|
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(📷
photo
click here) |
|
May |
SWT
DS ES SS
LS
OT LW
SW GVW CY
B
WB
SPW
SH
R MB GK MW
GR SWF
WA
PE RA
PL
P ST
C LT CMB SC PH
GH
WLH BH
HB
SSB
BA CB
CHB
SB LTB
- Total species seen
21 |
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|
31 May |
This morning on our walk in Wickham Market we had a
Green Hairstreak on
bramble but, otherwise it was very quiet for butterflies.
|
Wickham Market |
TM308 569 |
Rob and Kerry Reeve |
|
31 May |
One Small Blue butterfly, one female Common Blue and the first
Meadow Brown butterfly I have spotted this year plus a first
time spotting of a female Dingy
skipper (📷
photo
click here)
Braziers meadow and another meadow in Ravenswood Ipswich |
Braziers Meadow |
|
Daniel Cable Davey |
|
30 May |
7 Silver-studded Blue
(male), also Green Hairstreak,
Small Copper, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue |
Purdis Heath SSSI |
|
Helen Saunders |
|
30 May |
Multiple sightings of solo Wall
Browns throughout the day. 3 sightings in different areas
of my large garden, and 7 sightings out on the adjacent very
long station platform. So for the record, 1 Wall Brown, but
circumstances suggest possibly 2 or more individuals. Plenty of
Holly Blue and Orange Tip sightings, all solos, so 1 Holly Blue,
1 Orange Tip, and also 3 ancient Peacocks again. |
Somerleyton |
|
Sue Cox |
|
30 May |
At home I was thinking ‘there are no butterflies about’ then I
saw the first large skipper. A possible sighting of hornet moth
and old pupa found. Yesterday and today several meadow browns
emerged and one small tortoiseshell and a couple of Cinnabar
moths And that’s it! (📷
photo
click here) |
Theberton |
|
Trevor Goddard |
|
30 May |
Pleased to find two Wall Browns
on Sudbourne Marsh plus first Painted Lady of the year (📷
photo
click here) |
Sudbourne Marsh |
|
t Gi Grieco |
|
30 May |
Frustrating glimpse of possible Wall
east of Holbrook Creek earlier at TM176345 on path along edge of
wheat crop just beyond the Blackthorn scrub strip. |
Holbrook Creek |
TM176345 |
t Mark Nowers |
|
30 May |
A Green Hairstreak was seen in
my garden in Aldeburgh on 30 May 2020 - my first sighting. It
was favouring scabious and common thrift and stayed long enough
for me to take photographs |
Aldeburgh |
|
Roy Simpson |
|
29 May |
Very pleased to see my first Large Skipper of the year,
frantically nectaring on Red Campion in my garden. Also 3
veteran Peacocks, 4 Orange tips (2 courting pairs) and at least
3 Holly Blues. |
Somerleyton |
|
Sue Cox |
|
29 May |
A circular stroll around woods near Bentley this morning.
Large Skipper (📷
photo
click here), Meadow
Brown |
Bentley |
|
t David Walsh |
|
29 May |
Wildflower field at East End (East Bergholt) today: 26
Small Heath, 5
Green Hairstreak, 4 Common
Blue, 2 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 2 Cinnabar. |
East Bergholt |
|
Liz Cutting |
|
29 May |
A pleasant stroll in the sunshine around Wolves Wood this
morning produced the grand total of one fleeting White and 7
Speckled Woods. Very disappointing and no obvious explanation
for the dearth of butterflies in this usually teeming wood. |
Wolves Wood |
|
Jenny & Gary Plank |
|
26 May |
2 male Wall Browns, showing
well in the usual place at SWT Carlton Marshes this pm, we are
greatly indebted to Matt, Gavin, Robert, Andrew et al who look
after them so well, thank you (📷
photo
click here) |
|
|
t Peter Ransome |
|
26 May |
I hour walk through A14 underpass and in meadows either side.
Speckled wood 1, Orange tip 1, Small white 1, Red admiral 1,
Holly blue 5, Common blue 2, Large Skipper 1, + Cinnebar moth 2,
and Mother Shipton 1 Painted lady midday in our Bentley garden |
Bentley Belstead Meadows |
|
Michael Bamford |
|
26 May |
As we wanted to encourage brimstones in our garden in Thurston,
our daughter gave us five buckthorn whips last Christmas. We are
surprised to see they have been found already! My husband
counted eleven caterpillars today. (📷
photo
click here) |
Thurston |
|
Penny and Laurence Child |
|
25 May |
On a walk on the 25th May between Iken and Snape Marshes, I
recorded Green-Veined White (4), Large White (3), Small White
(6), Small Heath (5), Peacock
(2), Small Copper (2), Orange-Tip (3), Red Admiral (1) and
Large Skipper
(1, First of the year (📷
photo
click here)).
Also saw 3 Mother Shipton moths. |
Iken and Snape Marshes |
|
Daniel Cooper |
|
25 May |
At least six Wall Browns. plus
a few
Small Heaths, common blue and a male brimstone, |
Sudbourne / Orford |
TM432515 |
Rob Johnson and Laurence Potter |
|
25 May |
A visit to Landseer Park this morning. 6 Small Blue (inc one
female) (📷
photo
click here).
Also 10 Common Blue (inc one female), 2 Brown Argus, 2 Brimstone
(1f,1m), 1 Small Copper, 1 Red Admiral. |
Landseer Park |
|
t Kevin Ling |
|
25 May |
It's amazing what you can see in Ipswich parks these days: Small
Blue, Landseer Park, Ipswich today. The only definite one I saw
(📷
photo
click here) |
Landseer Park, |
|
t Steve Babbs |
|
25 May |
Thanks to Alan Walker. Green
Hairstreak Butterfly was seen today on the reserve, last
year 2019 one was seen on 29th June |
SWT Carlton Marshes, |
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
25 May |
butterfly update thanks to Andrew Easton we have the first
Common Blue Butterfly sighting, first sighting in 2019 was on
the 18th (📷
photo
click here) |
SWT Carlton Marshes, |
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
25 May |
Checking up on our Wall Brown
Butterflies at the sluice this morning 3 Wall Browns where
showing all Males (📷
photo
click here)
|
SWT Carlton Marshes |
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
25 May |
Red Admiral; creed walk |
Bury St Edmunds |
IP32 |
t barry woodhouse |
|
25 May |
Thanks to Andrew Easton I have our first reported
Meadow Brown
Butterfly , in 2019 our first reported was on 14th June. |
SWT Carlton Marshes |
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
24 May |
Don’t know if Andrews female was near the sluice but there were
2 males and 1 female Wall Browns
there this evening |
SWT Carlton Marshes |
|
t Gavin Durrant |
|
24 May |
Blustery and overcast at Carlton Marshes this morning but still
six Wall Browns butterflies
seen (We have our first reported Female
Wall Brown butterfly sighting,
that's hope for some more to show this week - Robert Quadling) (📷
photo
click here) |
SWT Carlton Marshes |
|
t Andrew Easton |
|
24 May |
2 Male Wall Browns fighting
TM507955. 3 Wall Browns
(1 pictured) and 1 Green Veined White (Pictured) in the area of
TM505956 (📷
photo
click here) |
SWT Carlton Marshes |
TM5095 |
t Richard Martin |
|
24 May |
My first Painted Lady of the year at Landguard Obs this morning
also 3 Common Blue, 14+ Small White, 1
Green Hairstreak, 6 Holly
Blue, 1 Small Copper and a single Cinnabar moth. |
Landguard Obs |
|
t Will Brame |
|
24 May |
Corton Cliff ( Black Hole )
Butterfly survey, only recorded 1 Small White |
Corton Cliff |
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
23 May |
Three Painted Lady, two tatty and one pristine, also
green hairstreak and a couple
of small tortoiseshell on the beach between Sizewell and
Thorpness |
Sizewell to Thorpness |
|
Rob and Libby Johnson |
|
23 May |
Butterflies recorded today 4 Wall
Brown (Males), 1 Small White, 1 Large White,1
Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral. My best
number of Wall Brown seen at any one time stands at 4 and these
are all Males, I still have not seen any Females yet on the
reserve ? |
SWT Carlton Marshes |
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
23 May |
I saw 3
Wall Browns this morning. I
walked from the carpark all the way to the riverbank and turned
left, walked about 30yds and they were there on the path; sorry
can't be more precise (📷
photo
click here) |
SWT Carlton Marshes |
|
t Paul Jespersen |
|
23 May |
2 Small Heath found on field margins at Great Finbourgh this
week, (📷
photo
click here) |
Great Finbourgh |
|
Margie & David Carter |
|
22 May |
Two
Wall Browns on bridleway
flying low to keep out of breeze, |
Sudbourne/Orford |
TM432515 |
Rob and Libby Johnson |
|
22 May |
The butterfly was at 622093E 255178N, Lat 52.157, Long 0.965.
There are at least three small
heaths, I saw two males and one female today at the same
location. (📷
photo
click here) |
Combs |
|
Kenneth Mudd |
|
21 May |
A mating pair of Brown Argus butterflies (📷
photo
click here) |
Ravenswood Ipswich |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
21 May |
My walk this afternoon over Landseer Park was rewarding, I saw
at least 6 Small Blues,
which are so inconspicuous, a Green
Hairstreak, Brown Argus and several Common Blues. (📷
photo
click here) |
Landseer Park |
|
t Mick Wright |
|
21 May |
Pleased to find Brown Argus with
Small Heaths in the meadow by Harleston Church (IP14)
yesterday; large areas are uncut, so possibly good numbers
present |
Harleston |
IP14 |
t Mark Brewster |
|
21 May |
Wall Brown at North edge of
Sudbourne Marshes |
Sudbourne Marshes |
TM450547 |
Jon Levine |
|
21 May |
A small heath was seen in
Combs, near Stowmarket. It was on the permissive footpath near
agricultural land. I have not seen one here for many years |
Combs |
|
Kenneth Mudd |
|
20 May |
Numerous Holly Blue (at least 15) and Small Whites along
Lowestoft old railway walk today, joined by 3 Large White, two
male Orange-tip, two Red Admiral, three Speckled Wood and two
Green-veined White. Too warm and sunny for many photo
opportunities. (📷
photos
click here) |
Lowestoft |
|
James Corton |
|
20 May |
Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) is a much loved nectar
source for insects, here Small Copper and Brown Argus
butterflies joining huge numbers of busy bees at the oasis of
Newbourne Springs NR today (📷
photo
click here) |
Newbourne Springs |
|
t Charles Cuthbert |
|
20 May |
Late trickle of 5 Red Admirals through my SE Suffolk garden this
afternoon. (📷
photo
click here) |
Trimley |
|
t Bill Stone |
|
20 May |
A long walk around Shingle Street this morning produced just one
Small Copper, 2 Peacocks, 4 male Orange Tips, 4
Small Heaths and several
whites. |
Shingle Street |
|
Jenny & Gary Plank |
|
19 May |
An emergence of Small Heaths
made for an enjoyable afternoon walk. Have recorded only
individuals of this butterfly species locally before now, but
watched them in numbers in two locations today (📷
photo
click here) |
Harleston |
|
t Mark Brewster |
|
19 May |
16.00hrs:Just beyond the archery huts , 4/5
Dingy Skipper, 4/5 Common
Blue, numerous Brimstones and Orange Tips, three small Coppers,
one Speckled Wood. Down track heading south one
green hairstreak. |
King's Forest |
|
Nigel Hannay |
|
19 May |
2 Wall Brown on the station,
flying low over the track and the platform and then the station
flowerbeds. Four sightings altogether in a period of
approximately one hour; two of one insect alone, and two of two
individuals spiralling and chasing. |
Somerleyton |
|
Sue Cox |
|
19 May |
One Wall Brown in Somerleyton
Churchyard. (Spoke to man strimming and he said more of the
graveyard would be left uncut this year.) |
Somerleyton Churchyard |
|
David and Lilian Pitt |
|
18 May |
Dingy Skipper and
Green Hairstreak on Chalk Lane
, Ride 202, Kings Forest (📷
photo
click here) |
Kings Forest |
|
Margie & David Carter |
|
18 May |
Brown Angus in the garden today! One with telephoto and by time
I changed to macro - it was one shot and he was off! Not seen
them here before. This bit around the pond has gone rather
wild (📷
photo
click here) |
St James South Elmham |
|
t Caroline |
|
18 May |
A very obliging Green Hairstreak (📷
photo
click here) visiting
Cotoneaster Horizontalis along with several Holly Blues in our
garden |
Shotley Gate |
TM241341 |
Ian Peters |
|
18 May |
Spring Wood - Belstead. On my run tonight, I paused briefly to
observe my first Common Blue of the year |
Spring Wood |
|
t Kevin Ling |
|
18 May |
This afternoon at Sudbourne church we had one
Wall Brown and several Small
Copper. (Extensive strimming taking place!) |
Sudbourne church |
|
Rob and Kerry Reeve |
|
18 May |
Walk around Gunton Meadow early afternoon yielded 3 Holly Blues,
1 common Blue and a Comma. Would have hoped for more if the sun
kept out... Female Orange Tip in Gunton Wood and at long last,
my first 2 green hairstreak
Gunton Warren clifftops and male Orange Tip. |
Gunton |
|
t James Wright |
|
18 May |
We had a walk in the Kings Forest this morning looking for
butterflies. Dingy Skipper,
Green Hairstreak, Common Blue
and Brown Argus all nfy , thanks to David Walsh for his help |
Kings Forest |
|
t David Carter |
|
18 May |
3 Green Hairstreak, 4 Common Blue, 1
Small Heath, 2 Brown
Argus, 12+ Small White, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Cinnabar
moth |
Landguard |
|
t Will Brame |
|
18 May |
3 Green Hairstreak, 3 Common Blue, 5 Holly Blue, 2
Orange Tip, 4 Small White |
Customs House |
|
t Will Brame |
|
17 May |
1 Wall Brown in my garden,
flying low at speed and coming to rest on vegetation |
Somerleyton |
|
Sue Cox |
|
17 May |
This afternoon I walked round the wildflower field in East End
(East Bergholt) and saw 19 Small
Heaths. Other butterflies were few and far between with 1
Peacock, 1 Small White and 1 Green
Hairstreak |
East Bergholt |
|
Liz Cutting |
|
17 May |
Orange-tip (m) 1, Green-veined White 1, Brimstone 1, Red Admiral
1 |
Kiln Meadows |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
17 May |
A walk along Chalk Lane from the B1106 as far as the east side
of the forest and then back on a parallel track produced 13
species of butterfly: 6 Dingy Skipper
(📷
photo
click here) ,
26 Orange Tip, 1 Large White, 5 Small White, 1 Green-veined
White, 2 Brimstone, 2 Speckled Wood, 19
Small Heath, 1 Peacock, 21
Small Copper, 3 Green Hairstreak,
1 Brown Argus and 7 Common Blue. Also 10 Cinnabar, 2
Burnet Companion and 1 Mother Shipton. Best birds were 2 Tree
Pipits, 5 Woodlarks, 2 Cuckoos, 3 Stonechats and 12 Willow
Warblers. |
King’s Forest |
|
David Walsh |
|
17 May |
South-west sections of Kings Forest, Suffolk visited today and
good numbers of Dingy Skippers
found including one pairing (📷
photo
click here) |
Kings Forest |
|
t Bill Stone |
|
17 May |
Twelve species on our butterfly walk at Black Bourn Valley
today, but very few of most. Highlights were
Green Hairstreak, Holly Blue
that I’m sure was egg laying (checked Peter Eeles’ book on
returning home) and Brown Argus |
Black Bourn Valley |
|
t Mark Brewster |
|
17 May |
Small heath again and red
admiral marham park |
Bury St Edmunds |
IP32 |
t barry woodhouse |
|
17 May |
Speckled wood small copper |
kings forest |
|
barry woodhouse |
|
17 May |
First Butterfly survey of Corton Cliff
(Black Hole) Butterflies Recorded, 3
Small White, 2 Large White, 1 Holly Blue |
Corton Cliff |
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
17 May |
Well that's a first just had a Green
Hairstreak Butterfly in the garden at 10.47am |
Lowestoft South |
TM 534 922 |
t Robert Quadling |
|
17 May |
Green Hairstreak on dunes at
Minsmere (📷
photo
click here) plus
several Small Copper |
Minsmere |
|
t Alex Rafinski |
|
16 May |
Green Hairstreak landed
briefly on low herbage at our feet. A welcome surprise. |
Erwarton |
TM225348 |
Ian and Mandy Peters |
|
16 May |
Mid morning walk round the wildflower field in East End (East
Bergholt): 1 Small Copper, 1 Peacock, 9
Small Heath. Maybe with a bit
of sun I’d have made double figures on the Small Heaths |
East Bergholt |
|
Liz Cutting |
|
16 May |
That cooler weather this week has had a impact on Butterflies,
recorded today ,5 Orange Tip (M), 3 Peacock, 3 Green-veined
white, 3 Wall Brown (M), 1 Red
Admiral |
SWT Carlton Marshes |
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
15 May |
Large white 2, Small white 4, Green-veined white 6, Brimstone
1, Orange tip 2, Peacock 2, Red admiral 1, Comma 1, Holly blue
4, Brown argus 3, Small copper 1 at 11.15 -12.15 |
Piper's Vale |
|
Michael Bamford |
|
15 May |
This afternoon Diane and I had a walk close to but not into as
there were people there, the Archery area of the Kings Forest.
No sign of Dingy Skipper but partly as there was little or sun.
Also there appeared to be almost no Birds Foot Trefoil out yet.
Did see Common Blue and Red Admiral for the first time this
year as well as several Orange Tips, 2 Brimstone, Large White,
Small White and Peacock Also around the field behind our house
(Sayers Breck on Lackford Lakes SWT reserve TL77V)
Small Heath has been out for
about 10 days in small numbers. Specifically I saw 3 on
Wednesday (13th) and we both (separately) had at least 1 about a
week earlier. |
Kings Forest |
|
Peter Lack |
|
15 May |
Red admiral fresh in to our coastal garden in Lowestoft. (📷
photo
click here) |
Lowestoft |
|
James Corton |
|
15 May |
Lunchtime walk today, four Green
Hairstreak seen |
Martlesham Common Nature reserve |
|
t Kevin Ling |
|
15 May |
At least four Red Admirals in Northfield Wood this afternoon as
I walked through, and Green-veined whites were muscling in on
the garlic mustard |
Northfield Wood |
|
t Mark Brewster |
|
15 May |
We saw many Small Heath and
Small Copper butterflies on our walk this morning on Cavenham
Heath NNR |
Cavenham Heath NNR |
|
t David Carter |
|
15 May |
Small Heath and Small Copper
out at Upper Hollesley Common this morning, Cinnabar moth too |
Upper Hollesley Common |
|
t Eddie Bathgate |
|
15 May |
Small heath still present same
spot same place, 2 green veined whites marham park |
Bury St Edmunds |
IP32 |
t barry woodhouse |
|
14 May |
Small heath again this
afternoon marham park |
Bury St Edmunds |
IP32 |
t barry woodhouse |
|
14 May |
Small Coppers out today at Upper Hollesley Common |
Upper Hollesley Common |
|
t Eddie Bathgate |
|
13 May |
Surprised to see a few Butterflies here, during a brief lull in
the cold North Easterlies on Tuesday. Single Brimstone, Common
Blue and Comma. |
Felixstowe |
TM292330 |
John Hanley |
|
13 May |
Living up to it’s name. My first Wall
Brown of the year! (📷
photo
click here) |
|
TM511961 |
t Richard Martin |
|
13 May |
My first small copper of the year this afternoon |
cavenham heath |
|
t barry woodhouse |
|
12 May |
One male Common Blue butterfly flying around and nectaring and a
Green veined white and Green hairstreak both at rest upon
brambles. (📷
photos
click here) |
Ravenswood Ipswich |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
12 May |
at 06.58 this morning a Red Admiral sunning itself beside the
Fonnereau Way footpath (📷
photo
click here) |
Ipswich |
TM167470 |
Paul Gilson |
|
12 May |
A few butterflies from my walk near Leiston, Suffolk this
morning: Small Copper, Small Heath
and Holly Blue (female egg-laying on Holly) (📷
photos
click here)
- also noted at least three Red Admirals on the move in a
general northerly direction |
Leiston |
|
t Charles Cuthbert |
|
12 May |
Small heath; marham park |
Bury St Edmunds |
IP32 |
t barry woodhouse |
|
11 May |
First Red Admiral of the year today at Heritage Green,
Kessingland (📷
photo
click here).
Also two Male Orange Tip, Small and Large White and Holly Blue |
Kessingland |
|
t David Borderick |
|
10 May |
This morning we saw 3 Green
Hairstreaks, 4 male Orange Tips, 2 Green-veined Whites, 1
Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood and the usual unidentified Whites. |
Chillesford Forest |
TM3952 |
Gary Plank |
|
9 May |
Brimstone butterfly in my garden at Rookery Close |
Oulton Broad |
|
Jane Ferguson |
|
9 May |
Brimstone |
Carlton Marshes |
|
Jane Ferguson |
|
9 May |
2 Wall Brown at Carlton
Marshes during our walk today (📷
photos
click here) |
SWT Carlton Marshes |
|
|
|
9 May |
Butterflies recorded,65 Green-veined White, 32 Peacock, 23
Orange Tip (18 M +5 F), 6 Holly Blue, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 3
Brown Argus, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Wall
Brown (M), 2 Brimstone (M), 1 Small Copper |
SWT Carlton Marshes |
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
9 May |
3 green veined white, 1 large white, 2 holly blue, marham park.
1 holly blue hunter road |
Bury St Edmunds |
IP32 |
t barry woodhouse |
|
9 May |
Green Hairstreak at Great
Cornard Country Park, 1 of at least 3 seen - the highlight of
todays walk (📷
photo
click here) |
Great Cornard |
|
t Stuart Read |
|
9 May |
Walk from home this morning was to Holy Trinity Church,Gisleham.
Churchyard sightings : Small Copper, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue,
Comma, Red Admiral, Orange Tip |
Gisleham |
|
t Jane Ferguson |
|
9 May |
Wall Brown butterfly at
Carlton Marshes this morning on my walk from home (📷
photo
click here) |
Carlton Marshes |
|
t Jane Ferguson |
|
9 May |
Green Hairstreak again this
morning in our North Lowestoft garden also |
North Lowestoft |
|
t Peter Ransome |
|
9 May |
Sightings from East end to Dodnash woods walk today.. Holly blue
, Speckled wood, Orange tip, Peacock, Small tortoiseshell,
Small heath, Small white,
Comma and Large white. |
East Bergholt |
TM103357 |
Gary Coppard |
|
9 May |
Two Brown Argus butterflies basking and nectaring |
Braziers meadow Ipswich |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
9 May |
Ten species in and around Old Hall Wood on my dog walk this
morning. New Brown Argus location for me with 6 seen. Also
5 Peacock, 3 Orange Tip (2m,1f), 4 Speckled Wood, 1 Male
brimstone, 1Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Green-veined
White, 1 Large White 1 Holly Blue |
Bentley, Old Hall Wood |
|
t Kevin Ling |
|
9 May |
Wildflower Field at East End, East Bergholt: 8
Small Heaths and 1
Green Hairstreak High Hillies,
East Bergholt: 5 Small Heaths
and 1 Small Copper On the rest of my walk, a smattering of Large
& G-V Whites and Orange Tips and 1 Peacock. |
East Bergholt |
|
Liz Cutting |
|
9 May |
Two separate female Holly Blues and one male have been in the garden in the
past three days. Both females seen ovipositing on alder
buckthorn (about 7 feet tall now). 8th May. Female holly blue
ovipositing on alder buckthorn in our garden in north Lowestoft
(📷
photo
click here) |
Lowestoft |
|
James and Lucie Corton |
|
8 May |
Sadly did not have my camera with me but reasonably certain that
this was a Large Tortoiseshell. Basking in warm sunshine at
field edge this evening at 18.20 hours. Watched down to 2.5
metres. Blue spots on hind wing but none on forewing. Is
it possible after a constant easterly over the last 3 days ??
Have never seen one before ; could an aberrant Small
Tortoiseshell have blue spots only on hind wing ?? Perhaps
someone else will see it around |
Sapiston |
|
Brian Taylor |
|
8 May |
I can confirm that we have recorded our first 2
Wall Brown Butterflies at SWT
Carlton Marshes today. Lets hope for a lot more this year if you
see any on this reserve could you please let me know giving a
Ref Point or a TM Number as this Butterfly is closely monitored
every year |
|
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
8 May |
First Wall Brown butterfly seen (📷
photo
click here) |
SWT Carlton Marshes |
|
SWT Broads Warden |
|
8 May |
A 'permitted' round walk from Playford in the Fynn Valley gave
us one Peacock, one Holly Blue, one Speckled Wood, 20-30 male
Orange Tips, one Green-veined White and numerous other whites. |
Playford |
|
Jenny & Gary Plank |
|
8 May |
Orange-tip (m) 2 (f) 2, Green-veined White 2, Speckled Wood 1,
Red Admiral 2, Peacock 2, |
Ashground Plantation |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
8 May |
Green Hairstreak in our North
Lowestoft garden, the first for 3 years! (📷
photo
click here) |
North Lowestoft |
|
t Peter Ransome |
|
8 May |
Males of orange tip Gunton Church and Brimstone, Dip Farm car
park by Corton woods. |
Gunton, Corton |
|
t James Wright |
|
8 May |
Red Admiral IP32 marham park BSE 07.40 several green veined
whites |
Bury St Edmunds |
IP32 |
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
7 May |
Saw up to 6 Green Hairstreak
on gorse on Wortham Ling. Don't think many have been seen there
before. (📷
photo
click here) |
Wortham Ling |
|
Cara Phillips |
|
7 May |
Dingy Skippers
seen flying in the King's Forest on 7th May (by David Tomlinson) |
King's Forest |
|
Rob Parker |
|
7 May |
Our first ever garden record of a
Green Hairstreak. Also one Speckled Wood, two Holy Blues
and several passing Whites |
Kesgrave |
TM230452 |
Gary & Jenn Plank |
|
7 May |
Brimstone Butterfly at Arbor Lane |
Pakefield |
|
Jane Ferguson |
|
7 May |
Female Brimstone was seen egg-laying on Alder buckthorn bushes
specially planted for them on the course |
Ipswich Golf Club |
|
t Ipswich golf club ecology |
|
7 May |
1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Copper, 1 Large White, 7 Small White |
Landguard |
|
t Will Brame |
|
7 May |
2 Green Hairstreaks (📷
photo
click here),
7 Speckled Wood, 1 Large White, 2 Small White, 5 Holly Blue |
Peewit Hill |
|
t Will Brame |
|
7 May |
First Small Heath butterflies
of the year, 6 seen and recorded by river Stour (📷
photo
click here) |
|
|
t Tony and Sandy |
|
6 May |
Male and female brimstone observed in a tangled dance, it seemed
the female had already mated and presented a rejection posture.
6 Green Hairstreaks noted. (📷
photos
click here) |
Pipers Vale, Ipswich |
|
Sam Chamberlin Ipswich Borough Council Ranger |
|
6 May |
Five Brown Argus butterflies first specimens encountered this
year including a mating pair (📷
photos
click here) |
Ipswich, Ravenswood |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
6 May |
2 Small Coppers, 3 Small Heaths,
1 Peacock, 1 Orange-tip, 1 Green-veined White |
Dodnash Fruit Farm |
|
Liz Cutting |
|
6 May |
First Wall Brown of the year,
in my garden. |
Somerleyton |
TM4797 |
Sue Cox |
|
6 May |
Green Hairstreak 5+ Plentiful,
mainly on oak leaves |
Wortham Ling |
TM 09600 79364 |
Dave Griffiths |
|
6 May |
Orange-tip (m) 2 (f) 2, Small White 1, Green-veined White 2,
Brimstone (m) 2 (f) 1, Peacock 5, Small Tortoiseshell 1, Holly
Blue 1 |
Belstead Meadows |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
6 May |
Orange-tip (m) 1, Peacock 1, Holly Blue 1 |
Ipswich SW |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
6 May |
The first Common Blue for me opposite the Customs House today, 2
Orange tip males, 3 Small White |
Landguard |
|
t Will Brame |
|
6 May |
My exercise walk was to Landseer Park. Highlights included an
emperor moth in flight (no lure used), 4
green hairstreaks |
Landseer Park |
|
t Steve Babbs |
|
6 May |
Just had a Male Brimstone Butterfly pass thro my garden at
13.20pm |
South Lowestoft |
TM 5392 |
t Robert Quadling |
|
5 May |
Our first Red Admiral of the year, warming up on the garden
fence this evening (📷
photo
click here) |
Stowmarket |
|
t David Carter |
|
4 May |
A few more butterflies from my local patch today: Small Copper,
Orange-tip (female on Common Daisy flower), and Green-veined
White (female egg-laying). (📷
photos
click here) |
Kelsale |
|
t Charles Cuthbert |
|
4 May |
Pleased and surprised to see this very fresh Red Admiral on the
bare margin of an arable field near my home this morning,
presumably a newly-arrived migrant from somewhere in Europe?
(📷
photo
click here) |
Kelsale |
|
t Charles Cuthbert |
|
4 May |
Green veined White parkington walk IP32, 4 male orange tip oaks
road playing field woods IP32 14.15 |
Bury St Edmunds |
IP32 |
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
4 May |
Holly Blue |
Ipswich NE |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
4 May |
Lunchtime walk over landseer park. Good number of butterflies
over 20+ green veined whites, 10+ small white, x5 large white,
x4 speckled wood, x2 orange tips, x4 holly blue and what seemed
a larger blue butterfly but wasn’t able to ID |
Landseer Park |
|
t Chris |
|
3 May |
I had my first Red Admiral of the year in the garden yesterday |
Gunton |
|
t James Wright |
|
2 May |
Speckled Wood in the cemetery and both Orange-tips & Holly Blues
in the garden. Martlesham Church had Peacocks and a Red
Admiral as well. |
Woodbridge |
|
t Eddie Bathgate |
|
2 May |
First two male Common Blue
butterflies of the year basking and nectaring |
Ravenswood Ipswich |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
2 May |
Usual Orange Tips, Peacocks and Green-veined Whites plus my
first Small Heath and first
Small Copper of the year |
Bentley |
|
Liz Cutting |
|
2 May |
Nice to get my first Suffolk report of
Small Heath
today via @iRecordWildlife a sighting from Hinderclay |
Hinderclay |
|
t Bill Stone |
|
2 May |
Small White |
Burnett Meadow |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
2 May |
First Red Admiral of year in garden this morning. |
|
NR33 |
t Mark Ellis |
|
2 May |
Green veined White IP32 Klondyke 12.44 |
Bury St Edmunds |
|
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
2 May |
Pipers Vale this afternoon, threatening thunders storms and rain
with a few brief sunny periods. During the sunny spells I had
two Green Hairstreak and three
Brimstone |
Pipers Vale |
|
t Mick Wright |
|
1 May |
Brown Argus 1
(📷
photos
click here),
Small Copper 1 Sandpit Covert, Wherstead TM15054095 |
Wherstead |
TM1540 |
David Walsh |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April |
SWT DS ES SS LS
OT LW
SW GVW CY
B
WB
SPW SH R MB GK MW GR SWF
WA PE
RA
PL
P ST C LT CMB SC PH
GH
WLH BH
HB
SSB BA CB
CHB SB LTB
- Total species seen
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 Apr |
2 Small Whites and orange tip opposite customs House |
Felixstowe |
|
t Will Brame |
|
30 Apr |
Pleased to see a butterfly again today, a Small White through
the garden. First for several days and just before the wind and
the rain arrived |
Trimley St Mary |
|
t Bill Stone |
|
29 Apr |
Nick Blacker had a Wall
Brown butterfly in his garden Not seen it
since |
|
TM541955 |
t James Wright |
|
26 Apr |
My first Holly Blue in the garden today (📷
photo
click here) |
|
|
t Chris Mutimer |
|
26 Apr |
Butterflies seen on my exercise walk 12 Small White, 4 Holly
Blue, 3 Orange Tip (Males), 2 Speckled Wood, 1 Peacock, 1
Green Hairstreak ( Male) |
Lowestoft South |
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
26 Apr |
1 green veined white IP32 bell meadow; 1 green veined white IP32
Northumberland Avenue mid afternoon |
Bury St Edmunds |
|
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
26 Apr |
A single PAINTED LADY butterfly was the highlight of my Long
Melford walk this morning. First one I've seen this year |
Long Melford |
|
t Darren Underwood |
|
26 Apr |
On today's local walk we found our first Painted Lady of the
year (📷
photo
click here) |
Stowmarket |
|
t David Carter |
|
26 Apr |
Orange-tip (m) 3 (f) 2, Large White 2, Green-viened White (m) 1,
Speckled Wood 3, Holly Blue 1 |
Chantry Park |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
26 Apr |
1 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue sighted today |
Woodbridge |
|
Jane Healey |
|
26 Apr |
A Red Admiral today down Stutton Hall Drive was my 13th
butterfly species of the year. |
Stutton |
|
t Mark Nowers |
|
25 Apr |
At least 5 Red Admiral over or through the garden this
lunchtime. All heading in a northerly direction. A couple
pausing briefly to nectar on lilac |
Trimley St Mary |
|
t Bill Stone |
|
25 Apr |
Today i recorded a first ever sighting of
Green Hairstreak in our garden
at the Street Melton, sadly very brief. |
Melton |
|
Steve Fryett |
|
24 Apr |
Brief lunchtime walk in the woods behind police headquarters
today. Orange-tip seen ovipositing and found a Green Veined
White ovum too. Also 2 Large White, 2 Green-veined White 2 male
Orange-tip, a Speckled Wood and a peacock |
Martlesham |
|
t Kevin Ling |
|
24 Apr |
A fabulous Green hairstreak
butterfly on Gorse (📷
photo
click here) |
Purdis Heath Golf |
|
Ipswich golf club ecology |
|
24 Apr |
Holly Blue (📷
photo
click here)
and Speckled Wood on our Stowmarket walk this morning, also
Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White and many Orange
Tips |
Stowmarket |
|
t David Carter |
|
24 Apr |
Brimstone in Pakefield just now. Rare here |
Pakefield |
TM 54080 90831 |
t Antony Wren |
|
24 Apr |
Peacock 5, Red Admiral 1 (📷
photo
click here) ,
Speckled Wood 3, Large White 1, Green-veined White 5, Small
White 1, Brimstone 1, Orange Tip 5, Small Tortoiseshell 1, Comma
2, Green Hairstreak 1, Holly
Blue 2 |
Belstead Brook Park |
TM1440 Tetrad |
David Walsh |
|
24 Apr |
A walk from the Church in Gt Glemham uphill along road, down
footpath to Low Road and loop round. Lots of Orange Tips both
male and female; 3 Peacocks; a Speckled Wood; a male Brimstone
and a first for me this year a beautiful Holly Blue |
Gt Glemham |
TM3361 |
Geraldine Smith |
|
24 Apr |
On my exercise walk today from home spotted 3
Green Hairsteak butterflies on
Rushmere Common (Heath) near the water tower end [at 13.28 24th
April] plus a further 2 on the edge of Sandlings Local Nature
Reserve - (📷
photo
click here) |
Rushmere Common |
|
Bryan Wright |
|
24 Apr |
Female Orange Tip observed on Honesty in our Wickham Market
garden on Wednesday, 22nd April, and this egg plus one other was
found today (24/4/20) (📷
photo
click here).
Other sightings include Holly Blue, 2 x Orange tip (male), and
Peacock. |
Wickham Marke |
|
Rob and Kerry Reeve |
|
24 Apr |
Orange-tip (m) 3 (f) 2, Small White 1, Green-veined White 1,
Speckled Wood 1, Comma 1, Holly Blue 1 |
Ashground Plantation |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
23 Apr |
5 Peacocks, 6 male Orange tips, 4 male Brimstones, 5 Small
coppers, 2 Commas, 3 Green veined whites |
Braziers meadow Ipswich |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
23 Apr |
My first sighting this year during my lockdown daily walk
through the adjacent Sandlings Local Nature Reserve Rushmere
St.Andrew - Green Hairstreak
at 14:10. |
Rushmere St.Andrew |
|
Bryan Wright |
|
23 Apr |
Orange-tip (m) 1, Small White 1, Large White 1, Holly Blue 1 |
Ipswich SW |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
23 Apr |
Two Holly Blues briefly in our Kesgrave garden today. |
Kesgrave |
|
Jenny & Gary Plank |
|
23 Apr |
This morning's health walk was beside the River Lark, near
Fornham Plenty of Orange-tips, Small & Green-veined Whites, One
Peacock and a fresh Speckled Wood (early) |
Fornham |
|
Rob Parker |
|
23 Apr |
Our first Speckled Wood of the year today, 23 April, in our
garden |
Flowton |
TM085470 |
Rob Clements |
|
23 Apr |
Out with the kids on our daily exercise. Encountered this
GREEN HAIRSTREAK and 4 others
at the end of Alton Hall Lane (📷
photo
click here) |
Alton Hall Lane |
|
t Mark Nowers |
|
23 Apr |
Holly blue in my garden IP32 hunter road 15.04 ; Male brimstone
tayfen meadows 15.40 |
Bury St Edmunds |
|
t barry woodhouse |
|
23 Apr |
In lovely scrub area off Barking Rd/Grinstead Hill, Needham Mkt,
Female Brimstone, Orange Tip, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood &
Peacock seen |
Needham Mkt |
|
t John Walshe |
|
22 Apr |
Two Holly Blue butterflies seen at rest upon oak and bramble
leaves first two encountered this year |
Ipswich, Braziers wood |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
22 Apr |
During my walk in the Fynn Valley from Playford this morning I
counted 11 Orange Tips ( 10 M 1 F) , 3 Peacocks and one Speckled
Wood. Also unidentified whites. |
Fynn Valley |
|
Jenny Plank |
|
22 Apr |
Orange-tip 2, Holly Blue 1 |
Kiln Meadow Spring Wood |
TM1441 |
Richard Perryman |
|
22 Apr |
Orange-tip 7, Brimstone 2, Peacock 12, Speckled Wood 1 |
Belstead Meadows |
TM1341 |
Richard Perryman |
|
22 Apr |
Today's exercise ride/walk to Kiln Meadow and back via Belstead
Brook & Bourne Park. Butterflies inc. Large & Small White,
Peacock, Brimstones (m & f), Orange Tip (m & f), Speckled Wood,
Common Blue |
Belstead Brook area |
|
t Ray York |
|
22 Apr |
Orange Tip and Peacock Butterfly on our morning walk to Carlton
Marshes |
Carlton Marshes |
|
t Jane Ferguson |
|
22 Apr |
6 x Peacock butterflies, 2 x Holly Blue, 3 x Small White, Large
White, Green Veined White, Brimstone and 4 x Orange Tips, seen
around Mendlesham at midday today |
Mendlesham |
|
t Cheryl Deeks |
|
22 Apr |
Holly blue Sussex road 09.28 |
bury st Edmunds |
|
t barry woodhouse |
|
21 Apr |
Spotted on my afternoon walk this worse for wear Red Admiral and
Peacock. Lots of Speckled Wood, Orange Tip and Holly Blues about
in abundance (📷
photo
click here) |
Ipswich, Landseer Park |
|
t Sarah |
|
21 Apr |
Had my 1st Green Hairstreak of the year at . Also 1 Comma, 4
Orange tip, 2 Peacock and 2 Small White |
IP33 2RN |
|
t Craig Fulcher |
|
21 Apr |
Two Small copper butterflies basking in the sun plus one Green
veined white |
Ravenswood Ipswich |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
21 Apr |
Holly Blue, Oakes road |
Bury St Edmunds |
|
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
21 Apr |
Saw my 1st Red Admiral this morning on dog walk near Farriers
Road, |
Stowmarket |
|
t John Walshe |
|
21 Apr |
Orange-tip Butterfly on a dandelion clock (📷
photo
click here) |
Melton |
|
t John Richardson |
|
20 Apr |
Orange tip 15 (📷
photo
click here) ,
small tortoiseshell 2, peacock 3, green vained white 1 |
Wllisham |
|
t Nathaniel Cant |
|
20 Apr |
Orange Tip 2, Large White 1, Green-veined White 5, Peacock 1,
Small Tortoiseshell 2, Comma 2, Green Hairstreak 1 (📷
photo
click here) |
Belstead Brook Park (Ashground Plantation east and Braky Wood
areas) |
TM1541 |
David Walsh |
|
20 Apr |
Orange Tip 1, Green-veined White 1, Brimstone 1, Speckled Wood
1, Peacock 1, Small Tortoiseshell 1, Comma 3 |
Belstead Brook Park (Ashground Plantation west and Kiln Meadow
areas) |
TM1441 |
David Walsh |
|
19 Apr |
Two Small copper butterflies basking and nectaring from
dandelions |
Braziers meadow Ravenswood Ipswich |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
19 Apr |
Lots of male and female orange tips around round here. Plus,
walking down the road near the Eels Foot and looking towards the
reed beds, TWO bitterns popped out for a wander. Meanwhile, this
Large Tortoiseshell was also around. (📷
photo
click
here) |
Eels Foot near Minsmere |
|
t Mark Solomons |
|
19 Apr |
Thanks to volunteer warden Ian Fergusson for these wonderful
photos of Orange-tip's at Darsham Marshes. Plenty out on the
wing at the moment! (📷
photos
click here) |
Darsham Marshes |
|
SWT North East Suffolk Warden |
|
19 Apr |
Lady Brimstone, joyfully observed egg-laying on Common Buckthorn
(Rhamnus cathartica) today (📷
photo
click here) .
One of two females, both with the same mission in our breezy
suburban garden. One photographed with a smartphone, laid
two ova side-by-side, first ovum is highlighted in the image.
The leaf laid upon was about 2 metres above the ground.
The other was laying at about 5 metres on Alder Buckthorn.
Never underestimate the power of these wonderful creatures to
find their food plant. We have a small (1 metre) pot grown
Alder Buckthorn on the front doorstep which has 7 eggs which
have been laid within the last 2 hours. Fun fact. Did you
know that Rhamnus - the genus of Buckthorn - shares its name
with Rhamnus or Rhamnous, an important fortified town of Ancient
Greece? Wikipedia says it got its name from a thick prickly
shrub which still grows upon the site (presumably Buckthorn).
It is also said that charcoal was produced there. Several
thousand years later, Buckthorn was being used to produce fine
charcoal in the UK. |
Ipswich E |
|
Julian Dowding |
|
19 Apr |
At long last a male Speckled Wood landed in my garden long
enough to get a few didgy's this morning (📷
photo
click here).
Before the wind got up a couple of Orange-tips were also seen
along with Large and Small Whites, Peacock and Holly Blue |
Felixstowe |
|
t Paul Oldfield |
|
19 Apr |
Female Green-veined White butterfly busy laying eggs in the
garden (📷
photo
click
here) |
Trimley St Mary |
|
t Bill Stone |
|
19 Apr |
Three pairs of orange tips; One comma, guarding the same branch
of the same tree as previous generations!; Pair of brim stones;
Pair of speckled wood; Small white |
Whepstead |
IP29 4 SU |
Guy Schooling |
|
19 Apr |
Green Hairstreak showing well at Kiln Meadow this morning. First
sighting is always a highlight of my butterfly year (📷
photo
click here) |
|
|
t Kevin Ling |
|
17 Apr |
First Small Copper butterfly sighting of the year spotted
basking upon bare ground Observed another two Green
hairstreak butterflies flying and interacting around a different
cherry plum tree |
Ravenswood Ipswich |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
16 Apr |
First sighting of Brimstone egg on my Buckthorn at home
(📷
photo
click here) |
Thurston |
|
Trevor Goodfellow |
|
16 Apr |
1 Peacock, 2 male Orange Tip and 1 Holly Blue in our garden |
Shotley Gate |
TM241341 |
Ian Peters |
|
16 Apr |
Observations of at least 6 Green Hairstreaks at Pipers Vale
today (📷
photo
click here) |
Pipers Vale |
|
Sam Chamberlin Ipswich Borough Council Ranger |
|
16 Apr |
First Holly Blues of the year seen in the garden today
(finally), plus Brimstone, Green-veined White, Orange-tips and
Peacock |
Onehouse |
|
t Mark Brewster |
|
16 Apr |
Our first Holly Blue of the year here in Flowton today together
with Comma, several Peacock and several Orange Tip. |
Flowton |
TM085470 |
Rob Clements |
|
16 Apr |
Encountered two Green hairstreak butterflies flying around a
cherry plum tree, 2 Peacock, 2 Comma, 3 Male Orange tips,1 male
Brimstone and 2 male Green veined whites |
Braziers meadow and Braziers wood |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
15 Apr |
1 Green-veined White and 1 Peacock seen in the garden today
Shotley Gate TM241341. 1 Comma seen in Ganges Wood Shotley
Gate TM243341 |
Shotley Gate |
TM2434 |
Ian Peters |
|
15 Apr |
On our circular walk round Wickham Market Fowls Watering today
many Orange tip males, we stopped counting after a dozen, but
only one confirmed female. Also many Peacocks and Commas plus 2
x Large White. |
Wickham Market |
|
Rob and Kerry Reeve |
|
15 Apr |
Two twirling Speckled Woods this morning as I climbed the wooded
path uphill from Mere to Castle, they seem very early?
Also male and female Orange Tips but not together |
Framlingham |
TM2863 |
Geraldine Smith |
|
14 Apr |
Male Orange Tip in our garden yesterday |
|
|
Jenny Plank |
|
12 Apr |
Fleeting view of my first Holly Blue of the year as it quick
disappeared over our ivy covered hedge A few more
male Orange Tip in evidence |
Shotley Gate |
TM241341 |
Ian Peters |
|
12 Apr |
1 red admiral, 1 green veined white, one female holly blue, two
male orange tips, five whites, peacock and small tortoiseshell.
Large white, emerged from pupa during the day. |
Ipswich |
IP1 |
Robert Brown |
|
12 Apr |
Sunny morning, little wind I walked a loop around the field
adjoining our garden and finished coming through the old
Cemetery. My first Comma of the year on the cemetery
hedge, several Peacocks everywhere and a Male Brimstone in
cemetery and garden, quite likely the same one, also Orange tips
of both sexes. |
Framlingham |
|
Geraldine Smith |
|
11 Apr |
2 red admiral, 2 holly blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 peacocks,
4 orange tip |
bramford gipping |
|
t Matt |
|
11 Apr |
First Orange tip (2) and Holly Blue in the garden yesterday |
Southwold |
|
t Craig Fulcher |
|
11 Apr |
8+ Orange tips, 4+ Peacocks, 2 x Speckled wood, Comma, and
Green-veined White |
Wickham Market |
TM317 558 |
Rob and Kerry Reeve |
|
11 Apr |
9 male Orange tips, 8 male Brimstones, 5 male Green veined
whites, 5 Peacocks and 3 Commas braziers meadow Ravenswood
Ipswich |
Braziers Meadow |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
11 Apr |
Sightings from the North Cove reserve (near Beccles) in today's
sunshine: Peacock, Brimstone (2m, 1f), Orange tip (7m),
Green-veined white. Nearby, but outside the reserve 1 Speckled
wood and 1 Holly blue. |
North Cove |
|
Peter Norfolk |
|
11 Apr |
1 Small White -TM 53510 92250 Lowestoft South, Walk and Cycle
track behind Kimberley Road. 1 Large White – Lowestoft South,
end of path leading from Southwell Road to Tom Crisp Way A 12.
1 Green-veined White + 1 Large White + 1 Orange Tip ( Female) TM
53775 92199, Lowestoft South, small grass area between Tom Crisp
Way A 12 and Durban Road. |
Lowestoft |
TM5392 |
Robert Quadling |
|
11 Apr |
1 Peacock- TM 53560 91973 Lowestoft South, Birds Lane opp Tom
Crisp Way A 12. 1 Peacock TM 53551 91919, Lowestoft South
opp side of A 12 walking back towards Fen Park |
Lowestoft |
TM5391 |
Robert Quadling |
|
11 Apr |
Comma, Brimstone, Orange-tip and 2 Peacocks in our garden
yesterday. Also 2 Holly Blues and an Orange-tip on Sandy
Lane, |
Woodbridge |
|
t Eddie Bathgate |
|
11 Apr |
Small Tortoiseshell my square tut hill bury st Edmunds 10.04 |
Bury St Edmunds |
|
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
10 Apr |
Enjoyed my Boris Hour of exercise this morning in and around
Belstead Brook area . 5 male Orange-tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell,
5 Peacocks and a Green-veined White |
Belstead Brook |
TM148414 |
t Kevin Ling |
|
10 Apr |
2 Speckled Wood, Green-veined White, Orange-tip & 2 Small
White. IP4 garden Holly Blue, Small White, 3 Peacock. |
Kesgrave/Rushmere border |
TM208448 |
t Dave Pearsons |
|
10 Apr |
Speckled wood and Male orange tip 15.18 |
Bury St Edmunds golf course |
|
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
10 Apr |
First Green veined white and Small white butterflies encountered
in back garden of the year Ravenswood Ipswich |
Ravenswood |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
10 Apr |
Garden butterflies so far today-
Painted Lady (1st for year), Brimstone
(1st for Year), Holly Blue, Peacock, Comma, Red Admiral, Large
White and Small White. |
Trimley St Mary |
|
t Bill Stone |
|
10 Apr |
Highlights of my dog walk round Boyton Hall this morning - 15
Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood, 2 Small Tortoiseshells, 1 Small White |
Boyton Hall |
|
t John Walshe |
|
9 Apr |
Daily walk in Northfield Wood: Peacocks, Brimstones,
Orange-tips, Comma & first Green-veined Whites of 2020, incl.
this copulating pair (📷
photo
click here) .
Lots of new sunlit areas after winter clearance |
Northfield Wood |
|
t Mark Brewster |
|
9 Apr |
I’ve been talking about Large Tortoiseshell sightings across
southern England for the past couple of weeks in my roundups for
@RareBirdAlertUK. They could be staging a comeback from British
extinction. Here’s one found this morning in Suffolk by a pal of
mine, Dave Fairhurst (📷
photo
click here) |
Suffolk |
|
t Jon Dunn |
|
9 Apr |
First male Orange tip butterfly spotted in my front garden
nectaring from a dandelion Ravenswood Ipswich |
Ravenswood |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
9 Apr |
Green-veined White and Small White butterflies spotted at rest
on braziers meadow and around Ravenswood in Ipswich |
Braziers Meadow |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
9 Apr |
Counted our first Holly Blue of the year plus a Brimstone, a
Peacock and a Small White |
Ipswich NE |
|
Lynne Hall |
|
9 Apr |
Another Suffolk Large Tortoiseshell reported (and photographed)
today this time between Sizewell and Leiston. Certainly a
species to look out for in the next few weeks on local exercise
walks. |
|
|
t Bill Stone |
|
9 Apr |
Several butterflies in the garden today including 2 x male
Orange Tip (📷
photo
click here) ,
Green-veined White, Holly Blue, Peacock and a possible Red
Admiral. Photo of male Orange Tip which was feeding on the
Erysimum Bowles Mauve. |
Ipswich |
TM157463 |
Paul Gilson |
|
9 Apr |
Orange-tip (m) 1, Green-veined White 1, Brimstone 1, Speckled
Wood 3, Peacock 3, Comma 1 |
Belstead Meadows |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
9 Apr |
First holly blue on field margin at home in Thurston. Also 2 x
Brimstone (M & F), 2 x Orange Tip (M & F), 2 x Peacock plus one
Small white (📷
photo
click here) |
Thurston |
|
Trevor Goddard |
|
9 Apr |
Orange-tip several along river TL77V and TL87V Small
Tortoiseshell – 1 (first certain one of year) near Lackford
Bridge TL789709 (TL77V) . Peacock – several seen TL77V and TL87A |
Lackford Bridge |
|
Peter Lack and Diane Ridgley |
|
9 Apr |
Holly Blue 2 along river TL813705 (TL87A) 9 April Speckled Wood
– 2 TL811707 (TL87A) |
Lackford |
|
Peter Lack and Diane Ridgley |
|
9 Apr |
Speckled Wood, and Holly Blue from our garden again today. |
|
|
Julian Dowding |
|
9 Apr |
2 female orange tip oaks road 10.04; holly blue IP32
hunter road 13.00; red admiral at the marhams new housing
development site 16.00 |
Bury St Edmunds |
IP32 |
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
8 Apr |
Holly Blue – 1 in garden in Holden Road, Lackford TL795703
(TL77V) |
Lackford |
TL795703 |
Peter Lack and Diane Ridgley |
|
8 Apr |
My first Male Orange-tip for the year in our garden |
Shotley Gate |
TM241341 |
Ian Peters |
|
8 Apr |
The first Speckled Wood on our walk around the area Rose Farm
Cottages, with several Peacock including a knot of six chasing
each other |
Shotley |
TM233342 |
Ian Peters |
|
8 Apr |
A female Brimstone in the garden today and it stopped to feed on
the Bowles mauve as well. |
Ipswich central |
TM157463 |
Paul Gilson |
|
8 Apr |
Also a Holly Blue reported today from another Ipswich garden not
far from Christchurch Park. |
Ipswich central |
TM157453 |
Paul Gilson |
|
8 Apr |
Orange-tip (m) 1, Peacock 2 |
Ipswich SW |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
8 Apr |
Brimstone, Small White & Peacock in Northfield Wood, & first
Orange-tips. Good view of a lone
Small Copper |
Northfield Wood |
|
t Mark Brewster |
|
8 Apr |
garden today: 3 Small White (NFY), 4 Peacock & Comma |
Ipswich |
IP4 |
t Dave Pearsons |
|
8 Apr |
Single male brimstone clay road 10.40; single
peacock oaks road; Brimstone on my square tut hill
16.10; peacock also IP32 hunter road 15.53; large white IP 32
hunter road 15.45 |
Bury St Edmunds |
IP32 |
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
7 Apr |
First
Green Hairstreak butterfly of the
year spotted at rest on brambles on braziers meadow in
Ravenswood in Ipswich |
Braziers Meadow |
|
Daniel Cable-Davey |
|
7 Apr |
Brimstone (m) 1, Peacock 10 |
Chantry Park |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
7 Apr |
Female Brimstone |
Kesgrave/Dobbs Wood |
|
Gary Plank |
|
7 Apr |
Local Trimley Walk resulted in 32 Peacocks, 3 Comma, 3 Small
Tortoiseshell, 3 Small White and singles of Large White,
Orange-tip (m), Green-veined White and Red Admiral |
Trimley |
|
t Bill Stone |
|
7 Apr |
Took our daily walk along the Tank Road, Wickham Market and saw
7 x Peacocks, 6 x male Orange tips, 2 x Green-veined Whites and
a male Brimstone |
Wickham Market |
|
Rob and Kerry Reeve |
|
7 Apr |
My first Large white, small white, and Orange tip of the season |
Denston |
|
Mark Ferris |
|
7 Apr |
Male brimstone and peacock seen in neighbors garden nightingale
road |
Ipswich |
|
Peter Compton |
|
7 Apr |
Just had a single Peacock Butterfly fly over my garden at
11.25am today. |
Lowestoft South |
TM 534 922 |
t Robert Quadling |
|
7 Apr |
Speckled wood oaks road playing field woods, 1 holly blue
creed walk |
Bury St Edmunds |
|
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
7 Apr |
Female Brimstone on our Stowmarket "exercise" walk today, also
Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, Orange-Tip and at least 15 Peacocks |
Stowmarket |
|
t David Carter |
|
7 Apr |
Our first Orange-tip (male) and Small Tortoiswshell in the
garden today, also male Brimstone & 3 Peacock. |
Ipswich NW |
IP1 |
t Justin Zantboer |
|
6 Apr |
Male Orange Tip from kitchen window at Farriers Road,. 24
Peacock, 3 Small or Green-veined White, 2 male Brimstone, 1
Comma & 1 Small Tortoiseshell |
Stowmarket |
|
t John Walshe |
|
6 Apr |
2 Peacocks and 2 Small Tortoiseshells yesterday in the garden,
the Peacocks disappeared off together into a conifer in a
possibly romantic sort of way. |
Woodbridge |
|
t Eddie Bathgate |
|
6 Apr |
A few butterflies this afternoon opposite the Customs House 1
male Brimstone, 3 Small White, 1 Comma, 2 Peacock |
Felixstowe |
|
t Will Brame |
|
6 Apr |
Butterflies in the garden today, 1 brimstone, 1 peacock, and 2
red admiral |
Haverhill W |
CB9 0DP |
t Duncan FletcherBrown |
|
6 Apr |
Lots Peacock butterflys, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma
and Orange-tip (1st of the Year) |
Elmsett to Whatfield |
|
t Matt Garnham |
|
6 Apr |
Orange-tip – 1 West Stow CP TL792712 (TL77V) |
West Stow |
TL792712 |
Peter Lack and Diane Ridgley |
|
6 Apr |
Landseer Park is awash with Brimstone males, but look out for
the females imminently. Males are patrolling up and down
the woodland edge alongside the wet meadow. Two large
(15ft) Alder Buckthorns in the woodland edge are already
sprouting leaves and Common Buckthorns are at various stages of
development. The latter is usually earlier than the
former, so it's unusual to see Alder B so advanced. Also,
Orange Tip male, numerous Small White, 12 Peacocks, many of
these chasing each other, 5 or 6 Small Tortoiseshells, some
chasing. Comma aplenty. Comma also egg-laying on nettles
in our garden. Small Tortoiseshell will soon be doing so
too. |
Landseer Park |
|
Julian Dowding |
|
6 Apr |
In the garden today the first orange tip (📷
photo
click here) along
with 2 x peacock, 1 x female brimstone and 1 x male brimstone. |
Thurston |
|
Trevor Goodfellow |
|
6 Apr |
Our first Orange Tip of the year |
Flowton |
TM085470 |
Rob Clements |
|
5 Apr |
A great day for early spring butterflies with Brimstones (3),
Peacocks (12), Orange Tip (1), Small Tortoiseshell (1) and Comma
(1) on my walk |
Kelsale |
|
t Charles Cuthbert |
|
5 Apr |
Comma, peacock x2 and a Brimstone Butterfly in the garden |
Hollesley |
|
t Craig Shaw |
|
5 Apr |
Trimley butterfly trek delivered several year firsts for me-
Large White, Speckled Wood and Green-veined White. Also seen, 15
Peacock, 2 Comma, 2 Small White and 2 Small Tortoiseshell |
Trimley |
|
t Bil Stone |
|
5 Apr |
Male Brimstone 1, Small Tortioseshell 1 |
Ipswich SW |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
5 Apr |
Male orange tip Melton bridleway opp Melton park Speckled Wood
Melton riverside |
Melton |
|
Val Sherwen |
|
5 Apr |
South Lowestoft, Tom Crisp Way; 1 ( Male) Brimstone + 2 Small
White TM 53612 92031. 1 Comma + 5 Peacock TM 53542 91939. 2
Peacock TM 53541 91882. 1 Peacock TM 53545 91909. Fen Park;
2 Peacock TM 53688 92056. 1 Peacock TM 53705 91996. 1 ( Male)
Brimstone + 1 Small White TM 53791 92115. Durban Road; 3
Peacock TM 53764 92204. |
Lowestoft |
|
Robert Quadling |
|
5 Apr |
Sunshine today in our garden - a fresh male Orange-tip at noon;
settled on honesty |
Bury St Edmunds |
|
Rob Parker |
|
5 Apr |
Peacocks, Brimstones and one Comma on Tayfen meadow (our daily
walk) |
Tayfen meadow |
|
Rob Parker |
|
5 Apr |
Brimstone |
Chantry Park |
TM139442 |
t Kevin Ling |
|
4 Apr |
Female Holly Blue & male Brimstone |
Ipswich NW |
IP1 |
t Justin Zantboer |
|
4 Apr |
Brimstone (x2) |
Belstead |
TM129410 |
t Kevin Ling |
|
4 Apr |
Brimstone |
Ipswich SW |
TM142928 |
t Kevin Ling |
|
4 Apr |
Several peacock butterfly on the wing at the Gunton burial field |
Gunton |
|
t James Wright |
|
4 Apr |
Heritage Green, Kessingland today, 3 Peacocks and a Small
Tortoiseshell |
Kessingland |
|
t David Borderick |
|
4 Apr |
Brimstone (1) & Peacocks (2) seen in garden today |
|
|
t Mark Brewster |
|
4 Apr |
Brimstone, Comma & 3 Peacock in IP4 garden. 2 Small White, 4
Peacock Rushmere Heath same IP4 tetrad |
Ipswich |
IP4 |
t Dave Pearsons |
|
4 Apr |
2 Small Tortoiseshells and singles of both Brimstone and Peacock
in our garden |
Woodbridge |
|
t Eddie Bathgate |
|
4 Apr |
16 Peacock mostly dualling plus one Comma |
Flatford |
|
t Alex Rafinski |
|
4 Apr |
Nice 1hr butterfly trek around Trimley St. Mary, totals: Peacock
15, Small Tortoiseshell 7, Comma 1, Holly Blue 1, Small White 2,
Red Admiral 1 |
Trimley St Mary |
|
t Bill Stone |
|
4 Apr |
10 peacock, 3 brimstone, 1 orange tip, 2 comma |
Christchurch Park Ipswich |
|
t Matt |
|
4 Apr |
Peacock busy feeding in my garden this morning (📷
photo
click here) |
Worlingham |
|
t Allan Smith |
|
4 Apr |
Male brimstone 10.30 Hunter Road |
Bury St Edmunds |
IP32 |
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
4 Apr |
First Green-veined White
and Holly Blue. Also 3 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Large White and a
Small Tortoiseshell |
Felixstowe, Cornwall Rd |
TM296342 |
Paul Oldfield |
|
4 Apr |
Peacock 2 |
Ipswich SW |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
4 Apr |
Red Admiral 1, Peacock 6, Small Tortoiseshell 3, Comma 2 |
Belstead Meadows |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
4 Apr |
Our first brimstone of the year today here in Flowton along with
several Peacocks. |
Flowton |
TM085470 |
Rob Clements |
|
4 Apr |
5 Peacocks and 2 Small Tortoiseshells in Wildflower field at
East End (East Bergholt) just behind my house and a few more
Peacocks on my four mile walk round the area. My first Orange
Tip (male) of the year in my garden this morning plus a Peacock. |
East End (East Bergholt) |
|
Liz Cutting |
|
4 Apr |
The first butterfly sightings of the year in our garden today: 1
Brimstone male, flying through 2 Peacock 1 Large White |
Barnby (near Beccles) |
|
Peter Norfolk |
|
4 Apr |
Brimstone ( male) in my garden nightingale road |
Ipswich |
|
Peter Compton |
|
3 Apr |
A Peacock butterfly |
Purdis Heath Golf Course |
|
|
|
2 Apr |
A white butterfly with a flash of orange in the garden, pausing
only briefly on some Honesty flowers before flying off
purposefully - my first Orange-tip of the year! |
Kelsale |
|
t Charles Cuthbert |
|
2 Apr |
Small Tortoiseshell in my back garden this afternoon, my first
one this year. Sunny spells and 13°C here |
Woodbridge |
|
t Eddie Bathgate |
|
2 Apr |
Brimstone in garden nfy. |
Oulton Broad |
|
t Mark Ellis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March |
SWT DS ES SS LS
OT LW
SW GVW CY B WB
SPW SH R MB GK MW GR SWF
WA PE
RA
PL
P
ST C LT CMB SC PH GH
WLH BH
HB
SSB BA CB
CHB SB LTB
- Total species seen
11 |
|
|
|
|
31 Mar |
one female brimstone |
Ipswich |
|
Robert Brown |
|
31 Mar |
a single Peacock |
Felixstowe |
|
t Will Brame |
|
31 Mar |
Just had this wing damaged Comma butterfly in my garden at
2.15pm today. Only the second butterfly I have seen in my
garden this year |
|
|
t Robert Quadling |
|
31 Mar |
Comma |
Beccles |
|
t Carl Buttle |
|
27 Mar |
Comma, Small White, Peacock and Red Admiral – one of each - in
our garden |
Flowton |
TM085470 |
Rob Clements |
|
27 Mar |
2 Brimstone, 4 comma, 4 small tortoiseshell, 15+ peacock Bonny
wood perimeter today (📷
photo
click here) |
Bonny Wood |
|
t Nathaniel Cant |
|
27 Mar |
peacock again back garden |
Bury St Edmunds |
Ip32 |
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
27 Mar |
Speckled Wood 10:49am (📷
photo
click here) |
|
TM 53158 91075 |
t Antony Wren |
|
26 Mar |
Comma, Peacock and first Large White of the season for me. |
Shotley Gate |
TM2434 |
Ian Peters |
|
26 Mar |
A Brimstone Butterfly resting at Piper's Vale Country Park,
Ipswich. (📷
photo
click here) |
Piper's Vale Country Park |
|
t Matt Garnham |
|
26 Mar |
In the last two days we have recorded in our garden, 1
Brimstone, 1 Comma, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 3 Peacocks. |
Stowmarket |
TM038584 |
Margie & David Carter |
|
26 Mar |
4.65km farm walk this morning. 3 Small Tortoiseshell & 2
Peacock. Waspe's Walk |
Suffolk |
|
t John Walshe |
|
26 Mar |
Peacock, hunter road garden 12.52 |
Bury St Edmunds |
Ip32 |
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
25 Mar |
Honeypot Farm, 1 Peacock |
Thrandeston, Great Green |
IP21 4BP |
Helen Hepburn |
|
25 Mar |
in my garden – one male brimstone and a peacock |
Ipswich |
|
Robert Brown |
|
25 Mar |
Brimstone flying in Nelson Road, |
Ipswich |
|
Colin Hullis |
|
25 Mar |
2 male Brimstones past garden today at 38 Farriers Rd, |
Stowmarket |
IP14 2NS |
t John Walshe |
|
25 Mar |
Brimstone x2, Peacocks galore. |
SWT Carlton Marshes |
|
t Mary P F |
|
25 Mar |
A walk around the forest near High Lodge this morning.
Several Brimstone a couple of Commas, a Small Tortiseshell, plus
many Bee flies |
Thetford |
|
t Graham Hersey |
|
25 Mar |
A Peacock butterfly was unphotogenic in the morning in our
Parkhill, Lowestoft garden but eventually posed for the camera
in the afternoon (📷
photo
click here) |
|
|
t Peter Ransome |
|
25 Mar |
Small Tortoiseshell and Comma nectaring on Viburnum tinus and
Brimstone on Primrose in the garden |
Shotley Gate |
TM2434 |
Ian Peters |
|
25 Mar |
1 Brimstone seen outside Parklands, Hadleigh Road, Ipswich -
first time have seen one in this area. |
Ipswich |
IP2 0DE |
Anne Wright |
|
25 Mar |
2 Commas, 1 Peacock and a Small Tortoiseshell in my garden |
East Bergholt |
|
Jack Levene |
|
25 Mar |
Brimstone |
Clopton |
TM 21956 52706 |
John Hanley |
|
25 Mar |
Brimstone, Beach Station Road/Langer Road, |
Felixstowe |
TM 29303 33469 |
John Hanley |
|
25 Mar |
1 brimstone 3 peacock eagle close |
stowmarket |
|
t Barry Woodhouse |
|
25 Mar |
Lovely sunny morning today in my garden. In addition to Comma
and Small Tortoiseshell (📷
photos
click
here), I have also seen 2 Peacock and a cracking Brimstone |
Worlingham |
|
t Allan Smith |
|
25 Mar |
5 Small Tortoiseshell (4 of which were in a mating tussle) and 2
Peacocks in the sunshine, very few people to avoid |
Landguard butts |
|
t Will Brame |
|
25 Mar |
Speckled Wood male at 1pm |
Lowestoft |
TM533913 |
t Antony Wren |
|
25 Mar |
We did our once only daily walk today along the Fynn and we saw
our first Brimstone of the year and three Peacocks. |
Playford |
|
Jenny & Gary Plank |
|
25 Mar |
The male Brimstone which whizzed through my garden this morning
was only the third ever, the others being in 2011 and 2018! My
first of this year. |
Ipswich SW |
|
t David Walsh |
|
25 Mar |
Also 1 Peacock. |
Kiln Meadow |
TM1441 |
t David Walsh |
|
25 Mar |
1 Small White opposite Felixstowe Customs House |
Felixstowe |
|
t Will Brame |
|
25 Mar |
2 Commas chasing plus one Peacock. |
Wrentham |
|
Peter Baird |
|
25 Mar |
1 Brimstone in Westleton garden this morning |
Westleton |
TM 439 695 |
Diane Hale |
|
25 Mar |
Male Brimstone seen on 17th and again twice this week.
This morning’s walk there were also two single Peacock flyers,
this on Blackthorn. Singing were larks and chiffchaff as well as
3 Buzzards working the thermals all within 1km of our house. |
Framlingham |
TM287634 |
Geraldine Smith |
|
25 Mar |
One male brimstone in my garden midday today nightingale road |
Ipswich |
|
Peter Compton |
|
25 Mar |
Just noted 1st Brimstone & Small White together in front gdn, &
Peacock |
Onehouse |
|
t Mark Brewster |
|
25 Mar |
Just seen my first butterfly in my garden this year at 11.22 am
a Peacock |
Lowestoft South |
TM 534 922 |
t Robert Quadling |
|
25 Mar |
Brimstone 3, Peacock 6 |
Belstead Meadows |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
25 Mar |
Peacock |
Ipswich SW |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
24 Mar |
Small Tortoiseshell. Peacock |
Ipswich SW |
|
Richard Perryman |
|
24 Mar |
Our garden Butterflies, Peacock and Comma and Moths, Early Grey
and Oak Beauty from the last 24 hours |
Ipswich SW |
|
t David Carter |
|
24 Mar |
Today I saw three species of butterfly; a male Brimstone (first
of year), peacock and a small tortoiseshell at William's Green, |
Kersey |
TL 988 424 |
t Matt Garnham |
|
24 Mar |
2 x Peacock butterflies seen in glorious sunshine |
Shotley Gate |
TM2434 |
Ian Peters |
|
24 Mar |
First photo capture this spring was a fresh male Holly Blue
today in Suffolk, (📷
photo
click here).
Have also seen Peacocks, Brimstones and a Comma over the past
week or so both here and across the border in Norfolk |
|
|
t Paul Harrison |
|
24 Mar |
3 Peacock, 4 Comma, 1 Small Tortoiseshell all seen in/around
(📷
photos
click here) |
Kiln Meadow |
TM1441 |
t David Walsh |
|
24 Mar |
Just recorded my first Orange
Tip in the garden mid morning - one bonus of
working at home! |
Charsfield |
|
Steve Aylward |
|
23 Mar |
1 Brimstone |
Thrandeston, Great Green |
IP21 4BP |
Helen Hepburn |
|
23 Mar |
1 x Small Tortoiseshell sunning itself |
Shotley Gate |
TM2434 |
Mandy Peters |
|
23 Mar |
2 x Peacock butterflies seen in Golden Wood |
Shotley |
TM235355 |
Ian Peters |
|
23 Mar |
Comma |
Halesworth |
|
t Victoria Bolton |
|
23 Mar |
A Speckled Wood
photographed (📷
photo
click here) this
morning by my sister in her Ipswich garden, also two Commas
there today |
Ipswich |
|
t Charles Cuthbert |
|
23 Mar |
A Small Tortoiseshell was sunning itself in a sheltered spot on
the Reserve. |
Landguard Bird Obs |
|
|
|
23 Mar |
Just seen my first butterflies for this year at 1.10pm today,
they were 2 Peacocks |
Beccles, Ellough Industrial Estate, |
TM 44249 88854 |
t Robert Quadling |
|
22 Mar |
Two butterfly species seen on our walk - Small Tortoiseshell &
Comma. Another comma in garden |
Onehouse & Harleston |
|
t Mark Brewster |
|
22 Mar |
Seen my first Brimestone’s (3) and Comma (2) (📷
photo
click here) |
Holywells Park, Ipswich |
|
t Allan King |
|
22 Mar |
Comma |
North Cove |
|
t James Corton |
|
22 Mar |
We had a Peacock flypast at home this morning |
Ipswich SW |
TM142428 |
t Kevin Ling |
|
22 Mar |
First Holly Blue
of the year |
Kessingland |
|
t Chris Darby |
|
22 Mar |
Mothers' Day started bright and fine, warmish at 09C at noon as
we walked the southern margin of King's Forest. In the
first 10 minutes we saw a Peacock, then a Red Admiral resting in
the sun, and later a Brimstone on the wing. |
King's Forest |
|
Rob Parker |
|
22 Mar |
Pleased to see a Small Tortoiseshell on River Fynn adjacent to
Playford hall. |
Playford |
|
Jon Levine |
|
22 Mar |
First Comma of 2020 |
Spring Wood, Belstead Brook Park |
TM1441 |
t David Walsh |
|
22 Mar |
Couple of distant Commas high up on the Blackthorn blossom.
At least 6 Comma seen around the Hemley area |
Hemley |
|
t Bill Stone |
|
22 Mar |
Peacock Butterfly in the NW corner of my front garden |
Woodbridge |
|
t Eddie Bathgate |
|
22 Mar |
Small Tortoiseshell, and Peacock seen today, my first this year |
Denston |
|
Mark Ferris |
|
21 Mar |
Peacock butterfly |
Stowmarket |
|
Lesley Wood |
|
21 Mar |
1 Comma seen in the relative warmth of a west facing hedgerow |
Shotley, Golden Wood |
TM235355 |
Ian Peters |
|
21 Mar |
A pleasant walk this morning in the sunshine. Several Peacock
butterflies |
RSPB Lakenheath |
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t David Carter |
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21 Mar |
Peacock butterfly. Sunny, very windy |
Brandeston |
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Tim Bailey |
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17 Mar |
Peacock |
Willisham |
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t Nathaniel Cant |
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17 Mar |
Brimstone, Comma and Peacock |
Rushmere, Millstream |
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Val Sherwen |
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17 Mar |
Large Tortoiseshell
(📷
photos
click
here) |
Shottisham |
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Paul Kitchener |
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17 Mar |
2 x male Brimstone |
Shotley Gate |
TM2434 |
Mandy & Ian Peters |
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17 Mar |
PEACOCK butterfly sunning itself on a thatched roof in Saxham
Street, near Stowupland. |
Saxham Street, |
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t Matt Garnham |
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17 Mar |
Sighting of a Brimstone in Nightingale Road |
Ipswich |
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Peter Compton |
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17 Mar |
Peacock butterfly |
Lound Lakes |
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t Jeremy Gaskell |
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17 Mar |
In the sunshine this morning a male Brimstone in the garden but
it didn't stop! |
Ipswich N |
TM157463 |
Paul Gilson |
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17 Mar |
Small Tortoiseshell and Small White, Lady Lane ,Hadleigh |
Hadleigh |
TM035435 |
Jon King |
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17 Mar |
Finally got my first firm butterfly sighting of the year today,
a Peacock at the Hoseasons building in Raglan St |
Lowestoft |
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t James Wright |
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17 Mar |
Peacock briefly this afternoon, just beyond Northfield Wood,
Suffolk. |
Northfield Wood |
TM 023 605 |
t Mark Brewster |
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17 Mar |
Peacock |
Ipswich SW |
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Richard Perryman |
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17 Mar |
Comma (📷
photo
click here) |
Kesgrave, Mill Stream LNR |
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t Greenways Project |
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17 Mar |
My first male Brimstone seen at home not far from buckthorn
bushes. |
Thurston |
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Trevor Goodfellow |
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17 Mar |
Saw a Comma butterfly in the garden just now |
Stowmarket |
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t Kevin Woolner |
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17 Mar |
Butterflies at Landguard on the Butts 1 Comma ,1 Small
Tortoiseshell |
Landguard, Butts |
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t Will Brame |
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17 Mar |
nearby Peewit Hill 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma, 2 Peacocks |
Felixstowe, Peewit Hill |
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t Will Brame |
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17 Mar |
Solitary Peacock on primroses today |
Bawdsey, East Lane |
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Jenny & Gary Plank |
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17 Mar |
First butterflies of the year! 4 Small Tortoiseshell, enjoying
the sunshine (📷
photo
click here) |
SWT Carlton Marsh |
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t Victoria Bolton |
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16 Mar |
First Small Tortoiseshell of the year at Landguard this morning
(📷
photo
click here) |
Landguard |
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t Will Brame |
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15 Mar |
This morning (15 March) 2 male Brimstone butterflies and 1 Red
Admiral |
Santon Downham (Suffolk side) |
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Val Lockwood |
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12 Mar |
Saw a Small White
at Ipswich Golf Course, Purdis Heath, Suffolk. It was at rest on
a flowering Gorse bush. My earliest ever sighting I believe. |
Ipswich Golf Course |
|
Neil Sherman |
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12 Mar |
A Peacock flitted around |
Landguard |
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t Will Brame |
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11 Mar |
I know others have already seen butterflies this Peacock is my
first this year. On the former railway line in Lowestoft (📷
photo
click here) |
Lowestoft |
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t Martin Seuneke |
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11 Mar |
Saw a yellow Brimstone butterfly today. First of the year for
me. Sorry about the photo, it wouldn’t stay still! (📷
photo
click here) |
Burgh |
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t |
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11 Mar |
Two Brimstones fluttering by in a garden earlier today |
campsea ash |
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t Sarah |
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11 Mar |
We saw both Peacock and Comma butterfly at Sizewell this morning |
Sizewell |
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Rob and Kerry Reeve |
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11 Mar |
My first flyer of the year – a Small Tortoiseshell sunning
itself on the outside of the house. A welcome sight |
Framlingham |
TM287634 |
Geraldine Smith |
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11 Mar |
My first butterfly of 2020 seen today in the King's Forest. One
male Brimstone in sunshine at noon. |
King's Forest |
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Rob Parker |
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11 Mar |
This morning a Comma sheltering from the breeze against a
hedgerow in the warm sunshine. |
Baylham |
TM099513 |
Paul Gilson |
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11 Mar |
3 x Comma seen this lunchtime on Martlesham Common Nature
Reserve |
Martlesham |
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t Kevin Ling |
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8 Mar |
2 female Brimstones in woods near Ampton |
Ampton |
|
Steve Plume |
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8 Mar |
First sighting of the year, a Peacock sunning itself in the
garden. |
Halesworth |
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Derek Norris |
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8 Mar |
1st Brimstone butterfly of the year flew through the garden
today - sadly no photograph as I was wood-staining a fence panel
at the time |
Oulton, Lowestoft |
|
t Sue Dale |
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8 Mar |
First butterfly of year seen this morning - male brimstone |
Santon Downham (Suffolk side) |
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Val Lockwood |
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8 Mar |
Peacock Butterfly on Kessingland beach this afternoon (📷
photo
click here) |
Kessingland |
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t Jane Ferguson |
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8 Mar |
12.00 midday 1 Brimstone at Tangham picnic place |
Tangham |
TM 3448 |
Roger and Stella Wolfe |
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8 Mar |
A walk through Broomhill Park Ipswich early this afternoon and a
male Brimstone was out enjoying the sunshine |
Ipswich Broomhill Park |
TM157457 |
Paul Gilson |
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8 Mar |
Also a Peacock sheltering against the wind on the grass strip on
Valley Road Ipswich |
Ipswich Valley Road |
TM160459 |
Paul Gilson |
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8 Mar |
A Small Tortoiseshell
at Ness Point appeared to arrive off the sea this morning before
continuing west |
Lowestoft |
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t Terry |
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8 Mar |
1 Peacock flew past me opposite the customs house |
Felixstowe |
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t Will Brame |
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8 Mar |
This afternoon we saw a Peacock in the Haverhill B&Q car park |
Haverhill |
TL6546 |
Chris Tyler-Smith, Yali Xue |
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8 Mar |
One Brimstone and one Red Admiral in my Lowestoft garden today. |
Lowestoft |
|
Bill Whybrow |
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8 Mar |
First butterfly of the year Brimstone. Then Comma and
Peacock |
Ipswich, Christchurch Park |
|
t Matt |
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8 Mar |
Brimstone |
NE Ipswich |
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Lynne Hall |
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4 Mar |
First sighting this morning. Peacock sunning itself in
Felixstowe town centre. |
Felixstowe |
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Gary & Jenny Plank |
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2 Mar |
Peacock |
Thrandeston, Great Green |
IP21 4BP |
Helen Hepburn |
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2 Mar |
Peacock I saw out just now here in Burgh (📷
photo
click here) |
Burgh |
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t |
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1 Mar |
Comma and
Peacock in garden at Cattsfield. |
Stutton |
|
Chris Baines |
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Febuary |
SWT DS ES SS LS OT LW
SW GVW CY B WB SPW SH R MB GK MW GR SWF
WA PE
RA
PL
P
ST C LT CMB SC PH GH
WLH BH HB
SSB BA CB
CHB SB LTB
- Total species seen
2 |
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12 Feb |
10:12 am: Peacock Butterfly just now. London Road South/Kirkley
Park Road |
Lowestoft |
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t Antony Wren |
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6 Feb |
Red Admiral hollow road 14.35 |
Bury St Edmunds |
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t barry woodhouse |
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1 Feb |
1 Peacock - at 1:30pm. Rookery Farm |
Wickhambrook |
TL742577 |
Meg Johnson |
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January |
SWT DS ES SS LS OT
LW
SW GVW CY B WB SPW SH R MB GK MW GR SWF
WA PE
RA
PL
P
ST C LT CMB SC PH GH
WLH BH HB
SSB BA CB
CHB SB LTB
- Total species seen
3 |
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31 Jan |
Come home from work this evening to my first butterfly of the
year on the living room ceiling!
Large White. Presumably found it's way
indoors at some point during the day. (📷
photo
click here) |
Market Weston |
|
t Chris Bishop |
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18 Jan |
Red admiral - Rabbet's Wood, Alton Water |
Alton Water |
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t Steve Babbs |
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9 Jan |
Minimum of three Red Admirals seen along track between Haughley
Rd, Harleston & Northfield Wood, Onehouse earlier today (📷
photo
click here) |
Onehouse |
|
t Mark Brewster |
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9 Jan |
Red Admiral again in my garden 2.30pm, sunny and mild |
Melton |
|
Elizabeth Johnson |
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8 Jan |
Peacock Butterfly |
Covehithe Broad |
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t Carl Buttle |
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8 Jan |
Peacock seen flying in garden this afternoon by Alex Lack |
Rushbrooke |
TL8961 |
Peter Lack |
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