 Jun	My Garden: Small Skipper and Meadow Brown	Chantry		Kev Ling
20 Jun	White Admiral at North Cove	North Cove		Jane Ferguson
20 Jun	I visited North Warren RSPB Reserve 20th June at Aldeburgh and saw 1 ringlet, 1 painted lady,  a lot of red admiral , about 10 which I am not sure if they were meadow brown or small heath	North Warren		Karen Child
19 Jun	Small Skipper 4, Large Skipper 1, Common Blue male & female, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Meadow Brown 30, Small Heath 10	Shingle Street	TM3642	Martin Peers
19 Jun	Silver-studded Blue 20, Brown Argus, Common Blue male, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell 2, Comma, Meadow Brown	Lower Hollesley Common	TM3545	Martin Peers
19 Jun	Large Skippers & 'golden-ringed' Ringlets among the many butterflies out in today's mid-summer sunshine at Theberton (photos click here)	Theberton Woods		Charles Cuthbert
19 Jun	One of several Commas (photo click here) of the mid-summer generation patrolling the rides at Theberton Woods	Theberton Woods		Charles Cuthbert
19 Jun	5 Small Skippers, 1 Large Skipper, 30+ Meadow Brown, 10 Ringlet, 5 Speckled Wood, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Holly Blue, 1 Common Blue, 1 Essex Skipper	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
19 Jun	12 White letter Hairstreaks along A14 as last year Trimley st Martin 2 Red Admirals, 4 Small Tortoiseshells, 2 Comma, 10 Meadow Brown	Trimley st Martin		Will Brame
19 Jun	Had superb views of the 8 White Admirals here. Also saw 1 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 6 Meadow Brown and 2 Ringlets. Very hot day.	North Cove		David and Lilian Pitt
19 Jun	Saw 16 White-letter Hairstreaks in total from three different locations (all very close to each other). Also saw 2 White Admiral, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 5 Speckled Wood, 6 Meadow Brown, 10 Ringlet and 1 Large White.	Dunwich Forest		David and Lilian Pitt
19 Jun	5 Silver Washed Fritillaries and 2 White Admirals at Ramsey Wood this morning	Ramsey Wood		Mike Morley.
19 Jun	This morning,  I estimated 300+ Silver Studded Blues present. 100+ on the South side of the road and 200+ on the North side. Very few other butterflies, just 2 Small Heaths and 1 Red Admiral	Blaxhall Common		Bob Turner
19 Jun	1 comma, 1 red admiral, 1 holly blue, 1 small white, 1 meadow brown	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
18 Jun	First sighting of the year of Silver Washed Fritillary (3) in Brimlin Wood, Chattisham on 18th June, Large numbers of Speckled wood, Ringlet and Meadow Brown.	Brimlin Wood, Chattisham		Peter Woolley
18 Jun	White Admiral at North Cove today	North Cove		Jane Ferguson
18 Jun	Saw one maleSilver-washed Fritillary this morning at Spring Wood (first record for site)	Spring Wood		David Dowding
18 Jun	Nice to see Silver-washed Fritillary (9) and White Admiral (6) at RSPB Wolves Wood early this afternoon	Wolves Wood		Darren Underwood
18 Jun	Hatfuls of White Letter Hairstreaks this morning by Rymer Point	Rymer Point
18 Jun	Around 200 ringlet/meadow browns and about 200 skippers mostly small, some large and some essex.  Red admiral x 1 comma x 4 small tortoiseshell x 6.  So if you have thought ‘where have all the butterflies gone?’ maybe that’s the answer. Butterflies at every step. Five-spot burnet x 7.	belstead meadows		Trevor Goodfellow
18 Jun	Silver Studded Blue butterflies from Westleton Heath (photos click here)	Westleton Heath		Gavin Durrant
18 Jun	1 meadow brown, 1 painted lady 1st this year	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
17 Jun	BC Suffolk Walk- Felixstowe Ferry- I led today’s walks around the Felixstowe Ferry area and was accompanied by three other BC members.  Despite the high temperatures the weather was unsettled being periods of bright sunny spells but with long lasting overcast skies and a stiff SE wind.  The morning walk explored some of the gardens around the hamlet, taking in the Millennium Green and river path up to and including the Kingsfleet River.  The most abundant butterflies by far were Meadow Browns and the golden skippers particularly Essex and Small Skipper. Other species encountered in small numbers were: Large Skipper, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Ringlet, Common Blue.  In addition to the butterfly species seen numerous dragonfly species were seen with Emperor being particularly abundant.  Other highlights of this walk included a flyover Bittern, calling Water Rail, some very handsome male Reed Buntings and numerous warblers and hirundines.  After lunch we explored the Tomline Wall which runs between the golf course sand again enjoyed good numbers of Meadow Brown and both Essex and Small Skippers.  Whilst within the wooded section at the Golf Club House end we found a few new species for the day in the form of Speckled Wood, some pristine Comma, Holly Blue and a very faded Green Hairstreak.  Returning along the seawall we came across a very faded Painted Lady and more Meadow Browns and skippers.  On reaching the cars and concluding the walk we had achieved a total of 16 butterfly species. It was very enjoyable day with some great company	Felixstowe Ferry Area	TM3236, 3237, 3238, 3138	Bill Stone,  Suffolk Butterfly Recorder
17 Jun	378 Meadow Brown, 282 Small Tortoiseshell, 39 Large Skipper, 26 Ringlet, 17 Red Admiral, 3 Comma, 2 Peacock, 1 Large White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Painted Lady. lots of 5 spot Burnet Moths (photo click here)	Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
17 Jun	Red Admiral 1, Comma 1, Small Tortoiseshell 3, Small Skipper 4, Large Skipper 1, Ringlet 6, Meadow Brown 12	Wissington	TL9533	Martin Peers
17 Jun	First Silver-washed Fritillaries at Bonny wood this afternoon also White Admiral 2 of each.  meadow brown 100+, Ringlet 10, speckled wood 20, large skipper 3, Red admiral 2, small tort 6	Bonny Wood		Nathaniel Cant
17 Jun	Hot day. Saw 7 Silver-washed Fritillaries and 2 White Admirals plus Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood and Large White.	Wolves Wood		David and Lilian Pitt
17 Jun	4 Ringlets nfy, 1 Large Skipper, 8 Meadow Brown, 3 Speckled  Wood, 3 Common Blue,7 Holly Blue, 4 Small White, 2 Six spot Burnet	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
17 Jun	A minimum of 4 Marbled Whites this morning, Ten days earlier than last year.	Landseer Park Ipswich		Mike Morley.
17 Jun	1 meadow brown	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
16 Jun	White admiral x 2 (photo click here), Silver-washed Fritillary x 1, 50+ meadow browns and ringlets around wood and plenty of speckled woods, comma, small white, red admiral x 3.	Bonny Wood		Trevor Goodfellow
16 Jun	At the usual site in Dunwich today we had White-letter Hairstreak, White Admiral and Broad-bodied Bee Hawkmoth.  (photos click here)	Dunwich Forest		Rob and Kerry Reeve
16 Jun	This afternoon we found 4 Commas, 6 Red Admirals, 1 Meadow Brown, 3 Small Heath and 4 Small/Essex Skippers.	Kesgrave Wood/ Martlesham Heath		Gary & Jenny Plank
16 Jun	On our first visit of the season to Bradfield Woods this afternoon we found one White Admiral and one Silver-washed Fritillary, (photos click h ere). Also a single Comma and double figure numbers of both Meadow Brown and Speckled Wood.	Bradfield Woods		Margie & David Carter
16 Jun	Superb half hour in Dunwich Forest seeing White-letter Hairstreak, White Admiral & Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth!	Dunwich Forest		David Walsh
16 Jun	Silver-studded Blue (photo click here) complete with silver studs on Westleton Common this morning.  Also saw Turtle Dove purring nearby	Westleton Common		David Walsh
16 Jun	Purple Hairstreak near tennis courts	Christchurch Park		Matt
16 Jun	1 red admiral,1 meadow brown 1st this year	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
15 Jun	1 speckled wood	Clapgate Lane ipswich	IP3 0RT	Karen Child
15 Jun	An anti-clockwise walk around the perimeter of Upper Hollesley Common this afternoon produced 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Painted Ladies, 4 Small Heath, 4 Meadow Brown, and 12 Red Admirals.  We also found 2 male and one female Silver-studded Blues but not in the usual area adjacent to the airfield fence but just east of the Red Lodge picnic site at TM337471.  Never seen them there before.  Be aware that access to the perimeter fence has been radically altered with a new fence which we had to clamber over to get back to the picnic site.	Upper Hollesley Common	TM337471	Jenny & Gary Plank
15 Jun	3 Marbled Whites (photo click here) and 1 White-letter Hairstreak already out on Landseer park 12 days earlier than last year!	Landseer park		David Dowding
15 Jun	Holly Blue 8 ,Meadow Brown 10 ,Small Tortoiseshell 7 ,Common Blue 1 ,Larfe Skipper 4, Speckled Wood 7, Red Admiral 2, Comma 1, Small White 2	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
15 Jun	Encountered today five very active meadow brown butterflies feeding from many open wildflowers, two male large skippers fighting, two small skippers feeding from field scabious, one Comma butterfly feeding from bramble flowers and one Green veined White also feeding from field scabious and creeping thistles. Private land .	near the Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey
15 Jun	Several White-letter Hairstreak displaying near gate into Dunwich forest at 9 am today.  A family of Blue Tits was foraging in the top of the oak saplings : one of the hairstreaks (see photo click here) looks like it had a lucky escape, but flew well despite its wing damage.	Dunwich forest		Patrick Frew
15 Jun	White Admiral x 1 and Silver-washed Fritillary x 2, many meadow brown and speckled wood, ringlet, comma, Small Tortoiseshel, red admiral.	Bradfield Wood		Trevor Goodfellow
15 Jun	painted lady, red admiral, approx. 12 silver studded blues (males) (photo click here)	Purdis Heath, Ipswich		Robert Brown
15 Jun	1 red admiral, 1 comma,	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
14 Jun	meadow brown, red admiral, holly blue and small tortoiseshell	north west Ipswich		Robert Brown
14 Jun	2 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 30 Meadow Brown, 2 Ringlet, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood, 1 Common Blue	Lower house Fm Newbourne		Will Brame
14 Jun	1 Large Skipper, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Holly Blue, 3 White-letter Hairstreak	Trimley Green		Will Brame
14 Jun	Today between 9.30 and 11.00 am at Wolves Wood RSPB nr Hadleigh, Suffolk, I saw the following:   5 Silver-washed Fritillaries, 26 Speckled Woods, 2 Red Admirals   (SWF photo click here)	Wolves Wood		Richard Mason
14 Jun	I walked the whole track length this morning: 5 Red Admiral, 6 Meadow Brown, 1 Gatekeeper, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Ringlet and a pair of Common Blue.	Brockford Railway	TM129659	Geraldine Smith
14 Jun	Back in our garden in Framlingham Mrs Brimstone seems to be laying more eggs (TM287634) I hadn't realised this happened in summer as well as spring?	Framlingham	TM287634	Geraldine Smith
14 Jun	Silver-washed Fritillary 3 (photo click here), Purple Hairstreak 1, Red Admiral 1, Comma 1, Speckled Wood 4, Meadow Brown 1, Ringlet 1	Wolves Wood		Richard Perryman
14 Jun	Landguard in the morning and not much to start with.  Late morning: Essex Skipper (photo click here), Small Skipper (photo click here), meadow brown, ringlet, common blue, small tortoiseshell.  And lots of Small Heath.  Five-spot burnet and cinnabar also noted.	Landguard		Trevor Goodfellow
14 Jun	Pakenham wood: late afternoon visit - one Silver-washed Fritillary (photo click here) and comma	Pakenham wood		Trevor Goodfellow
14 Jun	We saw a White Admiral (photo click here) plus 20 Speckled Wood, 3 Red Admiral and a Common Blue in glorious sunshine.	Dunwich Forest		David and Lilian Pitt
13 Jun	1 holly blue	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
13 Jun	Saw 13 Small Heaths in two separate locations plus a very worn Common Blue, 2 Meadow Brown, 2 Speckled Wood, a Small Tortoiseshell and a Painted Lady. (Visited Westleton Common again on the way home to see the many Silver-studded Blues again. While there, we heard two Nightingales and saw a Turtle Dove.)	Minsmere		David and Lilian Pitt
13 Jun	this morning: Common Blue 2m, 1f.; Red Admiral 1; Comma 1; Speckled Wood 2; Small Heath 9; Meadow Brown 56	Henney Field Chilton		Martin Peers
13 Jun	Ringlet	SWT Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
13 Jun	Brimstone & Holly Blue	Spring Wood		David Walsh
13 Jun	Red Admiral	Kiln Meadow		David Walsh
13 Jun	Meadow Brown, Comma, Speckled Wood, Ringlet, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Holly Blue & Small Tortoiseshell	Belstead Brook Park
13 Jun	Explosion of Small Tortoiseshell today in my garden (10+). Also a few red admiral around	Lowestoft		Richard Martin
13 Jun	Encountered and sighted today my first Ringlet butterfly of the year basking in full sun on bramble leaves as well as two meadow browns, two large skippers, one small skipper and a male Brimstone butterfly. Private land	near Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey
13 Jun	Currently in the wood on a reccy and lo, just spied  a single Silver-washed Fritillary - the earliest I've  seen here since they made a comeback (and the earliest we have on the website).  No WA as yet as the sun has vanished.	Pakenham Wood		Mike Dean
13 Jun	White-letter Hairstreak flying today at usual site.  Attached photo digiscoped (click here)  Also Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth feeding on Honeysuckle at same site.	Dunwich forest	TM458718	Patrick Frew
12 Jun	On the south side of the common there were 50++ Silver-studded Blues both male and female.  A truly glorious sight.  Also saw 5 Small Heaths on the north side of the common but no Silver-studded Blues there. (Photo click here)	Westleton Common		David and Lilian Pitt
12 Jun	Encountered and sighted today three large Skipper butterflies, one small skipper butterfly, two meadow Brown's,one very tatty winged small copper feeding from common storksbill flowers ,two small tortoiseshells and two red admiral butterflies  feeding from bramble flowers as well as basking in the morning sun. Private land	near Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey.
12 Jun	Large Skipper 2 males; Common Blue male; Painted Lady 1, Red Admiral 2, Small Tortoiseshell 4, Speckled Wood 10, Meadow Brown 16, Small Heath 4 (Also noted: Scarce Chaser dragonfly, male)	Arger Fen/Leavenheath	TL9335	Martin Peers
12 Jun	Large Skipper 1, Comma 1, Red Admiral 2, Small Tortoiseshell 8, Meadow Brown 10 (also 1 male Scarce Chaser)	Bures to Smallbridge Hall	TL9233	Martin Peers
11 Jun	A number of species found during the Bio Blitz;   Green Hairstreak, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Red Admiral, Comma (inc larvae), Large Skipper, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Brimstone and whites.	KIln Meadow		Kev ling
11 Jun	A quick walk in SWT Blackbourn Valley reserve to check on a rare micro moth (commophila aeneana) and found four.  Also Red admiral, mating brown argus, meadow brown, large skipper. Small tortoiseshell, speckled wood.  (photos click here)	Blackbourn Valley		Trevor Goodfellow
11 Jun	Lots of Small Heath Butterflies despite the strong wind (photos click here)	SWT Hen Reedbeds		Robert Quadling
11 Jun	Single Large Skipper (photo click here).	Ickworth Park	TL813616	Alan Adkins
11 Jun	Seen in the garden of Clapgate Lane; 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth, 1 small tortoiseshell	Ipswich	IP3	Karen Child
11 Jun	1st sighting this year Hummingbird Hawk Moth on verbena, 1st sighting Admiral resting on pond wall, 1st sighting EVER Elephant Hawk Moth on honeysuckle outside my back door at 10.20pm	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
10 Jun	1 Speckled Wood flying past	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
10 Jun	Seen in the garden of Leggatt Drive 1 small tortoiseshell	Bramford	IP8	Karen Child
10 Jun	SBBC Event Salcey Forest, Northants   Weather forecasts in the preceding days didn’t look encouraging but Saturday turned out fine and dry, so the meeting went ahead.  17 Wood Whites counted on the rides to the north and south of the Horsebox car park, and a limited number of other species: 10 Red Admirals, 12 Speckled Wood, a male and a female Brimstone, and a female Orange-tip.  Invited into the Ranger’s garden for a lengthy inspection of the blackthorn, which proved unsuccessful for Black Hairstreak.	Salcey Forest, Northants		Peter Maddison
10 Jun	Saw a good range of butterflies enjoying the woodland rides and heathland including Small Heath (many), Meadow Brown, Specked Wood (1), Comma (1), Red Admiral (1) and a single Green Hairstreak (photo click here)	Knettishall Heath	TL 951803	Alan Adkins
10 Jun	Silver-studded Blues (photos click here)	Purdis Heath		Steve Babbs
10 Jun	Six-spot Burnet Moth only sene one today (photo click here)	SWT Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
10 Jun	190 Small Tortoiseshell,  44 Meadow Brown, 43 Large Skipper (photos click here),  8 Red Admiral,  5 Painted Lady, 2 Peacock,  1 Large White	Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
10 Jun	3 Small Heath, 1 Green Hairstreak ,5 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Meadow Brown,2 Small White	Landguard butts		Will Brame
9 Jun	20+ Red Admirals around central Ipswich today	central Ipswich		Bill Stone
9 Jun	This morning at Chillesford Forest we found 1 Meadow Brown (M), 5 Speckled Woods, 8 Painted Ladies, and 21 Red Admirals.  Also, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser (F), 1 Black-tailed Skimmer (M), 1 Banded Demoiselle (M),   2  Blue-tailed Damselflies and countless Small/Azure Damselflies – many mating – but too flighty to verify positive ID.	Chillesford Forest	TM3952	Jenny & Gary Plank
9 Jun	Meadow Brown	Landguard
8 Jun	1st Comma this year sitting on verbena	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
8 Jun	1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth	Landguard		Will Brame
8 Jun	1 Green Hairstreak, 6 Holly Blue, 3 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Common Blue, 1 Small White, 1 Large White	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
8 Jun	Mostly cloudy but delighted to see 2 Speckled Wood twirling together on the edge of the copse.  Also 2 Red Admirals in the same area.  Last year this area was poor probably due to over zealous strimming, hopefully this year will be different.	Brockford Railway	TM129659	Geraldine Smith
6 Jun	42 Red Admirals, 1 Peacock,1 Painted Lady this morning (photos click here)	Kingsfleet		Will Brame
5 Jun	Hornet moth in Mildenhall Suffolk, sorry the pic isn't clearer. (photo click here)	Mildenhall		Luke Stacey
5 Jun	Silver-studded Blues were flying in reasonably good numbers on Westleton Heath today (photos click here), along with 2 Small Copper.	Westleton Heath		Alan Adkins
4 Jun	1 holly blue	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
4 Jun	Painted lady	Slaughden River footpath		steve fryett
4 Jun	My first large skipper and meadow brown of the year today also painted lady orange tip and speckled wood	Bobby Wood		Nathaniel Cant
4 Jun	One Painted Lady made a brief visit to our Bury St Edmunds garden this morning, followed by a Red Admiral.    .	Bury St Edmunds		Rob Parker
4 Jun	Along the River Deben at Melton this morning there were one Painted Lady, one Large White and two Red Admirals.	River Deben at Melton	TM 282500	Jenny & Gary Plan
4 Jun	3 Small Heath, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell on the heath this afternoon.	Westleton Heath		David and Lilian Pitt
4 Jun	Visited Blaxhall Heath this morning before the clouds built up in the hope of seeing a early Silver-Studded Blue or Two. I was not disappointed with the following observed: x31 Males and x3 Females Silver-Studded Blue. As well as these SSB's I also saw x1 Small Heath; x3 Small Coppers; x1 Red Admiral; x1 Green Hairstreak (Nice surprise) and x2 Painted Ladys	Blaxhall Heath		Paul Fishe
4 Jun	2 Silver-studded Blue, 1 Painted Lady and 4 Green Hairstreaks.	Purdis Heath, Ipswich		Sam Chamberlin
4 Jun	111 Painted Lady counted this morning in Felixstowe Ferry gardens mostly on valerian. Also Small Torts in off sea	Felixstowe Ferry		Bill Stone
4 Jun	4 Dingy Skippers found along the Wordwell ride in King's Forest this am; Also Large Skipper 1 (my first of 2017), Meadow Brown 2 (also my first of 2017), Brimstone 2, Small Copper 4, Small Heath 7, Common Blue 25+, Brown Argus 2, Small Tortoiseshell 3, Red Admiral 1, Speckled Wood 3, Orange Tip 1,    12 sp of butterfly inc my first Meadow Brown & Large Skipper of '17 (photos click here)			David Walsh
4 Jun	Large Skipper (2) and Meadow Brown (3) were also seen at ‘The Sink’ at Redgrave and Lopham Fen	Redgrave and Lopham Fen	TM044790	David Walsh
4 Jun	Encountered and sighted today three Large skipper butterflies all basking in the morning sun upon bramble leaves and one male Brown Argus butterfly feeding from common storks bill flowers, a very ragged looking individual with torn wings. Private land	near Orwell country park.		Daniel Cable-Davey.
4 Jun	Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady. Small Copper		NR34 8ED	Glynn Buck
4 Jun	A walk around Witnesham yesterday afternoon, several butterflies about including:- Female Common Blue next to River Fynn meadows   Also numerous Speckled Wood	Witnesham	TM181505	Paul Gilson
4 Jun	A walk around Witnesham yesterday afternoon, several butterflies about including:-  Small Heath, Meadow Brown and 2 male common blues at edge of hayfield  Also numerous Speckled Wood	Witnesham	TM180512	Paul Gilson
3 Jun	1 large white, 1 peacock, 1 speckled wood	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
3 Jun	Just to report that a Clouded Yellow - a pale firm almost certainly 'helice' was seen avidly feeding on valerian this afternoon in our front garden -  a first in some 35 years here! (photo click here)	Ixworth		Mike Dean
3 Jun	Butterflies Recorded, 2 Large White, 1 Small White, 6 Peacock, 1 Common Blue, 73 Small Tortoiseshell, 24 Red Admiral, 2 Wall Brown, 9 Painted Lady, 13 Large Skipper, 12 Meadow Brown.	Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
3 Jun	Great to see male Silver-studded Blues on Westleton Common nr RSPB Minsmere this pm, my earliest ever. (photos click here)	Westleton Common		David Walsh
3 Jun	Several Painted Lady seen flying around the blossom on our Barningham garden hedge on 1st & 2nd June2 Jun	Barningham	TL9676	John Light
2 Jun	Wall Brown x 3   Small Tortoiseshell - approx. 20	SWT Carlton Marshes		Debbie Broom
2 Jun	1 speckled wood, 1 large white, 1 brimstone, 1 holly blue	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
2 Jun	Large Skipper 2, Brimstone 1, Small Copper 1, Red Admiral 1, Painted Lady 2, Small Tortoiseshell 1, Speckled Wood 3	Chantry Park, Ipswich		Richard Perryman
2 Jun	3 male Silver-studded Blue seen on Ipswich site,along with egg-laying Green Hairstreak & a lovely singing Woodlark	Ipswich		Matt Berry
2 Jun	At home in Thurston I spotted a humming bird hawk moth (photo click here). Only yesterday I saw one at brandon along with broad bordered bee hawk.	Thurston		Trevor goodfellow
1 Jun	1 small tortoiseshell	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
1 Jun	Silver-studded Blue now flying in Suffolk, first report received from Westleton area	Westleton		Bill Stone
1 Jun	One of three Painted Lady butterflies on Boules Mauves in the last hour here in SE Suffolk (photo click here)	Trimley St Mary		Bill Stone
1 Jun	Nice morning, still hoping the Iberian Chiffchaff will reappear, but a Clouded Yellow was my first in a while (photo click here)	Landguard Observatory		David Walsh
May	SS ES LS DS SWT CY B LW SW GVW OT GH PH WLH BH SC SSB BA CB HB CHB LTB WA RA PL ST P C SWF LT PE CMB SPW WB GR GK MB R SH MW- Total species seen 18
31 May	Chilly morning but saw Small Heath, Brown Argus, Common Blue, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral and Peacock butterflies.	RSPB Minsmere		David and Lilian Pitt
31 May	My first Meadow Brown of the year on the North Wall (photo click here)	RSPB Minsmere		Charles Cuthbert
29 May	The Buddleia alternifolia worked its magic again and was rarely without an attendant: Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell or Painted lady (with 3PL at one time) Something to recommend to the plantsmen at Helmingham next year perhaps (photo click here)	Theberton		Andrew Leng
29 May	SBBC Event - Stand at Plant Heritage Fair, Helmingham Hall - Two butterfly walks around the grounds saw several Common Blues and a Small Copper.  The volunteers on the stand were kept busy answering questions about plants to grow, the state of butterflies and the best places to see butterflies in Suffolk (larger photo here)	Helmingham Hall
29 May	1 large white	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
28 May	At 3.45. pm. whilst walking along the footpath beside the Little Ouse approx. 200ft from Santon Downham bridge towards Brandon, I saw a Broad-bordered Bee Hawk nectaring on Comfrey.  I do not know who the Suffolk moth recorder is so I hope you will pass on this sighting to the person concerned. (photo click here)	Santon Downham		Kevin Wilson
28 May	Female Green Hairstreak egg-laying on gorse at Newbourne Springs today. (Photo click here)	Newbourne Springs		Steve Aylward
28 May	Encountered again today another Large Skipper butterfly resting upon a bramble leaf suning itself with its wings wide open and it was a male, and my first of the year Painted Lady butterfly as well resting in the full sun on bare ground. Private land	near Orwell Country Park.		Daniel Cable-Davey
27 May	First garden record of Green Hairstreak in the garden this year was May 23rd; on May 27th a pair was seen in cop.			Bill Plumb
27 May	Green Hairstreaks enjoying very sunny conditions (some on Buckthorn) at Southwold this afternoon (photos click here)	Southwold		Charles Cuthbert
27 May	Through Westleton Heath.11 species today, several Peacock, Red Admiral, Small Heath, Small Copper, plus one each of Brimstone, Green Hairstreak, Common Blue, Speckled Wood, Small and Large White and Orange-tip	Westleton Heath		Rob and Libby Johnson
27 May	Recorded Butterflies,  16 Wall Browns, 1 Holly blue, 9 Common Blue, 3 Green-veined White, 3 Large White 3 Small White, 1 Large Skipper, 2 Painted Lady, 1 Comma, 10 Peacock, 38 Red Admiral.	Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
27 May	Painted Lady seen feeding on Valerian in the garden -	Shotley Gate	TM2434	Ian Peters
26 May	SBBC Event - Dingy Skipper Survey - Barnham Cross Common  Today’s walk focussed on the area of heathland and common grazing area either side of the A134 just south of Thetford.  This was an area where Dingy Skipper had occurred in the past but for which few recent records existed.  As four of us assembled in the car park incredibly a single Dingy Skipper was seen on the ground in front of us and then almost stood on!  It was seen briefly before flying through the tree line and out onto the heath within the grounds of RAF Barnham camp.  This is likely to be a wanderer from one of the colonies that exist within the camp grounds albeit some 250m away.  Following this exciting start, we then moved onto the eastern side of the heath close to the Little Ouse River and enjoyed sightings of dragonflies and damselflies.  Species seen included: Banded and Beautiful Demoiselle, Hairy Hawker, Broad-bodied Chaser and Blue-tailed Damselfly.  Walking back over the heath revealed numerous butterflies with Brimstone, Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Peacock, Common Blue, Small Copper and Small Heath all seen.  No Dingy Skippers were seen but we were kept busy with look-alikes in the shape of Mother Shipton and Burnet Companion moths.  Crossing back over the A134 to the main heathland and common we undertook a circular walk finding several new species for the day in the form of Holly Blue, Large White, Orange-tip, Speckled Wood and Green Hairstreak.  Unfortunately, no more Dingy Skippers were found but the single record was an important one.  Final butterfly list: Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Large White, Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Green Hairstreak, Small Copper, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Peacock, Speckled Wood and Small Heath.	Barnham Cross Common		Bill Stone,  Suffolk Butterfly Recorder
26 May	A Wall butterfly (photos click here)	Carlton Marshes		Mary Smith
26 May	A long walk in each direction did not throw up any wall browns or anything much except on the return from the northern Martello tower at least 15 x common blues (photos click here), 1 x small copper, 2 x peacock, 2 x red admiral and a flypast of something brown.  All the female blues were different in some way, either enlarged spots, all blue, blue with full orange border or a variation on all three things.  Drinker moth caterpillar and Hairy dragonfly also noted.	Bawdsey		Trevor Goodfellow
26 May	Brimstone this morning.	Stoke-by-Nayland		Ed Hutchings
25 May	1 common blue ( first time ever seeing one of these )	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
25 May	Green-veined White 2, Small Copper, Common Blue 2, Painted Lady 5, Small Heath 3	North Warren		Richard Perryman
25 May	Meadow Browns now on the wing	Landseer Park, Ipswich
25 May	between 12.30pm to 1pm:  2 Green-veined White, 5 Large White, 1 Peacock, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue.	Ellough Industrial Estate Beccles	TM4488	Robert Quadling
25 May	Painted Lady, Small Copper	Brightwell	TM 24992 42807	Dave Pearsons
25 May	A few more butterflies from today: Small Copper, Small Heath and Common Blues, male & female (photos click here)	Sizewell		Charles Cuthbert
25 May	Encountered and sighted today my first Large Skipper butterflies of the year that were actually mating at the time among elder leaves, both male and female Brimstone butterflies feeding from dandelion flowers two small copper butterflies basking in the full sun on bare ground and many mother shipton moths amongst long meadow foxtail grass	near Orwell coutry park		Daniel Cable-Davey.
24 May	1 holly blue, 1 brimstone	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
24 May	Encountered today my first two Small Skipper butterflies of the year in full sun basking upon bramble leaves	near Orwell coutry park		Daniel Cable-Davey.
24 May	SBBC Event - Dingy Skipper Survey-- Kings Forest (Archery and Wordwell)  Today’s walk explored the Archery Ranges within the central part of the eastern Kings Forest and the Wordwell area in the south.  The weather was superb, very warm with bright sunshine and a light south-westerly wind.  Our group of four walked through the archery rides and despite the recent forest operations we soon found our first Dingy Skippers.  The whole site and surrounding rides were carefully explored and by the time we finished a total of 32 Dingy Skippers had been counted.  Thankfully, the forest was quiet in respect of ongoing forestry work and so we were able to head south to explore the Wordwell Ride and areas of clear-fell nearby.  Dingy Skippers were soon located and a thorough check of the area added another 17 Dingy Skippers to the day count.  On conclusion of the walk, a total of 49 Dingy Skippers were recorded which is a superb number.  On a couple of occasions, male and female Dingy Skippers were observed in courtship flight and so were, hopefully, on the way to producing the next generation.  In addition to Dingy Skipper another 14 species of butterflies were recorded: Brimstone, Small White, Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Green Hairstreak, Small Copper, Brown Argus, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Peacock, Speckled Wood and Small Heath).  Several day-flying moths were also enjoyed during the walk including Cinnabar, Latticed Heath, Common Heath, Mother Shipton, Burnet Companion and the migrant, Silver-Y.  In addition, to the butterflies and moths we also enjoyed some wonderful bird song and also a close-encounter with a large Grass Snake!	Kings Forest (Archery and Wordwell)		Bill Stone,  Suffolk Butterfly Recorder
24 May	Small Heath I think? 1 today, 4 yesterday, (photo click here)	Haverhill Research Park		Duncan FletcherBrown
23 May	3 holly blue, 1 small white	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
23 May	Four Wall Brown seen in morning.	SWT Carlton Marshes		Ed Hutchings
23 May	Wall x 6, on bare footpath alongside Oulton broad (photo click here), peacock x 4, red admiral x 3, small copper x 1, large white x 1, small tortoiseshell x 1, painted lady x 1 and a few tortoiseshell caterpillars.  Scarce chaser, hairy dragonfly, common blue, large red, blue tailed and azure damsels also noted.	SWT Carlton marshes		Trevor Goodfellow
23 May	Saw a Painted Lady Butterfly outside Glade school.	Brandon		grahamhersey
23 May	Enjoyable day in Suffolk Brecks looking for Dingy Skipper.  Several private sites visited but sadly no DS.  However, 1 site had 75+ Common Blue (photo click here)	Suffolk Brecks		Bill Stone,  Suffolk Butterfly Record
23 May	Encountered today one Red Admiral butterfly basking amongst nettles,one Green Hairstreak butterfly as well as a pair of speckled wood butterflies flying through a woodland glade and a single small white butterfly feeding from Dog rose Flowers. Private land	near Orwell coutry park		Daniel Cable-Davey.
22 May	1 male orange tip, 2 holly blue, 2 small white, 1 brimstone, 3 large white	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
22 May	This is where the next (summer) brood of Common Blue butterflies begins (photo click here).  Very good numbers (30+) of Common Blues in the dunes at Sizewell today, most favouring Oxeye Daisies	Sizewell		Charles Cuthbert
22 May	A couple of Painted Ladies seen whilst out surveying	east Ipswich		Greenwings
22 May	2 Common Blues, 2 red Admirals, 1 Holly blue, 1 speckled wood, 2 large whites, 3 orange tips	Bonds meadow lowestoft		B.O.B education
22 May	15 red admiral	bramford picnic site		Matt
22 May	6 Brown Argus, 6 Common Blue, 3 Small Copper, 1 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Orange Tips plus many Cinnabar Moths.	LOund Lakes		David and Lilian Pitt
22 May	15 Holly Blues, 4 Speckled Wood, 5 Small White, 1 Green- veined White	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
22 May	SBBC Event - Dingy Skipper Survey-  The first of the planned surveys took place in bright sunshine and warm temperatures and was in complete contrast to the grim weather experienced in previous years.  Our group of nine walked Chalk Lane in the Kings Forest in an easterly direction, finding 4 Dingy Skippers, before turning north after 500m.  Here we took a northerly ride before taking another ride east.  This ride looked very promising and very soon we found a further 8 Dingy Skippers as we continued to walk east.  After approximately 1 km we took a southerly ride and re-joined Chalk Lane this time heading back in a westerly direction seeing another 4 Dingy Skippers.  As well as a final total of 16 Dingy Skippers the group also recorded another 15 species of butterflies (Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Green Hairstreak, Small Copper, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Peacock, Comma, Speckled Wood and Small Heath).  The Common Blues were freshly emerged males in pristine condition and several “dog-fights” were witnessed between this species and the feisty Small Coppers and immaculate (and numerous) Small Heaths.  The Green Hairstreaks were the first of the year for many of the group and it was good to see many Orange-tips including some females egg laying on Garlic-mustard.  A few high flying Painted Lady butterflies passed through at speed, whereas, the Red Admirals were showing the nettle beds close attention although none were seen to lay eggs.  Numerous species of day-flying moths were found including the two species sometimes confused with Dingy Skippers namely, Mother Shipton and Burnet companion	Chalk Lane		Bill Stone,  Suffolk Butterfly Recorder
22 May	5 Walls in the churchyard.  Very exciting to see as haven’t seen any there for a few years. (Photo click here). Also saw Comma and Red Admiral.	Somerleyton Churchyard		David and Lilian Pitt
22 May	1 Wall Brown plus 6 Holly Blue.	Somerleyton Station		David and Lilian Pitt
21 May	1 Small White	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
21 May	With @Leostoff sighting of a Meadow Brown Butterfly we now have 15 species seen on reserve	SWT Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
21 May	(Saw my first Suffolk Wall browns (2) for a number of years at Carlton marshes, Suffolk this pm. Also Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Small Copper, Painted lady	Carlton marshes		Neil Sherman
21 May	Painted lady on my Hebe in the garden in Haverhill today	Haverhill		Duncan FletcherBrown
21 May	Small Copper and at least 3 Painted Ladies around Sea Kale flowers on the beach at Sizewell today	Sizewell		Charles Cuthbert
21 May	2 Green hairstreaks Gunton Warren, Brimstone Gunton disused r'track (north end) 2 Painted ladies. Kingfisher family heard Gunton hall lake area	Gunton		James Wright
21 May	Wow what a transect today at North Warren. 4 Small Heath, 12 common blue, 14 green hairstreak, 14 Small coppers, 5 peacock, 2 Green Veined White, 1 small tort, 1 comma, 5 red admiral, 4 speckled wood	North Warren.		B.O.B education.
20 May	1 brimstone	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
20 May	Of five Small Coppers seen on a  short length of track on Upper Hollesley Common  one was of the form caeruleo-punctata. (photos click here)	Upper Hollesley Common		Bill Plumb
20 May	Species seen on early morning walk through park. Holly Blue x 12, Orange Tip x 3 (m&f), Red Admiral x 3, Peacock x 5, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood, Green Veined White, Small White. Azure Damselfly also seen.	Holywells Park		Kev Ling
20 May	Lovely walk around Carlton Marshes today, saw 3 Walls, 14 Peacock & 1 Green-veined White	Carlton Marshes		B.O.B education
20 May	Painted Lady today at Herringfleet Smock Mill.  Also single peacock, 100's Red Admiral Caterpillars, 1 drinker moth caterpillar	Herringfleet		Richard Martin
20 May	One each of Green Hairstreak and Painted Lady at Gunton Warren clifftops this afternoon.	Gunton Warren		James Wright
20 May	34 Peacock,  2 Large White,  34 Red Admiral,  1 Green-veined White,  1 Orange Tip,  6 Small Tortoiseshell,  2 Painted Lady,  3 Wall Browns,  1 Brimstone,  2 Small Copper.	Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
20 May	Well its taken me nearly 3 years and a lot of miles but I finally managed to see a Wall again in SE Suffolk- 3 males on Sudbourne Marshes. (photo click here)	Sudbourne Marshes		Bill Stone
20 May	First UK Painted lady for me (already seen abroad this yr) in garden.  Also Green Hairstreak, Common Blue m+f	Purdis Farm		Neil Sherman
20 May	2+ Painted Lady, 2 Wall, Small Copper this morning	Carlton Marshes		Andrew Easton
18 May	1 large white, 1 Holly Blue	Ipswich	TM184424	Karen Child
18 May	My first Small White this year (photo click here), only Red Admiral and Peacock showed and Orange tips, all at home in Thurston gives me 19 species total	Thurston		Trevor Goodfellow
18 May	Three Green Hairstreak on tall gorse alongside track near Walberswick recreation ground this morning, sunny.  Small Copper further along.  All in all a very enjoyable walk.	Walberswick		Kim Randall
18 May	Green Hairstreak, 1 Common Blue, 2 Brown Argus 1, Small Copper 4, Small Heath 3, Peacock 1, Cinnabar 2	North Warren		Chris Lansdell
18 May	7 Wall Browns! (photo click here) 12 Peacocks, 1 Orange-tip, 4 Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral & Painted Lady	Carlton Marshes		B.O.B education
18 May	Painted Lady (well worn) this morning	Lound Lakes		Gavin Durrant
17 May	First Painted Lady of the year in Chattisham. Good specimen.	Chattisham	IP8 3QQ	Peter Woolley
17 May	1 Painted Lady, 5 Common Blue, 1 Small White, 1 Large White, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Marbled Clover	Landguard		Will Brame
17 May	Painted lady in garden.	Halesworth		John Baker
16 May	Two Painted Lady (photo click here) this afternoon.	East Lane, Bawdsey		Margie & David Carter
16 May	A Painted Lady in our garden today.  We didn't see one last year and this is more than a month earlier than the first in 2015.	Flowton	TM 085470	Rob Clements
16 May	Green Hairstreak, Peacock, Small & Green-veined White, Common Blue, Speckled Wood & Small Copper all before 8:3	Sizewell		SWT Coastal warden
16 May	Our first garden Holly Blue today	Kesgrave	TM2345	Gary & Jenny Plank
15 May	Moth trap is only just starting to show results: Poplar Hawkmoth (photo click here), Brindled Pug, Common Swift, Scalloped Hazel, Treble Lines, Muslin, Maiden's Blush, Pale Tussock and Sycamore.  Only 43 species this year so far.	Thurston		Trevor Goodfellow
15 May	Painted Lady	Landguard		Will Brame
14 May	Painted Lady 3	Landguard		Will Brame
14 May	Butterfly transect at Elveden Center Parc, Halfway round, highlights a singing Firecrest and a Painted Lady butterfly	Elveden Center Parc		grahamhersey
14 May	time 3.30pm to 6 pm , 3 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral,  22 Peacock,  1 Large White,  1 Small White,  5 Holly Blue,  1 Orange Tip,  10 Small Tortoiseshell,  3 Wall Brown.	Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
14 May	2 Green Hairstreaks and a slow worm today.	Purdis Heath		Steve Babbs
14 May	Granted access to the RAF Barnham Training Area for the annual Dingy Skipper Count, Bill & Rob had a productive visit, seeing a total of 19 Dingy Skippers, flying in 3 different tetrads.  11 species in total: Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Orange-tip, Large White, Green-veined White, Small Copper, Holly Blue, Green Hairstreak, Peacock, Red Admiral, Small Heath, flying in the bright spells 10:45 to 13:30.	RAF Barnham	TL 8580, 8680 & 8579.	Bill Stone, Rob Parker.
14 May	1 Common Blue, 3 Holly Blue, 3 Small Copper, 2 Large White, 2 Green veined White, 10 L r Damselfly, 1 Epichnopterix Plumella	Landguard butts		Will Brame
13 May	1 Painted Lady	Landguard		Matthew Deans
13 May	Recorded Butterflies ,1 Peacock,1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood.	SWT Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
12 May	Butterflies Recorded  between 12.30 pm to 1pm, 2 Holly Blue, 2 Orange Tip	Ellough Industrial Estate Beccles		Robert Quadling
12 May	Green Hairstreak, 3 Red Admiral and Comma at this evening	Thorpeness		Scott Mayson
12 May	2 Red Admiral, 1 Small Copper, 4 Green Veined White, 1 Green Hairstreak	Felixstowe ferry		Will Brame
12 May	Dozens of Red Admiral around the Orford and Sudbourne areas of Suffolk.  String of 18 seen to come in off the sea at Slaughden, Aldeburgh.	Orford to Aldeburgh		Bill Stone
12 May	Nice afternoon checking spots for Wall on Suffolk east coast.  Sadly, no sightings but my first Common Blue of the year and 11 other sp			Bill Stone
12 May	7 Green Hairstreaks, 2 Red Admirals, 3 Large White, 2 Small White, 7 Holly Blues	Landguard obs		Will Brame
11 May	Brimstone at Halesworth lunch time,	Halesworth		Scott Mayson
11 May	I witnessed another rubi pairing in our garden (photo click here)	Newton		Dean Morley
11 May	Orange-tip at leat 20 m and 20 f, Peacock 4, Red Admiral 1	Lackford Lakes		Richard Perryman
11 May	2 Small Heath, 2 Green-veined White, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Small Copper, 1 female Muslin Moth (photos click here)	Tiger Hill LNR Assington	TL 927 357	Sam Chamberlin
10 May	We had a Wall Brown	Carlton Marshes		SWT Broads Warden
10 May	Several fresh Small Coppers flying, along with a Brimstone and Peacock	Martlesham common Nature Reserve (Tesco)		Kev Ling
10 May	Red Admiral 2, Green-veined White 2, Holly Blue 1, Orange-tip 2, Peacock 1, Small Tortoiseshell 1	Sluice Farm Kirton		Will Brame
10 May	Orange-tip 4, Speckled Wood 6, Holly Blue 8, Green Hairstreak 4, Green-veined White 5, Large White 2, Small White 3	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
10 May	Holly Blue nr Debenhams,Ipswich!!!  +2 Small White, Holly Blue & Large White in my Ipswich garden today	Ipswich		Dave Pearsons
10 May	Two Green Haistreaks, later to become a mating pair, seen in our garden today, in Newton, Suffolk. 1st ever in this location	Newton		Dean Morley
10 May	Lots of butterflies around today. 4 large white in the garden and 21 peacock & 11 Small tortoiseshells	carlton marshes		B.O.B education
10 May	Really pleased to see a single Green Hairstreak sunning itself on a large stand of gorse on the north side of Wortham Ling near Diss	Wortham Ling		Sue Sidle
10 May	Encountered today my first green hairstreak butterfly of the year basking amongst nettles, two Holly blues fighting  around brambles, two green veined whites and two brimstone butterflies flying along a mixed hedgerow. Private land	near Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey.
7 May	SBBC Event; Butterfly Walk King's Forest - The weather turned out nicer than expected, so we (7 plus me) saw more than I had anticipated.  We saw 8 species including my first Small Heath of the year.  Everyone happy, especially with being able to watch Orange-tips courting, and then pairing in front of our eyes, and some good Green Hairstreak views at the end of the walk (which was strewn with loads of forestry STAY OUT signs due to felling work, happily not on Sundays).  We just reached the northern edge of the Archery area, which was active.  Although we did not see any Dingy Skippers in the morning, Tony Fox, with his wife Sandy went on to look for Dingy Skipper after we dispersed.  Prospects looked quite good between clouds.  Tony reported back that they saw 8 Dingy Skippers close to the archery area, and one Peacock, bringing the total for the day to 10 species. plus Small White, Green-veined White, Brimstone, Speckled Wood, Small Copper	KIng's Forest		Rob Parker
7 May	4 Green Hairstreak, Small Copper (first of the year), Orange Tip (m&f), Brimstone, Peacock x 10, Comma, Green Veined White	Kiln Meadow/Spring Wood		Kev Ling
7 May	3 Orange Tips	Haughley churchyard		Dave Pearsons
7 May	No sign of any Green Hairstreaks this afternoon but managed to record 3 Small Copper (photo click here), 2 Peacock and 4 Beautiful Yellow Underwing moths.	Purdis Heath		Sam Chamberlin
7 May	1 x Brown Argus (photo click here) and 1 x azure damsel	Lackford lakes		Trevor Goodfellow
7 May	1 x Dingy Skipper (photo click here) beyond archery club.  Towards Brandon side of North Stow 3 x Small Heath 2 x Speckled Wood, Peacock and Orange-tips.  Mother shipton moth also noted.	North Stow		Trevor Goodfellow
6 May	Orange-Tip 5, Holly Blue 15, Green-veined White 8, Small White 6, Large White 3, Speckled  Wood 4, Green Hairstreak 1, Peacock 1	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
6 May	Butterflies recorded   50 Peacocks, 1 Orange Tip, 7 Green-veined White, 15 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Holy Blue, 2 Red Admiral	Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
6 May	Had a Small Copper this morning	White Horse Marsh	TM084334	Mark Nowers
5 May	Most of King's Forest seems to be out of bounds due to forestry work, but a short walk proved fruitful when returning to my car.  Green Hairstreak x 7, Small Copper x 2, Peacock x2, Small Heath x 1, Orange-tip x 19, Brimstone x 2.	North Stow		Trevor Goodfellow
4 May	Wall Brown Butterfly	SWT Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
2 May	Saw a female Brimstone laying eggs on an unfurling alder buckthorn we planted which is always rewarding.  The purging buckthorn has been in leaf  for a bit and has eggs on it.  Also Peacock, Orange Tip M& F	Theberton		Andrew Leng
2 May	Encountered today three Speckled Wood butterflies two were fighting in an aerial fighting ball, two Holly Blue butterflies flying amongst brambles, three Large White butterflies all flying up a mixed hedgerow and three individual male Orange-tip butterflies feeding from dandelion flowers and flying amongst gorse and spindle bushes. Private land	near Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey
1 May	I found a sheltered spot with broom bushes in king's forest and found at least three Green Hairstreaks (photo click here) which was my target species.  Very windy and about 12 deg C.	king's forest		Trevor Goodfellow
April	SS ES LS DS SWT CY B LW SW GVW OT GH PH WLH BH SC SSB BA CB HB CHB LTB WA RA PL ST P C SWF LT PE CMB SPW WB GR GK MB R SH MW- Total species seen 17
30 Apr	Between 2.54 pm-3.38 pm. at Lackford Lakes I counted 7+ male Orange-tips, 4 female Orange-tips. 3 Commas. 1 Holly Blue, 1 female Brimstone and 1 Speckled Wood. Also 3 unidentified whites.	Lackford Lakes		Kevin Wilson
30 Apr	Wall Brown (Photo click here)	Near Iken	TM4423954842	Liz Barnett
29 Apr	"I visited the Kings Forest area today (29th) and was amazed at how much forestry work is being carried out throughout the eastern section (east of B106).  Forestry operations will effectively restrict access to key areas for the Dingy Skipper for the foreseeable future and anyone planning a visit to the area will need to adhere to signage in place.  That said I did find 3 Dingy Skippers in the area, my first ever April sightings in Suffolk".	Kings Forest		Bill Stone Suffolk Butterfly Recorder
29 Apr	Green Hairstreaks are on the wing in Spring Wood.  In time for Bank Holiday event			Kevin Ling
29 Apr	15 Small Coppers, 7 Green-veined White, 4 Orange tip, 2 Speckled Wood & 4 Peacock	North Warren		B.O.B education
29 Apr	2 male Brimstones (photo click here), 4 Peacocks, 5 Holly Blue, 2 Speckled Woods, 2 male Orange Tips, 5 whites and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.	Newbourne Springs		Robert Brown
29 Apr	On a circular walk around Rushmere Heath, Foxhall Stadium and Purdis Heath I saw 1 Green Hairstreak, 4 speckled wood, 7 orange tip, 3 small copper, 6 peacock, 10 green veined white, 6 male brimstone, 2 holly blue, 1 small tortoiseshell and 2 comma.	E Ipswich		Patrick Cook
29 Apr	2 Peacock and 1 Green-veined White only today	Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
29 Apr	Green-veined White 2; Orange Tip 2 pairs; Brimstone; Peacock 2	Thorington Street	TM0135	Martin Peers
29 Apr	Encountered today a pair of speckled wood butterflies fighting in an aerial fighting ball and one resting amongst brambles, a male Orange tip butterfly feeding from dandelion flowers and one small white butterfly flying through. Private land near the Orwell country park.	near Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey
28 Apr	Orange Tip male; Small Heath	Brundon	TL863419	Martin Peers
28 Apr	Small Heath seen at Sutton Hoo near viewing platform at 10.15 this morning close to the ground in the cold wind. Also a white.	Sutton Hoo		Stella Wolfe
28 Apr	I would like to report the following sightings along the River Gipping between Needham Lake and Pipps Ford:   3 Small Tortoiseshells, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood, 5 Whites, 2 male Orange Tips.	River Gipping		Robert Brown
26 Apr	Another Small Copper, this one of the 'blue-spotted' form, seen today just before a fierce hailstorm! (photos click here)	Sizewell		Charles Cuthbert
25 Apr	Small Copper on Dandelion flower, Orange Tip	Minsmere		Charles Cuthbert
25 Apr	3 Orange Tip, Large White (first of the year for me), Green Veined White, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue. Not bad for a day that was described as wintery on the news that morning.	Martlesham Heath (by control Tower)		Kev Ling
25 Apr	1 Green Hairstreak new for me here, 3 Holly Blue, 7 Orange-tip, 9 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Large White, 2 Small White, 3 Green-veined White (photos click here)	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
23 Apr	Peacock	Kelsale		Charles Cuthbert
23 Apr	Looking at the Sightings I noticed that no one had reported a Brimstone since 9th April.  At least  one rather nice male has been about here since then when the sun shines.  Today we had Brimstone male, Orange tip male, Peacock and Green veined white.  Also spotted an egg one one of the Buckthorn bushes yesterday.	Theberton	TM446 334	Andrew Leng
23 Apr	Orange-tips. Finest thing about Spring	Belstead Meadows		Kevin
23 Apr	Male & Female Orange Tip, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell and Peacock	Braziers Wood Meadows		Kevin Ling
23 Apr	13 Speckled Wood, 2 Holly Blue, 2 Orange-tip, 3 Green-veined White	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
22 Apr	Female Orange Tip at	SWT Castle Marshes		Antony Wren
22 Apr	Orange-tip 3	Thornham Magna		Deborah Godwin
22 Apr	An incredibly tatty small tortoiseshell & 2 small coppers this morning	Shingle St		Eddie Bathgate
22 Apr	1 Green Hairstreak, 1 Small Copper, 1 Comma, 1 Peacock, 2 Holly Blue, 4 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell	Landguard		Will Brame
22 Apr	1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 9 Peacock, 8 Green-veined White.	SWT Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
22 Apr	Warm and sunny (not expected) I was in the garden as a Holly Blue flew by to settle on a blackcurrent flower.  It then flew on to feed off others, behaviour I had not seen before.	Exning	TL617659	Twm Wade
21 Apr	Peacock being blown by the wind a very fresh Green Hairstreak sheltering from the wind in gorse (photo click here)	Minsmere		Richard Perryman
20 Apr	Small Copper (year first) and 4 Peacock	IGC Ipswich		Neil Sherman
20 Apr	Encountered today one male Orange-tip butterfly, one female Large White butterfly, one Peacock butterfly feeding from bluebell flowers and two Speckled Wood butterflies.  Private land	near Orwell country park.		Daniel Cable-Davey
19 Apr	Red Admiral 1, Holly Blue 1, Speckled Wood 2, Peacock 1, Large White 4, Green-veined White 5, Small White 2	Landguard		Will Brame
19 Apr	Speckled Wood 6, Orange-tip 2, Large White 5, Comma 2, Peacock 5	The Grove		Will Brame
19 Apr	15 Speckled Wood, 1 Peacock, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Green-veined White, 3 Comma, 2 Orange-tip	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
17 Apr	Several Orange Tip including my first females of the year. Also a couple of Commas, Peacocks, Small White and Green-veined White	Belstead Meadows		Kev Ling
17 Apr	A Painted Lady and a Small Tortoiseshell in a sheltered spot at Boyton Marsh this afternoon.	Boyton Marsh		Margie & David Carter
17 Apr	Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Small Tortoiseshell and Comma seen in sunny but cool conditions	Freston	TM1739	Ian Peters
17 Apr	7 Orange-tip (2 female), 2 Speckled Wood, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small White and a Small Copper!  (photos click here)	Lower Ufford		Rab King
16 Apr	Green-veined White; Holly Blue male; Small Tortoiseshell; Red Admiral; Speckled Wood.	Botesdale	TM0575	Martin Peers
16 Apr	Orange Tip, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral (photo click here)	Redgrave & Lopham Fen		Robert Quadling
16 Apr	Two species new for year at Landguard obs 1 Large White 1 very fresh looking Red Admiral also 1 Small Tortoiseshell	Landguard obs		Will Brame
16 Apr	One fresh male Orange Tip, one Small Tortoiseshell one Speckled Wood and three Small Whites	Fynn Valley	TM2047	Jenny & Gary Plank
15 Apr	Orange Tip Small White	East Bergholt		Kev Ling
15 Apr	9 Green Veined Whites, 4 Comma, 13 Peacock, 10 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Speckled Wood.	Carlton Marshes Reserve		Robert Quadling
15 Apr	Found some butterflies! - Several Green Veined Whites, Orange-tips, Small Whites, Speckled Woods and a single Red Admiral around Millennium Wood, Felixstowe	Millennium Wood, Felixstowe		Bill Stone
15 Apr	21 Speckled Wood, 3 Orange-tip, 3 Holly Blue, 1 Large White, 3 each of Small White and Green Veined White	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
14 Apr	20 Green Veined White	Trimley marshes:		Paul Holmes
14 Apr	My first blue of the year: male holly blue.	Blundeston		Richard Martin
14 Apr	Painted Lady just north of Kessingland Sluice	Kessingland		Chris Lansdell
14 Apr	Small Tortoiseshell (2), Orange Tip - male, Green Veined White seen early morning before the cold temperature set in.	Shotley Gate	TM2434	Ian Peters
14 Apr	Mating Speckled Woods in the garden (photo click here) + Holly Blue and Small White			Gi Grieco
14 Apr	First Small Copper (photo click here) at Lackford Lakes.  Also Peacock, Green Veined White, Orange tip.	Lackford Lakes		Trevor Goodfellow
12 Apr	Small White in garden this pm, first for year.  Seems low no's of whites around here (east Ipswich) at the moment	E Ipswich		Neil Sherman
12 Apr	22 Speckled Wood, 2 male Orange-tip, 1 Comma 2, Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Holly Blue	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
11 Apr	2 Orange Tip, 2 Speckled Wood, 2 Holly Blue and a Small White in our garden	Shotley Gate	TM241341	Ian Peters
11 Apr	22 Speckled Wood, 1 female Orange Tip, 2 Comma, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 2 Holly Blue, 6 Small White	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
11 Apr	At least 5 Peacock	Hollesley RSPB		Dave Pearsons
11 Apr	Small Copper Upper Hollesley Common, 1st of yr for m	Upper Hollesley Common		Dave Pearsons
11 Apr	I would like to report the following sightings in my Ipswich garden today:   1 female Orange Tip (photo click here), 2 male Orange Tips, 2 Whites and 1 Peacock.	Ipswich		Robert Brown
9 Apr	Brimstone, Orange-tip, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock and Small Copper this morning at Icklingham Plains,	Icklingham Plains		Rob Parker
9 Apr	Holly Blue and Comma back home later. Making 8 species in today’s gorgeous weather.	Burt St Edmnds		Rob Parker
9 Apr	A two-hour walk at Sizewell Belts today, butterflies seen as follows: Brimstone 3 (photo), Orange-tip 3, Green-veined White 12+ including a pair mating (photo), Holly Blue 1, Speckled Wood 1 (photo), Small Tortoiseshell 1, Comma 2, Peacock 4 (photos click here)	Sizewell Belts		Charles Cuthbert
9 Apr	1 Green Veined White, 2 Whites, 1 Peacock, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 1 male Brimstone.	Landguard Point, Felixstowe		Robert Brown
9 Apr	4 Holly Blue, 3 Peacocks, 3 male Orange-tips, 4 Whites, 1 Speckled Wood and 2 male Brimstones.	Newbourne Springs, Newbourne		Robert Brown
9 Apr	An hour spent in our Stowmarket garden late afternoon produced, Orange-tip, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue and a Small White.	Stowmarket		Margie & David Carter
9 Apr	Male Orange-tip, Speckled Wood today bringing my garden list to 8 for 2017. Small Tortoiseshell	Ipswich		Dave Pearsons
9 Apr	Speckled Wood in the garden today, also Holly Blue and Orange-tip	Woodbridge		Scott Mayson
9 Apr	7 Speckled Wood, 1 Comma, 2 Peacock, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Small White and 1 Orange-tip in Golden Wood and wildflower meadow,	Shotley		Ian Peters
9 Apr	First Orange-tip male of the year for me today at Shotley Gate	Shotley Gate		Ian Peters
9 Apr	Orange-tip (f), Holly Blue, Speckled Wood 2	SW Ipswich		Richard Perryman
9 Apr	Had a walk along old railway line to East Town Park, 2xBrimstone, 2xSpeckled Wood, Orange Tip and a Peacock	Haverhill		Duncan FletcherBrown
9 Apr	Encountered today two fighting Speckled Wood butterflies fighting in their distinctive fighting ball and one fresh vibrant Comma butterfly.	near Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey
8 Apr	1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Small White and 1 Peacock	Freston	TM1839	Ian Peters
8 Apr	A short walk in Kelsale village centre late morning today, butterflies seen as follows: Orange Tip: males (4) all very mobile; female (1), the latter egg-laying on Garlic Mustard along the Fromus river (photos click here) Small Tortoiseshell 2, Peacock 1, Brimstone 2 males, one chased off by a male Orange Tip following a short 'duel' over a patch of Forget-me-not	Kelsale		Charles Cuthbert
8 Apr	16 Speckled Wood, 4 Peacock, 3 Comma, 6 Small White	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
8 Apr	Peacock 12, Comma 6, Brimstone 2, Orange-tip 3 (my ffy) this afternoon.  1 Light orange underwing moth seen at ground level taking in moisture from soft mud on edge of pond	Wolves Wood, Hadleigh		Neil Sherman
8 Apr	First ever Orange-Tip in the garden today along with Brimstone, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood & Small White	Ipswich		Gi Grieco
8 Apr	157 Peacocks, 40 Small Tortoiseshells, 4 Green-Veined White,  3 Large White, 2 Holly Blue,  6 Comma.	SWT Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
8 Apr	In our Newton garden today I've just seen two more of my firsts for 2017: A Green-Veined White and a Comma	Newton		Dean Morley
8 Apr	Many sightings today,several Peacocks plus 1 Comma, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper at Hollesley Marshes and Upper Hollesley Common	Hollesley		Rob Johnson
8 Apr	First male Orange Tip this afternoon on the edge of Kesgrave Wood	Kesgrave Wood	TM2345)	Gary Plank
8 Apr	Brimstone 1 female; Speckled Wood 1	Sudbury	TL8841	Martin Peers
7 Apr	Centred on Sluice farm Kirton S Wood 1 Comma, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small White 4, Red Admiral, 1 Peacock 5, Small Tortoiseshell 8	Kirton		Will Brame
7 Apr	Peacock 1, Small Tortoiseshell 3	Assington	TL9337	Martin Peers
7 Apr	Peacock 2, Comma 1, Speckled Wood 6	Arger Fen	TL9335	Martin Peers
7 Apr	I saw my first Holly Blue Butterfly about 3pm. It flew over my garden and then came back over it 5 minutes later but was not seen again.	Ipswich	IP 9LB	Karen Child
7 Apr	Holly Blue in my garden today - my first of 2017	Lower Holbrook		Richard Stace
7 Apr	One male Brimstone in Kingsland	Shotley		Ian Peters
7 Apr	2 Speckled wood (ffy) and 2 Comma seen at work today,	IGC, Ipswich		Neil Sherman
7 Apr	Nice butterfly walk around Levington area, 15 Peacock counted including one feisty brute who tried to knock me off the boardwalk!	Levington		Bill Stone
7 Apr	3 Peacock, small white & small tortoiseshell	Shingle St,		Dave Pearsons
7 Apr	4 Peacock, small white, orange tip	Boyton RSPB		Dave Pearsons
6 Apr	Peacock 5, Brimstone 4, Orange Tip 4.  1 Light Orange-underwing day-flying moth	Wolves Wood		Richard Perryman
6 Apr	Encountered today for the first time this year one Male Speckled Wood butterfly, one female Large white butterfly and two male Holly blue butterflies. Private Land near the Orwell country park.	near Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey
6 Apr	small white, 2 Holly Blue in the garden	Ipswich		Dave Pearsons
6 Apr	Saw my first Holly Blue in my garden today.  He was around for about 3 hours, flitting about.	Palgrave, Suffolk	TM1178	Cara Phillips
6 Apr	Butterfly Transect, Elveden Center Parcs, Green-veined White , Holly Blue, Comma,  Peacock, Orange Tip, Speckled Wood, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell. Total 39	Elveden Center Parcs		Graham Hersey
6 Apr	Brimstone 2, comma 1, holly blue 1, orange tip 2, small tortoiseshell 1, peacock 1	Wilford Bridge.		Simon Piotrowski
6 Apr	Holly blue today and 16 peacocks, 2 commas	Westleton Heath		B.O.B education
6 Apr	2 x Holly Blue & singles of Red Admiral & Brimstone around Framlingham Castle today Peacock in my garden as I type	Framlingham		Eddie Bathgate
6 Apr	Warm sunshine. Saw Orange Tip, Green-veined White, Brimstone, Peacock and Comma.	North Cove		David and Lilian Pitt
6 Apr	Female Brimstone seen alongside road by Shotley Primary school and Speckled Wood at Shotley Gate	Shotley		Ian Peters
6 Apr	2 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Large White, 12 Speckled Wood, 4 Comma, 3 Peacock, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Gren-veined White, 2 Small White	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
6 Apr	There was a male Holly Blue this morning. Also seen were single Comma and Peacock.	Sudbury	TL880413)	Martin Peers
6 Apr	A early large White and Holly Blue	Oulton	tm 523 947	Derek Marsh
6 Apr	warm sunshine. 2 Small Tortoiseshells twirling upwards; One Holly Blue circled the Holly and flew on; Mr Brimstone in the lane and best of all - Mrs Brimstone repeatedly visiting the 9ft high Buckthorn bushes provided by Julian Dowding about 4 years ago. We'll be looking for caterpillars later.	Framlingham	TM287634	Geraldine Smith
5 Apr	Green-veined White  4, Small White 3, Small Tortoiseshell 2, Peacock 1	Landguard		Will Brame
5 Apr	Peacock 5	Felixsowe Ferry		Will Brame
5 Apr	Speckled Wood 14, Comma 8, Peacock 5, Small Tortoiseshell 4, Green-veined White 5, Small White 2.	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
5 Apr	First female orange tip I have seen this year and it is laying eggs on bitter cress (photo click here)	Thurston.		Trevor Goodfellow
4 Apr	One orange tip, male	Waldringfield Heath		Christine Fisher Kay
3 Apr	Orange Tip male, Speckled Wood	SW Ipswich		Richard Perryman
3 Apr	One female Brimstone and one Peacock	Kesgrave Wood	TM2345	Gary Plank
3 Apr	Orange Tip, Peacock and Comma	RSPB Wolves Wood		Colin Hullis
3 Apr	First Speckled Wood and Green-veined White plus Peacock x 4, orange tip x 1, Small Tortoiseshell, x 4, Brimstone x 1. Things could be picking up now. (photos click here)	Thurston		Trevor Goodfellow
3 Apr	Just seen my first Orange Tip of the year, flying past our house in Newton, Suffolk	Newton		Dean Morley
3 Apr	I saw the following butterflies this morning:- Green-veined White; Orange Tip (2 males), Brimstone (male), Peacock.	Tendring Hall Park	TM0035	Martin Peers
3 Apr	Orange Tip (pair); Brimstone (pair); Peacock.	Thorington Street reservoir	TM0135	Martin Peers
2 Apr	My first Speckled Wood of the season in Frog’s Alley by St. Mary’s church, Shotley.	Shotley		Ian Peters
2 Apr	Walking around Kings Forest / West Stow today produced.- 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 2 Red Admiral, 5 Orange-tip (males), 1 Blue (probably common) by the River Lark & 1 Brimstone by the Kings Forest Car Park.	Kings Forest / West Stow		Simon Jeffs
2 Apr	Seen at Northfield Wood     Peacock x12, Comma x1, Green-veined white (males, 1st brood) x2, Large white x1, Orange Tip (male) x1	Northfield Wood		Michael Girling
2 Apr	Seen at Belstead Meadows this afternoon. 8 species and 25 examples.   1 x Orange Tip (M) - earliest recorded personal sighting 1 x Holly Blue - earliest recorded personal sighting 10 x Peacock 8 x Comma 1 x Small Tortoiseshell 1 x Brimstone 2 x White (unidentified as some distance away) 1 x Speckled Wood	Belstead Meadows		Kev Ling
2 Apr	First sighting of Speckled Wood butterflies in Golden Wood Lawshall on 2nd April - earliest sighting of this butterfly in our wood.	Lawshall, Golden Wood		Wendy Cooper
2 Apr	Large White 1, Small Tortoiseshell 1	Langer road/Beachstation road		Will Brame
2 Apr	Brimstone male 1, Small White 1, Green-veined White 2, Small Tortoiseshell, 2, Peacock 7	Fagbury		Will Brame
2 Apr	Speckled Wood 3, Green-veined White 2, Peacock 4, Comma 4, Small Tortoiseshell 2,	Peewit,		Will Brame
2 Apr	One Holly Blue, one Comma, one Peacock and two Small Tortoiseshells in the  this morning	Walled Garden, Saxmundham	TM375612)	enny & Gary Plank
2 Apr	This afternoon one male Brimstone and three Peacocks	Kesgrave Wood	TM2345	Jenny & Gary Plank
2 Apr	Several butterflies on the wing, 1 Large White, several each of Peacock, Comma and Small Tortoiseshell. Several bee flies about too	Lowestoft		James Wright
2 Apr	A Painted Lady flying near Ipswich Railway Station today was a nice surprise. Small White a first for me too!	Ipswich		Bill Stone
2 Apr	Saw my first Holly Blue in our garden today	Newton, Suffolk		Dean Morley
2 Apr	Brimstone and Orange Tip,  garden, noon Sunday	Worlingham		Allan Smith
2 Apr	Holly Blue x 1 (photo click here), Peacock x 1 Small Tortoiseshell, x 1 and Brimstone x 1	Pakenham water mill.		Trevor Goodfellow
1 Apr	Over the last two days I have finally seen my first Brimstone male in the garden and a female (1/4/17) along with Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, and Comma.  Now watching my buckthorn for any action.	Thurston		Trevor Goodfellow
1 Apr	Butterflies Recorded on reserve, 48 Peacocks, 18 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Green-veined White, 6 Comma	SWT Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
1 Apr	First Speckled Wood butterfly at Elveden Center Parcs	Elveden Center Parcs		Graham Hersey
March	SS ES LS DS SWT CY B LW SW GVW OT GH PH WLH BH SC SSB BA CB HB CHB LTB WA RA PL ST P C SWF LT PE CMB SPW WB GR GK MB R SH MW- Total species seen 12
31 Mar	Just identified a Small White in garden and field next door. Not green-veined or Mrs Brimstone/Orange-tip.  Is this the first? It is presumably the same white I saw on 28th but was too far away to indentify.	Framlingham	TM287634	Geraldine Smith
31 Mar	First Orange Tip at Elveden Center Parcs	Elveden Center Parcs		Graham Hersey
31 Mar	2 Commas,3 Small Tortoiseshells , 2 Peacocks, my first Speckled Wood & Brimstone	Bonds Meadow Lowestoft		B.O.B education
31 Mar	Male orange tip and a peacock seen at micklemere, Pakenham	Micklemere, Pakenham		Trevor Goodfellow
30 Mar	On holiday from Cumbria BCT.  Warm day 20degC. At Walberswick saw a Holly Blue, a Peacock and a Tortoiseshell.	Walberswick	TM499747	Bun Hodgson
30 Mar	On holiday from Cumbria BCT.  Warm day 20degC. At Blythburgh Church saw another blue  but couldn’t see clear enough to say which type and a Large White.	Blythburgh Church	TM450753	Bun Hodgson
30 Mar	Seen today at Lackford, 1x Orange Tip, 4 x Brimstone, 1 x Peacock	SWT Lackford Lake		Duncan Fletcher Brown
30 Mar	Brimstone in our garden this afternoon	Melton		rob and libby johnson
30 Mar	Brimstone, Comma, Orange tip, Peacock in Garden	Theberton	TM446 334	Andrew Leng
30 Mar	2 male Brimstone, 1 Comma, 1 Peacock	Rushmere Heath		Patrick Cook
30 Mar	1 male Brimstone, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma	Foxhall Stadium Woods		Patrick Cook
30 Mar	2 male Brimstone, 2 Peacock, 3 Comma	Nuffield Hospital Woods		Patrick Cook
30 Mar	1 Comma	Purdis Farm Lane		Patrick Cook
30 Mar	4 Peacock, 2 Small Tortoiseshells courting and a Willow Warbler. Thanks	Purdis Heath		Patrick Cook
30 Mar	Butterflies recorded between 12.45 pm to 1 pm, 5 Peacock, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and between 3 pm to 3 .15 pm,   5 Peacock .	Beccles, Ellough Industral Estate		Robert Quadling
30 Mar	Holly Blue in the garden this pm along with Comma and Green-veined White.		TM4359 8936	Gavin Durrant
30 Mar	What an incredible day for late March!  4 Brimstone (2 well separated pairs); Peacock; Comma.	CAVENHAM HEATH NNR	TL750725	Martin Peers
30 Mar	7 Brimstone (4 males); 2 Peacocks; Comma.	LACKFORD LAKES	TL8070	Martin Peers
30 Mar	Small White, male ORANGE TIP, male Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma.	SUDBURY GARDEN	TL882414	Martin Peers
30 Mar	Seen at Purdis Heath Bucklesham Road Ipswich Suffolk - 1 peacock butterfly 1 Brimstone butterfly	Purdis Heath		Karen Child
30 Mar	Encountered today 1 male Brimstone butterfly, 2 peacocks,2 red admirals and 1 small tortoiseshell butterflies. Private land near the Orwell country park.	near Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey
30 Mar	Ten !! Small Tortoiseshell & one Peacock buterflies seen on walk this morningat Bull Lane Brantham	Brantham	TM122345 to TM132330
30 Mar	Saw a splendid Peacock butterfly in our back garden this morning, feeding on aubrietia flowers.  A Great Tit landed nearby, collecting nest-building material, saw the Peacock, and very nearly had it for breakfast.  How the butterfly escaped I do not know.		TM 304 348.	Peter and Chris Hayes
29 Mar	Peacock 5, Comma 4, Small Tortoiseshell 3, Green-veined White 2 (males, 1st brood, white wings no spots)	Northfield Wood, Onehouse, Stowmarket		Michael Girling
29 Mar	Brimstone, Comma, Orange tip in garden	Theberton	TM 446 334	Andrew Leng
29 Mar	Seen at Santon Downham Suffolk along the river near the white bridge - 1 peacock butterfly 1 brimstone butterfly	Santon Downham		Karen Child
29 Mar	A few butterflies out at Westleton, Suffolk this afternoon, Red Admiral (1), Comma (2) & Peacock (2)	Westleton		Charles Cuthbert
29 Mar	First male Small White of 2017	Pakefield	TM 53451 90303	Antony Wren
28 Mar	More Suffolk 2017 butterfly species- Large White reported yesterday from Needham Market	Needham Market		Bill Stone
28 Mar	Four Commas seen fighting and resting	The Dales LNR, Ipswich		Colin Hullis
28 Mar	Saw two female Brimstones in Landseer Park today when checking out an area for a new wildflower strip.	Landseer Park		David Dowding
28 Mar	In the garden today - a Comma in good condition on heather, first of the year. 3 Tortoiseshells, a male Brimstone, 2 Peacocks.  Something white fluttering too far away to identify, more likely a White than a female Brimstone as it went towards the oil seed rape in field next door, unless it is too early for whites?.	Framlingham	TM 287634	Geraldine Smith
28 Mar	Once the fog had cleared, 3 Peacock, 7 Small Tortoiseshell and 3 Comma seen on walk around Golden Wood and wildflower meadow and along Church Walk,	Shotley		Ian Peters
28 Mar	The butterfly transect season starts with Week One on 1st April, but early walks are accepted too.  So on 28th March, at 15C and with 100% sun, I did a preliminary walk at my Spring Lane (Bury St Edmunds) site in Week zero, and was rewarded with 3 Small Tortoiseshells, One Brimstone and one Comma.	Bury St Edmunds		Rob Parker
27 Mar	Brimstone butterfly spotted  in Fairfield Road Ipswich Suffolk	Ipswich		Karen Child
27 Mar	1 Small Tortoiseshell	Loompit Lake		Will Brame
27 Mar	1 Peacock	Upper Hollesley Common		Will Brame
27 Mar	The following were on a circular route around Rushmere Common, Foxhall Stadium and Purdis Farm Lane. 19 Comma, 2 male Brimstone, 3 Peacocks and 1 Small Tortoiseshell	Purdis Farm		Patrick
26 Mar	Speckled wood, trapped in summerhouse	Halesworth	TM3843377945	John Baker
26 Mar	6 Comma, 12 Peacock, 43 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Red Admiral	SWT Carlton Marshes		Robert Quadling
26 Mar	Comma this afternoon  (photo click here)	Woodbridge		Scott Mayson
26 Mar	Saw a Speckled Wood in woodland about midday	Dunwich, Greyfriars Wood		Robert and libby Johnson
25 Mar	First Small Copper of the Suffolk year reliably reported on 25th March from Mildenhall	Mildenhall
25 Mar	Brimstone, Comma and grass snake	Wolves Wood.		Steve Babbs
25 Mar	Grass snake, Peacocks, Commas and Small Tortoiseshell	Alton Water		Steve Babbs
25 Mar	2 Peacocks butterflies seen today, Carlton Marshes and garden. Small Tortoiseshell (photos click here)	Carlton Marshes		Peter Ransome
25 Mar	4+ Commas and several Brimstone	Brandon Country Park		Graham Hersey
25 Mar	Spotted two Peacocks in flight this afternoon, much to my delight. ( let's hope we see lots more)		IP31 2FD	Tracie Beattie
25 Mar	1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 9 Comma	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
25 Mar	1 Peacock, 1 Small Tortoiseshell	Felixstowe Ferry		Will Brame
25 Mar	6 Comma in the woods	Foxhall Stadium		Patrick
25 Mar	1 Red Admiral	Rushmere Common		Patrick
25 Mar	1 Small Tortoiseshell along Purdis Farm Lane	Purdis Farm Lane		Patrick
25 Mar	Two Small Tortoiseshells	Hemley	TM2941	Jenny & Gary Plank
25 Mar	Two Peacocks and a fine male Brimstone	Kirton Creek	TM 2941	Jenny & Gary Plank
25 Mar	1 male Brimstone at 11 35 am on wing	Braziers Wood		Peter Compton
25 Mar	1 male and one female Brimstone on wing at 12.09pm today many others Comma , Peacock and 1 White	Alnesbourne Priory		Peter Compton
25 Mar	My son has just seen and photographed (photo click here) a Small Tortoiseshell in feeding on rosemary flowers	Felixstowe, Hamilton Gardens	TM30508 34490)	Peter Paul Hayes
24 Mar	Comma butterfly	Ipswich		Karen Child
19 Mar	A Red Admiral and a Comma together in a sheltered spot at Bawdsey picnic site.	Bawdsey		Margie & David Carter
16 Mar	Peacock,	Tuddenham St Martin	IP6 9BH	Peter Hodge
16 Mar	Encountered only one male Brimstone butterfly, two Comma butterflies that were both basking in the warm sunshine and a courting pair of Small Tortoiseshells. Private land near the Orwell country park.	nearOrwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey
16 Mar	Saw Comma, Small Tortoiseshell and Peacock on walk around Shotley Gate	Shotley Gate		Ian Peters
16 Mar	3 Small tortoiseshells 4 Commas 2 Peacock	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
16 Mar	Beautiful at Carlton Marshes  total of 41 butterflies spotted. 23 small tortoiseshells 16 peacocks 2 comma	Carlton Marshes		B.O.B education
16 Mar	Brimstone - Oulton Broad, Comma - Tom Crisp Way, Peacock - Whitton Road, Small Tortoiseshell - Saltwater Way	Lowestoft		Antony Wren
16 Mar	.My daughter spotted a small blue butterfly, Holly Blue, on her school field today flying around the hedges.(may be the earliest Suffolk sighting see the Suffolk Butterflies page here)			B.O.B education
16 Mar	In warm midday sunshine, along only about 30 metres of hedgerow with Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera) in full flower here in Kelsale I counted the following: Small Tortoiseshell 2, Comma 3, Peacock 4 (+ another in my garden).  These figures suggest a huge emergence of butterflies in the last few days of warm weather, and the importance of nectar sources like Prunus - my local bushes were also swarming with honey bees and bumblebees too!	Kelsale		Charles Cuthbert
16 Mar	I would like to report the sightings of 2 Brimstones, 3 Peacocks and 3 Small Tortoiseshells along the River Gipping at Needham Market	Needham Market		Robert Brown
16 Mar	2 Brimstone, 2 Comma, 3 Peacock, 15 Small Tortoiseshell and 1 Red Admiral	Lound Lakes		Gavin Durrant
16 Mar	Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma and Red Admiral all seen so far	Sizewell Estate		SWT Coastal warden
16 Mar	PEACOCK	Sudbury	8841	Martin Peers
15 Mar	Brimstone , Small Tortoiseshell	Tuddenham St Martin	IP6 9BH	Peter Hodge
15 Mar	Brimstone 4 males, Comma, Small Tortoiseshell 2	Sudbury	8741 & 8841	Martin Peers
15 Mar	Nacton Road entrance Track by wooden seating area through trees leading to ponds  4 Comma 1 Peacock	Holywells Park	TM 17808 43535	Fred Hanniffy
15 Mar	I managed to see my first Small Tortoiseshell and first Peacock of the year.	Newton, Suffolk		Dean Morley
15 Mar	2 Comma, 4 Peacock and a Red admiral	IGC, Purdis farm, Suffolk		Neil Sherman
15 Mar	Male Orange-Tip (may be the earliest Suffolk sighting see the Suffolk Butterflies page here)	Lowestoft		James Wright
15 Mar	My 1st sightings of 2017. 2 Brimstone and a Small Tortoiseshell at Martlesham Heath near Tesco this lunchtime.	Martlesham Heath		Kevin
15 Mar	Another Spring day at Elveden CP, highlights 4 adders plus a common Lizard, Woodlark Singing, several Commas, Brimstone,Small Tortoiseshell , Red Admiral	Elveden CP		graham HerseyG
15 Mar	Small Tortoiseshell , Shingle St nr last white house	Shingle Street		Dave Pearsons
15 Mar	Might as well join in Brimstone, Hollesley villiage	Hollesley		Dave Pearsons
15 Mar	A good day for butterflies here in Kelsale with very warm conditions at midday.  In a short walk around the village centre (Main Road/Bridge Street/Dennys Lane) looking mainly at Cherry Plum in full flower I saw the following: Brimstone: 2 males highly mobile Small Tortoiseshell: 1 feeding on Cherry Plum flowers Comma: 3, all feeding on Cherry Plum Peacock: 2 (one on Cherry Plum, one in the churchyard (photo click here), Green-veined White: 1, flew past me fairly quickly, no chance for a great view but from my impression of a 'small white' with greyish underwing I am confident of this species.	Kelsale		Charles Cuthbert
15 Mar	Peacock and 2 Small Tortoiseshell	Shingle St.		Margie & David Carter
15 Mar	A Small Tortoiseshell  this morning	Boyton Marshes RSPB		Margie & David Carter
15 Mar	A Red Admiral and a Peacock in our Ipswich garden this morning, the Peacock was feeding on Perennial Wallflower	Ipswich	TM157463	Paul Gilson
15 Mar	Ellough Industral Estate,  1 Male Brimstone at 10.05am , 1 Peacock at 12.40pm ,1 Small Tortoiseshell at 3.10pm	Beccles	TM 4488	Robert Quadling
15 Mar	Plenty of Butterflies along Breydon N.Wall today, 15+ Sml.Tort., 3 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Brimstone	Breydon		Tommy Corcoran
15 Mar	Small tortoishell and peacock butterfly at Hoseasons building garden area	Gunton		James Wright
15 Mar	1 peacock and 3 small tortoiseshell	Bawdsey Hall		Simon Piotrowski
15 Mar	Comma and Brimstone on st marys path. Trafalgar close	Ipswich		Simon Piotrowski
15 Mar	Another brimstone opposite all saints church hall Woodbridge Rd	Ipswich		Simon Piotrowski
15 Mar	2 small tortoiseshell and a brimstone	Pakefield beach		Antony Wren
15 Mar	First sighting in my garden this year of a butterfly, a brimstone	Haverhill		Duncan FletcherBrown
15 Mar	6 Comma's 1 Peacock 2 Small Tortoiseshell's	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
15 Mar	A single Small Tortoiseshell this morning flying around the railway tracks	Brockford.	TM129659	Geraldine Smith
15 Mar	A lunchtime -  2 Tortoiseshells on the heather and a male Brimstone skirting the Buckthorns.	Framlingham	TM 287634	Geraldine Smith
15 Mar	Comma x 10 settling or feeding on litter (plenty of that) (photo click here), Peacock x 1, Red Admiral x 1 and Brimstone male x 4. Mundford Road.	Brandon		Trevor Goodfellow
15 Mar	Three Brimstones in the garden today	Pin Mill	IP9 1JL	Lesley McDonald
15 Mar	Encountered today five individual Brimstone butterflies,two Comma butterflies which are my first of the year,a mating pair of Peacock butterflies and a courting pair of Small Tortoiseshell butterflies. Private land near Orwell country park Ipswich.	Near Orwell Country Park		Daniel Cable- Davey
15 Mar	2 Brimstones and 1 Red Admiral in flight	Sapiston ( Heath Lane)		Tracie Beattie
14 Mar	Spotted 1 Brimstone and 1 Peacock in my garden		IP31 2FD	Tracie Beattie
14 Mar	4+ Small Tortoiseshells there today	SWT Carlton Marshes		Jeremy Halls
14 Mar	One Peacock butterfly flying near the scrapes at RSPB Minsmere this morning	RSPB Minsmere		Charles Cuthbert
14 Mar	4 species of butterfly enjoyed in Ipswich today - Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell (lots), Peacock & Comma	Ipswich		Matt Berry
13 Mar	COMMA 3,	Thorington Street	TM0035	Martin Peers
13 Mar	Comma seen today at IGC Suffolk, plus Bombus terrestris and pratorum.	Ipswich Golf Club		Neil Sherman
13 Mar	I saw my first Small Tortoiseshell today at Levington, plus my first bumble bee	Levington,		Patrick
13 Mar	I would like to let you know that I have seen my first Comma butterflies of 2017 today.  One was on Landseer Road Ipswich sitting on a white flowering shrub by the road side and one was in a garden in Fairfield Road ipswich. Hope this information is helpful.	Ipswich		Karen Child
13 Mar	I saw a comma - the first of the year	Hoxne		Joan Retallack
13 Mar	Small Tortoiseshell 3 and  Comma 2 in my Lowestoft garden today	Lowestoft		Bill Whybrow
13 Mar	One Small Tortoiseshell in the sun this afternoon	Kesgrave/Dobbs Wood	TM2345	Gary Plank
13 Mar	Nice to start my 2017 Suffolk butterfly year. at last. Two Commas in the garden! One favouring the sun lit shed.	Trimley		Bill Stone
13 Mar	Red Admiral, Comma and Peacock butterflies today	Elveden Center Parcs		Graham Hersey
13 Mar	Encountered two beautiful Brimstone butterflies and one Peacock butterfly flying in the warm noon sunshine on private land near the Orwell country park.	near Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey
13 Mar	1 Comma, 3 Small Tortoiseshells	Landguard		Will Brame
13 Mar	8 Small Tortoiseshells, 3 Peacocks, 5 Commas (photos click here)	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
13 Mar	Entrance to Bixley Heath, Bucklesham Road, Ipswich 5 Comma; 4 more Comma, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock further down path around stream.	Bixley Heath	TM 19964 42	Fred Hanniffy
13 Mar	The most promising spring day yet.  At 13C in the shade and 20C in the sun.  At noon, my first garden butterflies of the year: One Comma, and 2 minutes later a male Brimstone that made a fleeting pass at our Buckthorn.  . .	Bury St Edmunds	TL8464	Rob Parker
13 Mar	Comma 2	SW Ipswich		Richard Perryman
12 Mar	In my garden a Peacock flew over head!	Ipswich		Robert Brown
11 Mar	A Small Tortoiseshell at midday	Bawdsey Quay picnic site		Margie & David Carter
11 Mar	First recorded butterfly for 2017, Peacock only see the one (photo click here)	SWT Carlton Marshes	TM 508920	Robert Quadling
10 Mar	2 Commas		TL989637,	Peter Rutt
10 Mar	My first butterfly of the year today, a Small Tortoiseshell	Framlingham Castle Mere		Eddie Bathgate
10 Mar	Comma (Polygonia c-album), Suffolk Third site species recorded so far this year along with Small Tortoiseshell and Peacock. (photo click here)	Eden-Rose Coppice, Sudbury		Sam Chamberlin
10 Mar	Comma 1, Small Tortoiseshell 2	Peewit Hill		Will Brame
10 Mar	Small tortoiseshell here in Ipswich today.	Ipswich		Neil Sherman
9 Mar	Red Admiral	Tuddenham St Martin	IP6 9BH	Peter Hodge
9 Mar	BRIMSTONE male	Newton Road Sudbury	8841	Martin Peers
9 Mar	Brimstone 20+ near Mayday Farm, Brandon; also 3 Commas and two Red Admirals	Brandon		Bill Plumb
9 Mar	Male Brimstone butterfly	Ipswich		Neil Sherman
9 Mar	Along the river Gipping at Needham Market I saw : one male Brimstone, one Peacock and three Small Tortoiseshells.	Needham Market		Robert Brown
9 Mar	Having got excited about a Peacock yesterday I met some close neighbours all in the same tetrad in Framlingham last night. So there were three sightings of a male Brimstone on 9th March just not in my own garden. Maybe he will appear today and notice the Buckthorn bushes now 6ft tall	Framlingham	TM 287634	Geraldine Smith
9 Mar	First Brimstone inspecting the polyanthus in large glasshouse at midday  Walled Garden (photo click here)	Saxmundham		Jim Mountain
9 Mar	Saw my first Small Tortoiseshell today at work along with Comma and Brimstone  (photos click here)			Gi Grieco
9 Mar	Nice bright yellow Brimstone in the Lattice Ave garden today, 1st of the year	Ipswich		Dave Pearsons
9 Mar	My 1st butterfly of the year: Brimstone outside Oulton Community Centre	Lowestoft		Richard Martin
9 Mar	One male Brimstone	Carlton marshes		Gavin Durrant
9 Mar	Three male Brimstones at Cavenham Heath this morning in sheltered areas away from the brisk wind.	Cavenham Heath		Margie & David Carter
9 Mar	1 Small Tortoiseshell	Landguard butts		Will Brame
9 Mar	Just seen my first butterflies of 2017; two male Brimstones	Newton, Suffolk		Dean Morley
9 Mar	At last - a Peacock flying in my garden in the sun this afternoon. Nice specimen not all bedraggled as so often usual for first sightings. There don't appear to be any other sightings yet from Framlingham this year?	Framlingham		Geraldine Smith
9 Mar	1 x Red Admiral, 1 x Peacock, 2 x Comma, 5 x Brimstone males. (Photos click here)	Santon Downham.		Trevor Goodfellow
9 Mar	Saw a Comma in my garden to day at 11.50 am Nightingale Road	Ipswich		Peter Compton
7 Mar	My first recorded Butterfly of 2017, at 12.40 pm today 1 Small Tortoiseshell only	Ellough Industral Estate Beccles		Robert Quadling
7 Mar	1 Red Admiral	Levington Creek		Will Brame
7 Mar	Encountered a Red Admiral butterfly and my first of the year Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on private land near the Orwell country park.	near the Orwell Country Park		Daniel Cable-Davey
February	SS ES LS DS SWT CY B LW SW GVW OT GH PH WLH BH SC SSB BA CB HB CHB LTB WA RA PL ST P C SWF LT PE CMB SPW WB GR GK MB R SH MW- Total species seen 5
28 Feb	Not the first of the year for Ipswich I see, but maybe earliest record so far for ?? In the sun on pile of recently sawn logs by wilderness pond. photo click here	Christchurch Park, Ipswich		Denise Johnson
24 Feb	Cold here in Suffolk, 9°C, but still saw a Peacock, presumably blown out of hibernation by Doris	Barnham		Paul Harrison
22 Feb	Peacock blown across the garden in the wind.  Not sunny so probably disturbed.	SW Ipswich		Richard Perryman
20 Feb	Brimstone	Felixtowe golf club	TM 3237	Chris Springthorpe
20 Feb	Red Admiral	Bury St Edmunds	TL8464	Rob Parker
20 Feb	Red Admiral basking on leaf litter in the afternoon	Kesgrave Wood	TM2345	Jenny Plank
20 Feb	Saw first Brimstone on allotments	Pinmill		Keith Cooper
20 Feb	Saw 2 Small Tortoiseshell around the Sizewell Estate	Sizewell		SWT Coastal warden
20 Feb	Wife has just seen her first butterfly of the year in Somerleyton: Brimstone	Somerleyton		Richard Martin
20 Feb	One of the pleasures of railway travel - sightings of Brimstones today at Needham Market, Elmswell,Thurston and just before Kennet.	Needham Market		Stella Wolfe
20 Feb	My first Brimstone of the year was seen at Gt Dingle between Dunwich and Walberswick this morning. All the best.	Gt Dingle		Mike Morley
20 Feb	Male Brimstone zipped through the garden this morning in breezy Suffolk, too fast for a photo	Barnham	TL8779	Paul Harrison
20 Feb	My first Small Tortoiseshell of 2017 seen near Ixworth	Ixworth		Trevor Goodfellow
20 Feb	1 Brimstone on the wing this morning	Denston Hall Gardens		Mark Ferris
20 Feb	Encountered two Brimstone butterflies and one Red Admiral butterfly flying on private land near the Orwell country park	Orwell country park		Daniel Cable-Davey
20 Feb	Saw a beautiful male Brimstone in my garden at 12 20 am today.  I am so happy.	Nightingale Road Ipswich		P Compton
20 Feb	Comma sunning itself on south facing fence	SW Ipswich		Richard Perryman
20 Feb	A quick sighting for you. Male Brimstone fluttering around ivy in the sunshine in our Ipswich garden.	Ipswich		Julian Dowding
17 Feb	2 Small Tortoiseshell butterflies seen this morning at Carlton marshes in the sunshine	Carlton marshes		Gavin Durrant
17 Feb	Saw two Red Admirals today plus Small Tortoiseshell	Barnham	TL8779	Paul Harrison
17 Feb	Peacock midday	Hollesley marshes		Bill Plumb
16 Feb	Red Admiral basking in the weak Suffolk sunshine (photo click here)	Barnham Suffolk	TL8779 160217	Paul Harrison
14 Feb	Red Admiral flying in Hamilton Gardens, Felixstowe	Felixstowe	TM 3051 3449	Christopher Hayes
14 Feb	Red admiral seen	Northfield Wood, Onehouse		M Girling
13 Feb	1st butterfly for the year out in the sunshine today in  - a Peacock. Bombus terrestris too.	Ipswich, Suffolk		Neil Sherman
2 Feb	Red Admiral - basking on the sandy bund of a freshly created scrape	Purdis Heath		Helen Saunders
January	SS ES LS DS SWT CY B LW SW GVW OT GH PH WLH BH SC SSB BA CB HB CHB LTB WA RA PL ST P C SWF LT PE CMB SPW WB GR GK MB R SH MW- Total species seen 2
24 Jan	Peacock flying at mid-day (reported to me by another visitor)	Lackford Lakes		Richard Perryman
10 Jan	Red Admiral flying yesterday near Euston Hall	Euston Hall		Will Brame
8 Jan	Red Admiral in my garden in Kedington, Haverhill (photo click here)	Haverhill		Mark O'Gallagher
1 Jan	Small Tortoiseshell found indoors released into cover (so not a true outdoor sighting)	Felixstowe		Bill Stone

Photographs from 2017 Sightings  (all pictures are the copyright of their owners)

Red Admiral 8 Jan - photo © Mark O'Gallagher	Red Admiral 16 Feb - photo © Paul Harrison	Comma - photo © Denise Johnson
Comma - photo ©Trevor Goodfellow	Brimstone - photo ©Trevor Goodfellow	Brimstone - photo © Jim Mountain
Small Tortoiseshell - photo © Gi Grieco	Comma - photo © Gi Grieco	Comma - photo © Sam Chamberlin
Peacock - photo © Robert Quadling	Comma - photo © Will Brame	Small Tortoiseshell - photo © Will Brame
Comma - photo ©Trevor Goodfellow	Peacock - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Small Tortoiseshell- photo © Peter Paul Hayes
Small Tortoiseshell - photo © Peter Ransome	Peacock - photo © Peter Ransome	Comma - photo © Scott Mayson
Holly Blue - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Speckled Wood - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Green-veined White - photo © Trevor Goodfellow
Female Orange Tip - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Female Orange Tip - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Female Orange Tip - photo © Charles Cuthbert
Brimstone - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Green-veined Whites - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Speckled Wood - photo © Charles Cuthbert
Orange-tip - photo © Robert Brown	Small Copper - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Speckled Woods - photo © Gi Grieco
Holly Blue - photo © Rab King	Speckled Wood - photo © Rab King	Small Copper - photo © Rab King
Red Admiral - photo © Robert Quadling	Green Hairstreak - photo © Richard Perryman	Green Hairstreak - photo © Will Brame
Orange-tip - photo © Will Brame	Small Copper - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Small Copper - photo © Charles Cuthbert
Brimstone- photo © Robert Brown	Wall Brown  photo © Liz Barnett	Green Hairstreak - photo © Trevor Goodfellow
Small Heath - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Green Hairstreak - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Dingy Skipper - photo © Trevor Goodfellow
Small Copper - photo © Sam Chamberlin	Brown Argus - photo ©  Trevor Goodfellow	Small Copper - photo © Sam Chamberlin
Small Heath- photo © Sam Chamberlin	Green Hairstreaks - photo © Dean Morley	Poplar Hawkmoth - photo ©  Trevor Goodfellow
Painted Lady - photo © David Carter	Wall Brown - photo © B.O.B. Education	Small White - photo ©  Trevor Goodfellow
Wall Brown - photo © Bill Stone	Wall Brown - photo © David Pitt	Common Blues - photo © Charles Cuthbert
Common Blues - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Common Blues - photo © Bill Stone	Wall Brown - photo © Trevor Goodfellow
Small Heath- photo © Charles Cuthbert	Common Blue male - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Common Blue female- photo © Charles Cuthbert
Small Copper - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Small Heath - photo © Duncan Fletcher Brown	Common Blue - photo ©  Trevor Goodfellow
Common Blue - photo ©  Trevor Goodfellow	Green Hairstreak - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Green Hairstreak - photo © Charles Cuthbert
Green Hairstreak egg laying - photo © Steve Aylward	Small Copper caeruleo-punctata - photo © Bill Plumb	Small Copper caeruleo-punctata - photo © Bill Plumb
Wall - photo © Mary Smith	Wall - photo © Mary Smith	Event at Helmingham Hall
Buddleia alternifolia  photo ©  Trevor Goodfellow	Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth - photo ©  Kevin Wilson	Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth - photo ©  Kevin Wilson
Meadow Brown - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Clouded Yellow - photo © David Walsh	Paimted Lady - photo © Bill Stone
Hummingbird Hawkmoth - photo ©  Trevor Goodfellow	Silver-studded Blue - photo © David Walsh	Silver-studded Blue - photo © David Walsh
Clouded Yellow var. helice - photo © Mike Dean	Wordwell Ride - photo © David Walsh	Dingy Skipper - photo © David Walsh
Painted Lady - photo © Will Brame	Painted Lady - photo © Will Brame	Silver-studded Blue - photo © Alan Adkins
Silver-studded Blue - photo © Alan Adkins	Silver-studded Blue - photo © Alan Adkins	Silver-studded Blue - photo © Alan Adkins
Hornet Moth - photo © Luke Stacey	Large Skipper - photo © Robert Quadling	Large Skipper - photo © Robert Quadling
Six-spot Burnet Moth - photo © Robert Quadling	Silver-studded Blue - photo © Steve Babbs	Silver-studded Blue - photo © Steve Babbs
Green Hairstreak - photo © Alan Adkins	Large Skipper - photo © Alan Adkins	commophila aeneana - photo © Trevor Goodfellow
Small Heath - photo © Robert Quadling	Small Heath - photo © Robert Quadling	Meadow Brown - photo © Trevor Goodfellow
Silver-studded Blue - photo © David Pitt	White-letter Hairstreak - photo © Patrick Frew	White Admiral -  photo © David Pitt
Essex Skipper - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Silver-washed Fritillary - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Silver-washed Fritillary - photo © Richard Perryman
Small Skipper - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Silver-washed Fritillary - photo © Richard Mason	White-letter Hairstreak - photo © Patrick Frew
White-letter Hairstreak - photo © Patrick Frew	Marbled White - photo © David Dowding	Silver-studded Blue -  photo © Robert Brown
Silver-studded Blue - photo © David Walsh	Silver-wahed Fritillary - photo © David Carter	White Admiraly - photo © David Carter
White=letter Hairstreak - photo © Kerry Reeve	Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth = photo © Kerry Reeve	White Admiral - photo © Trevor Goodfellow
Five-spot Burnet - photo © Robert Quadling	Silver-studded Blue - photo © Gavin Durrant	Silver-studded Blue - photo © Gavin Durrant
Comma - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Large Skipper - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Ringlet - photo © Charles Cuthbert
Elephant Hawkmoth - photo © Fred Hannify	LObster Moth - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Orange Moth - photo © Trevor Goodfellow
Elephant & Poplar Hawkmoths - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	White-letter Hairstreak - photo © David Carter	Ringlet - photo © Duncan Fletcher Brown
Purple Hairstreak - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Purple Emperor - photo © David Carter	Purple Hairstreak - photo © Roger Seaman
Purple Hairstreak - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Silver-washed Fritillary - photo © Trevor Goodfellow	Silver-washed FRitillary - photo © Paul Oldfield
Purple Emperor - photo © Paul Oldfield	Purple Emperor - photo © Paul Oldfield	Silver-washed FRitillary valezina - photo © Paul Oldfield
White Admiral - photo © Geraldine Smith	Grayling-- photo © Bill Plumb	Brimstone - photo © Robert Brown
Peacock - photo © Robert Brown	Painted Lady - photo © Sam Chamberlin	Marbled White - photo © Sam Chamberlin
Festoon - photo © Sam Chamberlin	Olive - photo © Sam Chamberlin	Six-belted Clearwing - photo © Sam Chamberlin
Long-tailed Blue - photo © Neil Sherman	Grayling - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Small Copper - photo © Charles Cuthbert
Small Copper - photo © Daniel Ratcliffe	Grayling - photo © Daniel Ratcliffe	Silver-washed Fritillary - photo © Trevor Goodfellow
Common Blue - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Common Blue - photo © Charles Cuthbert	Common Blue - photo © Charles Cuthbert
Clouded Yellow -  photo © Roger Seaman	Silver-washed Fritillary - photo © John Lucas

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