Please report all butterfly observations to Keith Balmer
the Bedfordshire County Recorder for Butterflies.
You can report butterflies online.
The season is being summarized HERE.
| Species |
2025 |
2024* |
2023 |
2022 |
10yr Avg |
| Dingy Skipper |
Totternhoe |
12/04/25 |
05/05/24 |
27/04/23 |
20/04/22 |
28 Apr |
| Grizzled Skipper |
Dunstable Downs |
11/04/25 |
30/04/24 |
30/04/23 |
16/04/22 |
23 Apr |
| Essex Skipper |
|
|
26/06/24 |
22/06/23 |
17/06/22 |
24 Jun |
| Small Skipper |
|
|
18/06/24 |
17/06/23 |
11/06/22 |
15 Jun |
| Large Skipper |
|
|
19/05/24 |
28/05/23 |
18/05/22 |
31 May |
| Orange Tip |
Deepdale |
30/03/25 |
26/03/24 |
08/04/23 |
22/03/22 |
31 Mar |
| Large White |
Luton |
08/03/25 |
26/03/24 |
03/04/23 |
10/04/22 |
03 Apr |
| Small White |
Cardington Cross |
21/03/25 |
14/03/24 |
22/03/23 |
14/03/22 |
26 Mar |
| Green-veined White |
Henlow |
26/03/25 |
30/03/24 |
03/04/23 |
26/03/22 |
31 Mar |
| Clouded Yellow |
Sewell Cutting |
17/04/25 |
27/08/24 |
07/07/23 |
22/05/22 |
30 Jun |
| Brimstone |
Rushmere Country Park |
05/02/25 |
03/01/24 |
13/02/23 |
01/01/22 |
08 Feb |
| Wall Brown |
|
|
Not seen |
Not seen |
Not seen |
N/A |
| Speckled Wood |
Sandy & Houghton Regis |
31/03/25 |
23/03/24 |
07/04/23 |
22/03/22 |
26 Mar |
| Small Heath |
Houghton Regis |
16/04/25 |
08/05/24 |
03/05/23 |
24/04/22 |
04 May |
| Ringlet |
|
|
08/06/24 |
12/06/23 |
08/06/22 |
11 Jun |
| Meadow Brown |
|
|
29/05/24 |
03/06/23 |
27/05/22 |
02 Jun |
| Gatekeeper |
|
|
08/06/24 |
22/06/23 |
19/06/22 |
19 Jun |
| Marbled White |
|
|
16/06/24 |
16/06/23 |
03/06/22 |
13 Jun |
| Silver-washed Fritillary |
|
|
26/06/24 |
24/06/23 |
11/06/22 |
26 Jun |
| Dark Green Fritillary |
|
|
21/06/24 |
18/06/23 |
06/06/22 |
16 Jun |
| White Admiral |
|
|
18/06/24 |
24/06/23 |
17/06/22 |
26 Jun |
| Purple Emperor |
|
|
24/06/24 |
03/07/23 |
22/06/22 |
01 Jul |
| Red Admiral |
Bedford |
24/01/25 |
22/01/24 |
30/01/23 |
02/01/22 |
27 Jan |
| Painted Lady |
Gypsy Lane East Pit |
13/04/25 |
30/04/24 |
20/04/23 |
16/05/22 |
05 May |
| Peacock |
Houghton Regis |
21/02/25 |
25/01/24 |
13/01/23 |
01/01/22 |
26 Jan |
| Small Tortoiseshell |
Houghton Regis Quarry |
06/03/25 |
13/01/24 |
07/02/23 |
27/01/22 |
29 Jan |
| Comma |
Luton |
30/01/25 |
15/02/24 |
19/02/23 |
09/02/22 |
28 Feb |
| Duke of Burgundy |
Totternhoe |
12/04/25 |
20/04/24 |
29/04/23 |
15/04/22 |
26 Apr |
| Small Copper |
The Lodge NR |
08/04/25 |
13/04/24 |
02/05/23 |
14/04/22 |
27 Apr |
| Purple Hairstreak |
|
|
14/06/24 |
24/06/23 |
25/06/22 |
28 Jun |
| Green Hairstreak |
Houghton Regis Quarry |
07/04/25 |
12/04/24 |
29/04/23 |
15/04/22 |
16 Apr |
| White Letter Hairstreak |
|
|
25/06/24 |
24/06/23 |
17/06/22 |
28 Jun |
| Black Hairstreak |
|
|
07/06/24 |
16/06/23 |
04/06/22 |
13 Jun |
| Small Blue |
|
|
11/05/24 |
14/05/23 |
05/05/22 |
14 May |
| Holly Blue |
Totternhoe |
04/04/25 |
26/03/24 |
03/04/23 |
20/03/22 |
31 Mar |
| Brown Argus |
|
|
09/05/24 |
10/05/23 |
30/04/22 |
09 May |
| Common Blue |
|
|
08/05/24 |
17/05/23 |
06/05/22 |
09 May |
| Chalkhill Blue |
|
|
11/07/24 |
09/07/23 |
29/06/22 |
04 Jul |
* As indicated by the 16,693 records analysed on 01/01/2025
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