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Sightings of Butterflies in Suffolk - 2024

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The Branch is always grateful for butterfly records and a recording form can be downloaded from the Recording page. 
We are always interested in sightings of any butterflies in any location in Suffolk but we are 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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Please include the date, how many of each butterfly species seen, location with an ordnance survey grid reference if possible, and your name (if you want to).
If you would like to contribute to the annual survey please read the notes on the Recording page.

If you report a Brimstone this record will also be passsed to the Brimstone and Buckthorn project


 Regular recorders are urged to use this sightings page to inform others of interesting sightings, but please do continue to send all your records to the county recorder, James Corton, at the end of the season.  This can be done using a simple Excel spreadsheet amd an example is on the Recording page (click here)

Date 
2024		 Butterflies seen (and other relevant information).  First Sighting of Year in Bold or Bold for rarer species
 For a summary of First Sightings see the Suffolk Butterflies Page - click here		 Location Grid Reference Name
April SwT DS ES SS LS OT LW SW GvW CY B WB SpW SH R MB GK MW Gr SwF DgF MF GF HBF SPbF QoSF WA PE RA PL P ST C LT CmB SC PH GH WlH BH HB SsB BA CB ChB SB LtB - Total species seen 14       (📷 photo click here) 
         
22 Apr Butterfly Transects 1 to 9 walked,P eacock 16, Green veined White 8, Small Tortoiseshell 5, Orange Tip 2 (f), Large White 1 SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
22 Apr Small Copper ab. caeruleopunctata at Westleton Heath this morning (📷 photo click here)  Westleton Heath   b David Borderick
22 Apr Today at North Warren RSPB reserve. 1 Peacock, 6+ Green veined Whites, 2 Speckled Woods and 1 very fresh Small Copper. North Warren RSPB   Bob Turner
21 Apr Cold blustery wind this morning, but in the sheltered spots were Green Veined Whites (📷 photo click here) and Orange-tip butterflies RSPB Lakenheath   David Carter
20 Apr ButterflyTransects walked and as expected none recorded , cold breeze blowing and in the wind temp approx 5c, even when sun did show no warmth felt from it. SWT Lound Lakes   b Robert Quadling
18 Apr Butterfly Transects 1 to 9 walked, Peacock 22, Green-veined white 8, Small Tortoiseshell 4, Orange Tip 1 SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
17 Apr Butterfly Transects 10 to 13 walked , Peacock 1, Green-veined white 1. Not many, but they all count for the records SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
14 Apr Five individual Green Hairstreak butterflies all encountered basking in the sunshine upon various exposed foliage. (📷 photo click here)  Ravenswood Ipswich   Daniel Cable-Davey
14 Apr Small Copper (📷 photo click here)  Piper's Vale   x David Dowding
14 Apr Late morning at Pipers Vale, (14C and sunny) 10+ Peacock, 2x Brimstone (both male), 2x Speckled Wood, 1x Orange Tip (male) and 3x Green-veined White (all appeared to be female)  (📷 photo click here) Pipers Vale   Phil Watkinson
14 Apr Our first Green Hairstreaks X 3 of the year at Ride 202 Kings Forest this morning,  (📷 photo click here)  Kings Forest   Margie & David Carter
14 Apr the sunshine brought out the following butterflies at Bury St Edmunds: Risbygate Nature Reserve, TL8465:  Green-veined White 2, Orange Tip 6 (4 males), Brimstone 2, Holly Blue 3, Peacock 3, Speckled Wood. TL8464: Comma, Orange Tip, Holly Blue. Bury St Edmunds   Martin Peers
14 Apr Green hairstreak,roebuck drive Lakenheath  (📷 photo click here)  Lakenheath   Mark
14 Apr 6 red admiral, 5 peacock, 6 orange tip, 3 comma NT Sutton Hoo   b David Gill
14 Apr Pleased and somewhat surprised to find what was most certainly my earliest ever Green Hairstreak on Gunton warren this morning. 2 orange tips along Hubbard's Loke were my first for year Gunton Warren   x James Wright
  Red Admiral seen on 12th April and Holly Blue seen on the 13th April we now have 10 species seen on the reserve to date SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
14 Apr Green Hairstreak this morning in Stradbroke  By the allotments pond Stradbroke    
14 Apr Painted Lady (📷 photo click here)  Landguard Observatory   Will Brame
13 Apr Single Brimstone, pre-match, inside Ipswich Town stadium. Ipswich   John Hanley
13 Apr Green Hairstreak this morning in the dunes between East and Public hides RSPB Minsmere   b David Borderick
13 Apr The very first Green Hairstreak butterfly encountered so far this year that was basking in the sunshine and fiercely guarding its territory.     (📷 photo click here) Ravenswood Ipswich   Daniel Cable-Davey
13 Apr 8 species of butterfly seen around town this morning - Peacock 10, Brimstone 4, Green-veined white 3, Orange Tip 2, Holly Blue 2, Small Tortoiseshell 2, Speckled Wood 2, Small White 1 Stowmarket   x John Walshe
13 Apr Nice surprise to see a Painted Lady in the garden (iRecord).    (📷 photo click here)  Thurston   Trevor Goodfellow
12 Apr Today we had our first recorded Holly Blue of the year, three days earlier than last year, in our Wickham Market garden  (📷 photo click here)  Wickham Market TM302 563) Rob and Kerry Reeve 
12 Apr Walked Butterfly Transect for Somerleyton Estate today and recorded 6 Peacock , 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Small White. This time last year only 1 Peacock was recorded. Somerleyton Estate   b Robert Quadling
12 Apr Lovely sunny afternoon, had a walk round a very muddy wolves wood Hadleigh . Counted 10 male Orange tips.  3 female Orange tips.  3 Commas, 7 Peacocks.  3 Male Brimstones.  2 Holly blues.  2 Speckled Woods. 1 Green veined White. RSPB Wolves Wood   Steve & Anne Green 
11 Apr BURY ST EDMUNDS cemetery,  Small White BURY ST EDMUNDS   Martin Peers
11 Apr GT LIVERMERE CHURCH,  Holly Blue, Brimstone GT LIVERMERE CHURCH   Martin Peers
11 Apr Minsmere butterfly transect; Brimstone – 1, Large white – 1, Small white – 5, Green-veined white – 7, Orange tip – 13, Peacock – 23, Comma – 1, Speckled wood – 16 RSPB Minsmere   b Derek Eaton
11 Apr Lound Lakes Warden Andrew reported a Orange Tip seen this afternoon. We now have 10 Species of Butterflies seen on the reserve to date SWT Lound Lakes   b Robert Quadling
11 Apr Butterfly Transects 10 to 13 walked today by Peter Norfok, Peacock 3, Small Tortoiseshell 1 SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
10 Apr Two handsome male Orange tip butterflies encountered basking in the sunshine and nectaring from Daisies.   (📷 photo click here)  Ravenswood Ipswich    Daniel Cable-Davey
10 Apr TEMPLE BRIDGE, Peacock x 2 TEMPLE BRIDGE   Martin Peers
10 Apr CAVENHAM HEATH,   Speckled Wood CAVENHAM HEATH   Martin Peers
10 Apr Butterfly Species update,with Speckled Wood seen by Jane Ferguson  we now have 8 species seen on the reserve to date. SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
10 Apr Butterfly Transects walked today and when the sun was out so were the Butterflies.     Peacock 9, Small Tortoiseshell 4, Speckled Wood 2, Comma 2, Green-veined Whites 1, Small White 1 SWT Lound Lakes   b Robert Quadling
10 Apr Cavenham Heath and woodland, 2 Peacocks; Speckled Wood Cavenham Heath TL7572 Martin Peers
8 Apr KINGS FOREST, Green-veined White x4; Brimstone KINGS FOREST   Martin Peers
8 Apr Traveller's Hill, King's Forest: 4 Green-veined Whites (fresh); Brimstone; Peacock. King's Forest TL8474 Martin Peers
8 Apr Butterflies seen at Cavenham Heath, Green-veined White, Red Admiral , Small White, Peacock, Brimstone, Holly Blue and Orange-tip Cavenham Heath   b David Carter
8 Apr At North Warren today 3 Peacocks, 2 Orange Tips, 3 Small Whites. In garden in Saxmundham 2 male Holly Blues, 1 orange tip, 1 Female Brimstone. North Warren, Saxmundham   Bob Turner.
8 Apr At home, this afternoon the first red admiral seen and a Least black arches moth. Chilly when the sun went in.   Thurston   Trevor Goodfellow
8 Apr Brimstone x 3, Green-veined White x 2, peacock x 5, speckled wood x 6, holly blue x 3, green hairstreak x 2  (📷 photo click here)  (iRecord) Market Weston fen TL983787 Trevor goodfellow
8 Apr Butterfly Species update ,with Green-veined White and  Large White seen today we now have 7 species seen on the reserve to date.  Butterfly transects 1 to 9 walked on the 8/4/24, Peacock 18, Small Tortoiseshell 1, Green-veined White 1, Brimstone 1 (m). SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
8 Apr Early afternoon at Mill Stream, (16C and sunny) 5+ Peacock, 5+ Brimstone (all male), 1x Comma 2x Holly Blue, 1x Large White (male), and 1x Speckled Wood. (📷 photos of last two click here) Mill Stream   Phil Watkinson
7 Apr 42 butterflies spotted in our LNR this afternoon : 21 peacock, 9 brimstone, 7 comma, 2 small tortoiseshell, 2 orange tip, 1 holly blue Newbourne Springs    bDavid Gill
7 Apr A blustery 5 mile stroll around Gunton saw very little in the way of birds but plenty of blackcap now in. First holly blues and speckled wood in Foxburrow wood, along the route totals elsewhere; 2 brimstone, 4 comma, stacks of peacock Gunton, Foxburrow Wood   x James Wright
7 Apr Sunny but windy walk to the river this morning…..4 Peacock, several male Orange-tip, 1 male Brimstone, 1 male Holly blue, 1 Speckled wood and 1 Small tortoiseshell. North Cove   Peter Norfolk
6 Apr And we're off! First Minsmere butterfly transect of the year.  Brimstone – 1, Orange tip – 4, Peacock – 17, Comma – 3, Speckled wood – 5, Could've been so much better if the Met Office forecast of sun had materialised! RSPB Minsmere   b Derek Eaton
6 Apr Windy but mild. At home Brimstone x 1, peacock x 3, comma x 1, green veined white x 1 (📷 photo click here), speckled wood x 1. First GVW and SW this year. (sightings on iRecord)  Thurston   Trevor Goodfellow
6 Apr A great day for early butterflies today at the lakes.  Brimstone, peacock, comma, orange-tip and green-veined white all been seen today  first transect:   Brimstone x 5, Green-veined White x 5, Comma x 2, Peacock x 2 and one Holly Blue. SWT Lackford Lakes   x David Bird
5 Apr A single large white butterfly by Gunton Wood and 4 peacocks were at Gunton Warren. Gunton   x James Wright
5 Apr This afternoon at Sutton Hoo we had 23 butterflies comprising Orange Tip x 2, Peacock x 11, Comma x 4, Red Admiral x 5, and 1 Small Tortoiseshell. Sutton Hoo   Rob and Kerry Reeve  Debbie Broom
5 Apr An afternoon walk around the reserve today produced several male Brimstone, a male Orange-tip, a Comma and a mating pair of Green-veined White. Thank goodness for the sunny intervals! North Cove   Peter Norfolk
4 Apr The first Orange-tip today in our Stowmarket garden,  (📷 photo click here)  Stowmarket   Margie & David Carter
4 Apr Brimstone butterfly  seen in garden of 17 Rosebery Road Felixstowe on Thursday Felixstowe   Penny Thomas
3 Apr Butterfly transects 10 to 13 walked,no butterflies recorded. Off today's transect lines 2 Peacock butterflies seen flying thro reeds SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
2 Apr Two more Large Whites (1m 1f) emerged from chrysalises overwintered in the carport. The caterpillars were rescued in November when they seemed too cold to climb a wall to pupate.  The chrysalises were very dark and the resulting butterflies have very dark yellow on the underside of the hindwings. SW Ipswich   Richard Perryman
2 Apr Butterfly Transects walked today. Peacock 5,Comma 2,Red Admiral 1, Small Tortoiseshell 1. SWT Lound Lakes   b Robert Quadling
2 Apr Butterfly Species update ,with Broads Assistant Warden Gavin reporting Orange Tip seen at the Workshop today, we now have 5 butterfly species seen on the reserve to date SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
1 Apr Brimstone butterfly seen on cliff top amongst ivy etc in Hamilton Gardens Felixstowe  on Monday April 1st 2024    Felixstowe   Penny Thomas
1 Apr Butterflies we saw in the Kings Forest today, Brimstone, Speckled Wood (📷 photo click here) , Peacock and Comma Kings Forest   b David Carter
1 Apr Brimstone m x 2, orange tip f x 1 Pakenham Water mill   Trevor Goodfellow
1 Apr Windsor road Newmarket Brimstone m x 2, peacock x 3, comma x 1, holly blue x 1 Newmarket   Trevor Goodfellow
1 Apr Butterfly transects 1 to 9 walked, only recorded 2 peacock butterflies. Temp 13c feels like 11c,moderate breeze from South West and sunny intervals. SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
1 Apr Lovely out there. A burst of sun drew a Brimstone and Peacock out. Felt warm enough for a Green Hairstreak. Alton Water   x Mark Nowers
         
March SwT DS ES SS LS OT LW SW GvW CY B WB SpW SH R MB GK MW Gr SwF DgF MF GF HBF SPbF QoSF WA PE RA PL P ST C LT CmB SC PH GH WlH BH HB SsB BA CB ChB SB LtB - Total species seen 10      
         
30 Mar First 2 x brimstone males searching hedgerows repetitively at home.   (📷 photo click here)  Thurston   Trevor Goodfellow
30 Mar 15 butterflies this afternoon Red Admiral, Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock NT Sutton Hoo   b David Gill
30 Mar First of the year for me on 30th March in undley road Lakenheath. Regards, .  (📷 photo click here)      Mark Brown
30 Mar Our Barnby garden finally had some action today…a female Holly blue was feeding on forget-me-not in the sunny intervals at midday. Barnby   Peter Norfolk
30 Mar 3 Large Whites (2m 1f) emerged from overwintering chrysalises today SW Ipswich   Richard Perryman
30 Mar Just had 2  Small White Butterflies in my back garden Lowestoft   b Robert Quadling
29 Mar Butterfly Species Update.  I just received  a sighting of a Comma on the 29th March ,we now have 4 species of butterflies seen on the reserve to date SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
29 Mar Peacock making the most of a short window this morning, just beyond Northfield Wood, Onehouse, Suffolk (📷 photo click here Courtesy of Mrs B) Onehouse   x Mark Brewster
29 Mar Small White SW Ipswich   Richard Perryman
29 Mar Green-veined White, West Row  Feeding on plum blossom.  (📷 photo click here)  West Row   Arthur Rivett
27 Mar My first Orange-tip of the year was this recently emerged specimen at the crossroads this morning  (📷 photo click here)  RSPB Minsmere   b David Borderick
26 Mar North Cove, river bank yesterday. Nice fresh small tortoiseshell. Love the blues. (📷 photo click here)  North Cove   x John Knowles
26 Mar Lovely  sunshine in our shafto rd garden this afternoon had a lovely Small Tortoiseshell and 2 small whites and a comma W Ipswich   Steve &  Anne Green
25 Mar At last found 2 Comma Butterflies on the reserve today in a shelted area around some cut back gorse shrub . These were on the Norfolk side of the reserve SWT Lound Lakes (Norfolk side)   b Robert Quadling
25 Mar 6 Peacock Butterflies seen this morning on a stroll round the reserve SWT Lound Lakes   b Robert Quadling
21 Mar 4 Peacocks in Pound woods Great Glemham   Bob Turner.
20 Mar One Small White in garden Saxmundham   Bob Turner.
20 Mar Large White in Laxfield this afternoon.   (📷 photo click here)  Laxfield   Mike Turton
20 Mar Early afternoon in bright sunshine (15C) at Mill Stream, 2x Peacock, 4x Comma and 1x Brimstone (male). (Comma and Peacock 📷 photos click here) Mill Stream   Phil Watkinson
20 Mar Brimstone, comma and small white recorded in my Charsfield garden at lunchtime today. Charsfield   Steve Aylward
19 Mar Peacock (📷 photo click here)  Martlesham Wilds   Craig Messenger
18 Mar Male Brimstone on the wing and Small Tortoiseshell feeding on Blackthorn? East Bergholt TM101346 John Hanley
18 Mar Butterfly Species update .Warden Andrew spotted a Holly Blue on the 18th of March in the  Fen Barn Garden.This is early, as in 2023, the first sighting was for the 29th of April. 4 Species seen on reserve to date SWT Lound Lakes   b Robert Quadling
18 Mar  A good day for butterflies with four species seen in Kelsale, Suffolk: Brimstones, Commas, Peacocks and a single Small White. Many bees and Bee-flies too, suddenly it really feels like spring at last! Kelsale   b Charles Cuthbert
18 Mar Male Orange-tip, (📷 photo click here);  Male Brimstome, Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell at Brunswick Park, Ipswich. Ipswich   Matt Garnham
18 Mar Butterflies were much in evidence today, along with mining and bumblebees. A cracking male Brimstone and 2 Commas were first records for the year. Landguard    
18 Mar On a walk around Alton reservoir today I spotted 3 male brimstone butterflies, at sufficiently long intervals to believe they were not the same one. Sadly none settled for a closer look or photo, however this peacock did, and there was another later on too. (📷 photo click here)  Alton reservoir   Ines Pender
18 Mar 2 x brimstone males at SWT micklemere SWT micklemere   Trevor Goodfellow
18 Mar 2 brimstone males at SWT blackbourn valley SWT blackbourn valley   Trevor Goodfellow
18 Mar 1 x comma showed in the sun today at Thurston. (📷 photo click here)  Thurston   Trevor Goodfellow
18 Mar 1 Peacock and 1 Comma in my garden in Saxmundham today. Comma feeding on Grape Hyacinths. Temp 16 degrees in shade. Saxmundham   Bob Turner
18 Mar Butterflies seen in South Lowestoft at  TM 537 922 this morning ,1 Peacock and 6 Small Tortoiseshell South Lowestoft TM 537 922 b Robert Quadling
18 Mar one beautiful brimstone in nightingale Rd Ipswich this morning  Ipswich   Peter Compton
16 Mar We had a Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell (our first of the year) nectaring on a wallflower in the front garden.    Wickham Market   Rob and Kerry Reeve
16 Mar A female Holly Blue flew through my garden in Saxmundham this morning. Must be the earliest I have ever seen. Saxmundham   Bob Turner.
15 Mar Brimstone Farnham   Bob Turner
15 Mar One or possibly two cracking male Brimstones along the Mill Stream near Foxhall Stadium this morning. Ipswich   Jenny & Gary Plank
15 Mar A very fresh looking Brimstone in our garden this morning Flowton TM085470 Rob Clements
15 Mar Brimstone - first butterfly of the year in garden SW Ipswich   Richard Perryman
14 Mar A Comma flying in the sun today (14 March) at Flowton.  .  Very welcome! Flowton TM085470 Rob Clements
9 Mar Saturday's volunteer session of the Friends of Belstead Brook Park at Stoke Park Wood LNR - a trailer load of litter! Depressing, but it felt like spring with brimstones & commas to cheer us up!  (📷 photo click here)  Stoke Park Wood LNR   Greenways Project
9 Mar In the very welcome sunshine, we had a Brimstone in our Wickham Market garden. Wickham Market TM302 563 Rob and Kerry Reeve
9 Mar Lots of sunshine today and we were joined by a male Brimstone and a Red Admiral at home here in Sudbury Sudbury   Keith Winch
9 Mar Beyton rd, Thurston.   My first brimstone (m) Thurston   Trevor Goodfellow
9 Mar Male brimstone seen in Charsfield around noon today (Sat 9th). First butterfly of the year for me. Charsfield   Steve Aylward
9 Mar Two Brimstones flashing around East Bergholt this morning (Records uploaded to @iRecordWildlife) East Bergholt   x Mark Nowers
9 Mar 1 Brimstone this morning in Laxfield churchyard TM29637249.  1 Brimstone this afternoon in my garden (the Orchards, Laxfield) TM29307243 Laxfield   Mike Turton
9 Mar We saw a Comma at Dunwich on the field path parallel to the deadend lane leading to coast guards. Also a male brimstone in Homersfield just before noon today.   Dunwich & Homersfield   Sarah Day
9 Mar A single Comma at Mill Stream early this afternoon. (📷 photo click here)  Mill Stream   Phil Watkinson
9 Mar Comma x 2 (one tatty and one fresh)    Along footpath by River Lark near The Crankles, Bury St Edmunds at 11:56 Bury St Edmunds TL 859640 David Bird
8 Mar We had this fresh Peacock butterfly, (📷 photo click here), in Woodbridge Old Cemetery, basking in the sunshine despite a brisk easterly breeze.   Woodbridge   Rob and Kerry Reeve  Steve and Anne Green
8 Mar Two Small tortoiseshell butterflies flying around on the reserve.  Lovely Spring weather here today (8/3) RSPB Lakenheath Fen    
6 Mar Just seen or 3rd Butterfly species for this year a Small Tortoiseshell SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
6 Mar Comma seen today in my garden at 12.45. Ipswich TM1644 Stella Wolfe
4 Mar Green-veined White seen flying 12pm Northgate High School area of Ipswich.  Photo taken later 3pm  (📷 photo click here)  A week earlier than the previous earliest sighting N Ipswich   David Clark
4 Mar Just seen our first Brimstone Butterfly a Male near the visitor centre at 10.38am SWT Carlton Marshes   b Robert Quadling
         
February SwT DS ES SS LS OT LW SW GvW CY B WB SpW SH R MB GK MW Gr SwF DgF MF GF HBF SPbF QoSF WA PE RA PL P ST C LT CmB SC PH GH WlH BH HB SsB BA CB ChB SB LtB - Total species seen 4      
         
24 Feb 5 deg C and still the sun lured a Peacock out to bask. Thurston   Trevor Goodfellow
15 Feb Spring arrived on the reserve with a bang  when we spotted a Peacock butterfly in Brandon Fen, then a female Brimstone around the Visitor Centre. RSPB Lakenheath Fen   x RSPB Lakenheath Fen
15 Feb Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Brimstone Lound Lakes   x SWT
15 Feb We had a male Brimstone butterfly in our garden this morning Wickham Market TM302 563 Rob and Kerry Reeve 
15 Feb Have just seen a male Brimstone emerge from a thick ivy bush, 11.45am Little Bealings, Nr Woodbridge   Peter Woolley
12 Feb Red Admiral flew through the garden mid-morning.   Waldringfield   Peter Maddison
11 Feb My first sighting of this year; a red admiral in my garden Nightingale Rd at 11,33 am today Ipswich   Peter Compton
10 Feb We had a Red Admiral visit us today. Sudbury   Keith Winch
6 Feb We had a Hummingbird Hawkmoth visit our Stowmarket garden Mahonia   (📷 photo click here)  Stowmarket   Margie & David Carter
5 Feb Today a Red admiral was flying along old railway at North Warren. North Warren   Bob Turner
3 Feb  Red Admiral free flying., feeding on Viburnam Trimley St Martin  TM275379 Sue Biddle
2 Feb  A Peacock butterfly became the first butterfly of the year in our garden today.  Wickham Market  TM302 563 Rob and Kerry Reeve
1 Feb  We have our first reported sighting this year of a Peacock Butterfly on the 1/2/24 by the octagon along Share Marsh path   SWT Carlton Marshes   Robert Quadling
1 Feb Early Peacock  (📷 photo click here)  Lake Lothing   Carl Buttle
         
January SwT DS ES SS LS OT LW SW GvW CY B WB SpW SH R MB GK MW Gr SwF DgF MF GF HBF SPbF QoSF WA PE RA PL P ST C LT CmB SC PH GH WlH BH HB SsB BA CB ChB SB LtB - Total species seen 4       (📷 photo click here) 
         
28 Jan Our walk today at Henstead. Highlights: Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly Henstead   Jane ferguson
19 Jan Was very surprised to see my first butterfly of the year this morning. It was a Red Admiral on the wing at approximately 10.30am in the car park of the Coach House Hotel Carlton Coalville NR33 8BL Craig Fulcher
16 Jan Very surprised to see a Peacock butterfly at North Warren, Aldeburgh this lunchtime flying about in the vegetation. North Warren   Sarah Chamberlain
16 Jan My first butterfly of the year this morning a single Brimstone in minus one degree temperature but bright sunshine - Sandlings Local Nature Reserve Rushmere St.Andrew   Bryan Wright
4 Jan Just seen my first Butterfly of 2024 a Red Admiral in the Suffolk Sands holiday park Felixstowe IP11 2TS Felixstowe   William Brame
3 Jan 1pm today, a Peacock landed on my window sill. I wonder if last nights storm interrupted it's hibernation ? Rushmere St Andrew   Phil Watkinson
         

Sightings from previous years  2012    2013    2014    2015    2016    2017    2018    2019    2020    2021    2022    2023

Photographs from 2024 Sightings  (all pictures are the copyright of their owners)

 
Peacock - photo © Carl Buttle


 Hummingbird Hawkmoth - photo © David Carter


Green-veined White - 📷 © David Clark


Peacock - photo © Rob Reeve


 Comma - photo © Phil Watkinson


 Comma - photo © Greenways Project
Comma - photo © Trevor Goodfellow


Peacock - photo © Ines Pender


Orange-tip - photo © Matt Garnham
Peacock - photo © Craig Messenger


 Comma - photo © Phil Watkinson


 Peacock - photo © Phil Watkinson
Large White - photo © Mike Turton


 Small Tortoiseshell - photo © Zenny Knowles


 Orange-tip - photo © David Borderick
Green-veined White - 📷 © Arthur Rivett


Peacock - photo © Mrs Brewster


 Holly Blue - photo © Mark Brown
Brimstone - 📷 © Trevor Goodfellow


Speckled Wood - 📷 © David Carter


 Orange-tip - photo © David Carter


Green-veined White - 📷 © Trevor Goodfellow


Large White - photo © Phil Watkinson


 Speckled Wood - 📷 © Phil Watkinson
Green Hairstreak - 📷 © Trevor goodfellow


Holly Blue - photo © Rob Reeve 


Painted Lady - photo © Trevor Goodfellow
Orange-tip - photo © Daniel Cable-Davey


 Green Hairstreak - 📷 © Daniel Cable-Davey


 Painted Lady - photo © Will Brame
Green Hairstreak - 📷 © Mark


 Green Hairstreak - 📷 © David Carter


Green-veined White - 📷 © Phil Watkinson
Green Hairstreak - 📷 © Daniel Cable-Davey


 Small Copper - 📷 © David Dowding


 Green-veined White - 📷 © David Carter
Small Copper ab. caeruleopunctata - 📷 © David Borderick


    
     
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