Bedfordshire Sightings 2017



To see monthly species totals thoughout the year click HERE


November 2017

19th:
1 Red Admiral - Garden, Linslade (JK,BH)

17th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Toddington (SB)
1 Red Admiral - Riverfield Drive, Bedford (DOM)

6th:
1 Red Admiral - Private garden in Stotfold (PC)
1 Red Admiral - Alwins Field, garden (RM)
2 Red Admiral - Luton by New Bedford Road (AB)
1 Red Admiral - edge of Putnoe Wood (AD)
1 Red Admiral - John 'O Gaunt GC Carthegena Course (DK,DN)
2 Red Admiral - Lower Stondon garden (SC)
1 Red Admiral - Linslade garden (MS)

5th:
3 Red Admiral - urban pathway, Linslade (JK,BH)

4th:
1 Red Admiral - Linslade garden (MS)

3rd:
1 Comma - Sandy, St Swithuns Way (AB,MB)
1 Speckled Wood - Sandy The Lodge RSPB (AB,MB)
2 Red Admiral - Sandy The Lodge RSPB (AB,MB)
2 Red Admiral - Garden, Linslade (JK,BH)
1 Red Admiral - Private garden in Stotfold (PC)
1m Brimstone, 1+ Red Admiral - Pegsdon hills (GB,RK)

1st:
1 Red Admiral - Alwins Field garden, Linslade (REM)
1 Red Admiral - A garden, Linslade (JK)
100 larva Large White - Haynes (DP,LP)


October 2017

29th:
4 Red Admiral - The Lodge-Gardens (TR)
1 Red Admiral - Leighton Buzzard (AW)

29th:
4 Red Admiral - The Lodge-Gardens (TR)

28th:
1 Red Admiral - The Baulk, Beeston (TR)
1 Red Admiral - Dunton (AB,MB)

27th:
1 Clouded Yellow - hedge near footpath of Rectory Field (AB,CB)
1 Large White - Priory Country Park - NE (KB)
4 Small Copper, 3 Red Admiral - Maulden Heath (SR,TS)
1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - Rectory Wood, Cranfield (JG,HG)
1 Comma - Sharpenhoe Clappers (PC)
1 Red Admiral - Shillington. (GB)

25th:
7 Red Admiral - Linslade garden (MS)
1 Brimstone, 5 Red Admiral - Maulden Wood SSSI (SR)
1 Red Admiral - Mowsbury Hill car park (KB)
1 Brimstone, 2 Red Admiral - Garden Cotefield Drive, Leighton Buzzard (MB)
1 Red Admiral - Arlesey Recreation Ground SW corner (DI)
2 Red Admiral - Bedford, Dawlish Drive (KB)
1 Red Admiral - Bedford, Longholm island (KB)
1 Red Admiral - Bedford, The Grove (KB)
2 Red Admiral - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Maulden garden (CG)
1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Towpath of Grand Union Canal, Linslade (JK,SB)
4 Red Admiral - Towpath, GUCanal, Linslade (JK,Sb)
1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock - Alwins Field garden, Linslade (REM,DSM)
1 Red Admiral - Warren lane south of Clophill (AB)
1 Peacock - Curlew Crescent Bedford (DC)
1 Red Admiral - Private Garden Stotfold (PC)
5 Red Admiral - Knocking hoe big field (GB)

24th:
1 Red Admiral - Green Lane and West Street junction Dunstable (DI)

22nd:
1 Red Admiral - Toddington, Cemetery (SB)
1 Red Admiral - Back garden in Beeston (TR)

21st:
1 Red Admiral - Myers Farm, Potton (DOM)
1 Red Admiral - Potton town centre (DOM)
1 Red Admiral - Linslade garden (MS)
1 Red Admiral - Campton Churchyard (AB)
3 Red Admiral - Back garden in Beeston (TR)

17th:
12 Red Admiral - River Ivel between Sandy and Beeston (TR)
1 Red Admiral - Bedford garden (AD)

16th:
1 Small Copper - arable field NE Henlow (DI)
1m Brimstone - Mowsbury Hill (KB)

15th:
8 Small Copper, 2 Red Admiral - The Lodge-Ridge trail and Gatehouse (TR)
9 Small Copper, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Small Heath - Sandy Heath between quarry and Potton Road (TR)
1 Red Admiral - New Road, Sandy (TR)
2 Red Admiral - Alwins Field garden, Linslade (REM,DSM)
3 Red Admiral - Priory Country Park - NE (KB)
1f Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral - Pegsdon hills (GB)

14th:
6 Red Admiral - Pegnut Wood, Potton (DOM)
2 Red Admiral - NW of holwell (MB)

13th:
1 Red Admiral - Bedford, Russell Park (KB)
3 Red Admiral - Shefford (AB)
3 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - sundon hills (GB)

12th:
12 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Cockayne Hatley rural garden (IW)
1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - bridleway on Cleat Hill (AD)
1 Red Admiral - Mowsbury Park (AD)
6 Red Admiral, 2 Comma - Henlow, footpath near lakes (AB)
1 Red Admiral - Henlow, footpath by Henlow Bridge Lakes (AB)
1 Comma - Whipsnade Zoo - Lemur enclosure (MB)

10th:
2 Clouded Yellow - Gypsy Lane east, Broom (GG)
2 Red Admiral - Bury Walk, Goldington, Bedford (AD)
1m Large White - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Painted Lady - Jordans mill gardens and meadow (GB)

8th:
1 Small/Green-veined White, 7 Red Admiral - River Ivel meadows near Sandy (TR)
2 Red Admiral - The Baulk, Beeston (TR)
1 Small Copper - Pegsdon hills (GB)
2 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Maulden garden (CG)

7th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Market Square, Potton. Hibernating indoors. (DOM)

6th:
1 Small Copper, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady - Maulden garden (CG)
2 Small Copper, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - Maulden Woods (CG)
1 Large White, 14 Red Admiral, 2 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood - Pegnut Wood, Potton (DOM)
1 Small/Green-veined White, 8 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - River Ivel between Sandy and Beeston (TR)
1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral - Bedford garden (AD)
2 Speckled Wood - Mowsbury Park (AD)
7 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - footpath SE from end of Conger Lane, Toddington, Beds (DI)

5th:
2 Red Admiral - Linslade- fence and lamppost along housing estate (JK)
1 Red Admiral - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Red Admiral, 2 Speckled Wood - bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood (AD)
1 Red Admiral - Maulden Wood (KB)
2 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Bedford STW (DOM)
1 Red Admiral - Parkside Hall, Ampthill (RB)

3rd:
4 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Tiddenfoot WP, Linslade (REM)
1 Small Copper, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - RSPB Sandy on path between gatehouse and Galley Hill (AD)

2nd:
1 Large White, 7 Red Admiral, 2 Speckled Wood - Fenlake Meadows, Bedford (DOM)
1 Comma - Maulden Wood - ride (CLB)

1st:
1 Red Admiral - Pegnut Wood, Potton (DOM,WG)
1 Meadow Brown - Knocking Hoe (GB)


September 2017

30th:
2 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - Biggleswade Common (TR)
1 Small White, 1 Small Copper, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Speckled Wood - Center parcs (CG)

29th:
1 Large White, 2 Red Admiral - Pegnut Wood, Potton (DOM)
2 Comma - Broom GP (AB)

28th:
2 Large White, 8 Red Admiral, 2 Comma - Cople Pits NR (KB)
10 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - Deepdale Quarry, Carthagena Road, Potton (DOM)
1 Small Copper, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Portobello Fzarm and Millhouse Fen, Sutton (DOM)
Large White, Small White - Langford (AC)
Large White, 3 Speckled Wood - College Wood, Northill (AC)

27th:
4 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Potton Wood SE and Home Farm, Cockayne Hatley (DOM)
3 Red Admiral - Potton Wood SW and Church Farm, Cockayne Hatley (DOM)
3 Red Admiral - Cockayne Hatley (DOM)

26th:
1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Ouzel Meadows, Linslade (REM)
1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral - Houghton Regis (RE)
1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Comma - Sharnbrook Summit NR - south of Forty Foot Lane (KB)
1 Small Copper - RSPB The Lodge (BC)

24th:
1 Red Admiral - Wigmore, Luton. (SC)
1m Brimstone - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
1 Large White, 2 Small White, 7 Small Copper, 2 Brown Argus, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Small Heath - The Lodge-Ridge trail, gatehouse and Sandy Heath (TR)
1 Small White, 10 Small Copper, 2 Small Heath - Sandy Heath between quarry and Potton Road (TR)
1m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Back garden in Beeston (TR)
2 Large White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - Duck End NR, Maulden (REM,DSM)
1m Large White, 1m, 2f Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady - Church Walk, Harrold (AH)

23rd:
1m Large White, 1 Red Admiral - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Large White, 3 Red Admiral, 2 Speckled Wood - Bedford STW (DOM)

22nd:
2m Brimstone, 6 Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Jordans mill gardens and meadow (GB)
1f Chalkhill Blue, 10+ Meadow Brown, 4 Small Heath - Knocking hoe NNR (GB)
2 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - two different gardens in Linslade (JK)
4 Large White, 3 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral, 3 Peacock, 4 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Park Lane, Blunham (EW)

21st:
1m Brimstone - Luton-East Hyde (DA)
1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Fenlake Meadows, Bedford (DOM)

20th:
2 Small Copper, 1 Small Heath - Maulden Heath SSSI, eastern field (SR,TS)

19th:
1 Large White - Suburban garden, Stopsley (CLB)
3m Large White, 2 Red Admiral - Bedford garden (AD)

18th:
6 Red Admiral - Bedford, Oaklands Rd (KB)
1 Large White, 5 Red Admiral, 1 Meadow Brown - Barton Hills NNR (CG)
2 Small Copper, 2 Red Admiral - Maulden Heath (SR)
1m Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Speckled Wood - Flitwick Moor (CLB)

17th:
3m Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Large White - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral - My Linslade garden (MS)

16th:
4m Large White, 1 Comma - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Red Admiral - Stewartby Lake (LG)

15th:
1f Large White, 1m Small White, 1m Green-veined White, 1 Painted Lady - Bedford garden (AD)

14th:
1m, 2f Large White, 2 Small White, 4 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady - Bedford garden (AD)
2 Small Copper, 1 Red Admiral - Cooper's Hill (KB)
1 Speckled Wood - Priory Country Park, Wildlife Garden, Bedford (RB)
1 Red Admiral - Garden, Linslade (JK)

13th:
3 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 10 Speckled Wood - Upper Alders (SR)
2 Small Heath - SSNR (SR)
1 Small Copper, 1 Small Heath - SSNR (SR)
1 Red Admiral - River Ivel near Sandy (TR)

12th:
1f Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Comma - Linslade Woods (REM)
1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Wigmore, private garden. (SC)
1f Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - Mowsbury Park (AD)
1m, 2f Large White, 1m Small White, 4 Red Admiral - Bedford garden (AD)
2 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Felmersham Gravel Pits SSSI - NE (KB)
2 Speckled Wood - Bedford, Brickhill Drive near pond (KB)

11th:
4 Red Admiral - Harrowden Water Meadows (DOM)
3 Red Admiral - Cardington (DOM)
4 Large White, 5 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Small Copper, 4 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood, 4 Small Heath - Myers Farm, Potton (DOM)

10th:
3 Red Admiral - Fenlake Meadows, Bedford (DOM)
2 Red Admiral - Castle Mills, Bedford (DOM)
4 Red Admiral - Willington GPs (DOM)

9th:
4 Large White, 2 Small White, 3 Green-veined White, 35 Small Copper, 3 Brown Argus, 5 Red Admiral, 14 Small Heath - The Lodge-Ridge trail, gatehouse and Sandy Heath (TR)
2 Large White, 4 Small/Green-veined White, 26 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus, 2 Red Admiral, 10+ Small Heath - Sandy Heath between quarry and Potton Road (TR)
1m, 2f Large White, 2f Small White, 2 Red Admiral - Bedford garden (AD)
5 Large White, 2 Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Fenlake Meadows, Bedford (DOM)
2 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood - Bedford STW (DOM)
3 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Octagon Farm, Bedford (DOM)

4th:
10 Large White, 16 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Small Copper, 2 Speckled Wood, 2 Small Heath - Myers Farm, Potton (DOM)
40 Large White, 90 Small White, 1 Painted Lady, 2 Small Heath - Everton Heath (DOM)

2nd:
1m Brimstone, 4m Small White, 1m Green-veined White, 3m, 3+f Common Blue, 1m Chalkhill Blue, 2 Meadow Brown - Sharpenhoe Clappers (TR)
2 Large White, 4 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe Clappers (TR)
2, 1f Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - River Ouzel, Leighton Buzzard (REM,DSM)
1m, 3f Large White, 1 Small White, 3 Red Admiral - Bedford garden (AD)
Large White, Small White, 1 Green-veined White, Speckled Wood - bridleway and field margins around Salph End (AD)
2 Large White, 4 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Back garden in Beeston (TR)
4 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 17 Speckled Wood, 4 Small Heath - Center Parcs Bridleway (CG)

1st:
1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Lower Stondon garden (MB)
2 Small White, 1 Painted Lady - Alwins Field garden, Linslade (REM)
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - Linslade Woods (REM)
1 Small White, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Linslade Woods (REM)
9 Large White, 15 Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Hatley Road, Potton (DOM)
23 Large White, 10 Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 15 Speckled Wood, 2 Small Heath - Pegnut Wood, Potton (DOM)


August 2017

31st:
1 Red Admiral - Lower Stondon garden (MB)

29th:
1 Large White, 7+ Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Garden, Langford (AC)
1 Large White, 5+ Small/Green-veined White, 1 Speckled Wood - College Wood, Northill (AC)
3 Large White, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Lower Stondon garden (AB,MB)

28th:
2 Large White, 1 Small White, 4 Green-veined White, 2 Small Copper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 4 Small Heath - The Lodge-Gardens (TR)
1+ Green-veined White, 50+ Small Copper, 23 Brown Argus, 1m, 1f Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 5 Meadow Brown, 70+ Small Heath - The Lodge-Ridge and Summer trails (TR)
1m Brimstone, 4 Large White, 20+ Speckled Wood - bridleways near Putnoe Wood (AD)
3+ Large White, 5+ Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Garden, Langford (AC)
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Lower Stondon garden (AB,MB)

27th:
1 Small White, 1 Speckled Wood - Wigmore, private garden. (SC)
6m, 4f Brimstone, 11 Small White, 15 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Brown Argus, 4m, 1f Common Blue, 3m, 5f Chalkhill Blue, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Speckled Wood, 9 Meadow Brown, 35 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe (mh,dh)
1 Clouded Yellow, 3 Large White, 4 Small White, 6+ Small/Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Speckled Wood - Stewartby Station (TR)
1 Large White, 2 Small White, 8 Brown Argus, 1 Gatekeeper, 22 Meadow Brown, 13 Small Heath - Rookery North (TR)
2 Small White, 5 Brown Argus, 2m, 1f Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 4 Speckled Wood, 10 Meadow Brown, 6 Small Heath - Rookery North and newt pools (TR)
3, 1 larva Large White, 1m Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Bedford garden (AD)
2 Large White, 1 Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Garden, Linslade (JK)
1m Brimstone, 4 Large White, 4 Small White, 5 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Linslade garden (MS)
1f Brimstone, 6f Small White, 2f Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - Harrold (AH)
12 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Small Copper, 1 Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 26 Speckled Wood - Center Parcs Bridleway (CG)
12 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Brown Argus, 6m Common Blue, 3m, 2f Chalkhill Blue, 50+ Meadow Brown, 12 Small Heath - Knocking Hoe NNR (CG)
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 1 Gatekeeper - Lower Stondon garden (AB,MB)
3+ Large White, 5+ Small White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral - Garden, Langford (AC)

26th:
1 Brimstone, 2 Large White, 1 Small White, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Gatekeeper - Cockayne Hatley rural garden (IW)
1m Brimstone, 2 Small White, 4+ Small/Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - The Baulk, Beeston (TR)
Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood, 1f Gatekeeper, 1f Meadow Brown - bridleway Putnoe Wood to Renhold (AD)
Large White, Small White, 1 Brown Argus, 1m, 1f Common Blue, 1 Speckled Wood, 1m Gatekeeper, 2 Small Heath - track between brook and sheep field, Ravensden (AD)
2 Large White, 1 Comma - Bedford garden (AD)

25th:
1 Clouded Yellow - Maulden Wood main ride east of loading bay (TS,SR)
3 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Clouded Yellow - Gravenhurst (AP,MK)
1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 4 Small Tortoiseshell - Lower Stondon garden (AB,MB)
2 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills (KW)
1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Lower Stondon garden (AB,MB)

24th:
3, 2 Large White - Kempston (HG,JG)
1m Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Speckled Wood, 3 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - Marston Vale CP (REM,DSM)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Princes Street, Dunstable. (SC)

23rd:
Large White, 1m Small White, 1m, 1f Green-veined White, 1 Small Copper, 2m Common Blue, 1 Comma, 3 Speckled Wood, 1f Gatekeeper, 1f Meadow Brown - bridleway then field edges Cleat Hill (AD)

22nd:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Wigmore, Luton. (SC)

21st:
14 Large White - My garden, Riseley (CT)

20th:
2 Large White, 1f Small White, 1f Gatekeeper - Bedford garden (AD)
2 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Garden, Linslade (JK)
9 Large White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - My back garden, Riseley (CT)
2 Large White, 4 Small White, 1 Meadow Brown - Back garden in Beeston (TR)

19th:
2 Green-veined White, 6 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Meadow Brown, 4 Small Heath - The Lodge-Ridge trail and Gatehouse (TR)
2 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - The Lodge-Gardens (TR)
1f Common Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Holly Blue - Back garden in Beeston (TR)
4 Large White, 1f Small White, 2f Gatekeeper - Bedford garden (AD)
9 Large White, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - My back garden, Riseley (CT)

18th:
1 Clouded Yellow, 4 Large White, 2 Small White, 2 Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Gatekeeper, 2 Meadow Brown, 3 Small Heath - Broom Gravel Pits (BC)

17th:
2 Small White, 1 Gatekeeper - Wildlife Garden, Priory Country Park, Bedford (RB)
2 Comma, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary - SSNR, Upper Alders (TS,SR)
20+ egg, 30+ larva Large White - Friend's back garden in Linslade (JK)
1 Large White, 1 Small White - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)

16th:
2f Large White, 2 Speckled Wood - Linslade Woods (REM,DSM)

15th:
1m, 1f Brimstone, 3+ Large White, 1 Small White, 3+ Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady - Garden, Langford (AC,JC)
1 Holly Blue - Fenlake Meadows car park (RB)

14th:
1 Small White, 2 Red Admiral - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)

13th:
3 Large White, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Meadow Brown - Wigmore, Luton. (SC)
1m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2 Green-veined White, 4 Speckled Wood, 1 Gatekeeper - Flitton Moor (SC)
1m, 1f Large White, 2f Gatekeeper - Bedford garden (AD)
1m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2+ Red Admiral, 1 Peacock - Garden, Langford (AC,JC)
1 Clouded Yellow - Field descending northwards to West side of Beech Woodland above Barton Springs (GR)
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
Small White, Green-veined White, Comma, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown - Priory Country Park - NE (KB)

12th:
2f Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue - Alwins Field garden, Linslade (REM)
1 Clouded Yellow, 9m Common Blue, 12 Meadow Brown, 5 Small Heath - Brogborough Tip south pool (TR)
1 Clouded Yellow, 12+m Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 15 Meadow Brown, 8 Small Heath - Brogborough Tip north pool (TR)
1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)

11th:
1 Brown Argus - Front Garden in Stopsley (RH,GH)
2 Large White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford garden (AD)
1m, 1f Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Speckled Wood, 4 Gatekeeper - Sandhouse Lane LNR (BH,DaRM)
1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 3 Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock, 4m, 1f Silver-washed Fritillary, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Gatekeeper, 5, 1m, 1f Meadow Brown - Kings Wood at Heath and Reach (BH,DaRM)
1 Clouded Yellow, 2m Brimstone, 1m Large White, 10m Small/Green-veined White, 3 Brown Argus, 25+ Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock, 4 Speckled Wood, 2 Gatekeeper, 8 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - Wild flower area around the leveling lake, Biggleswade (RR)
1m Brimstone, 3m Large White, 2m Small White, 3m Green-veined White, 1m, 1f Common Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2f Gatekeeper - My garden, Biggleswade (RR)
1f Common Blue - verge, East Hyde (CLB)
1 Small White, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)

10th:
1 Red Admiral - Luton garden (CLB)
Large White, 1m Small White, 1m, 1f Green-veined White, 1 Comma, 9 Speckled Wood, 5 Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown - bridleway behind Mark Rutherford school (AD)
1f Large White - Luton garden (CLB)
5 Large White, 1 Small White, 2m, 1f Common Blue, 3 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - Center Parcs Bridleway (CG)
2, 24 Large White, 63 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 2 Meadow Brown - In my garden, Riseley (CT)
1 Clouded Yellow - Brogborough landfill (la)
2 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)

7th:
1 Red Admiral - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)

6th:
1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
1m Brimstone, 2 Large White, 3 Green-veined White, 3m Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood, 4 Gatekeeper, 3 Meadow Brown - Duck End NR, Maulden (REM,DSM)
1m Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral - Bedford old cemetery (KB)
4 Large White, 19 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Meadow Brown - In my garden . Riseley. (CT)
2 Large White, 5 Red Admiral - my garden, Linslade (JK)
1m Brimstone, 3 Large White, 3 Small White, 4+ Small/Green-veined White, 1m Brown Argus, 4m Common Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 2 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown - The Riddy and The Baulk, Beeston (TR)
12 Small White, 4 Silver-washed Fritillary, 12 Meadow Brown - Marston Thrift (SC)
2 Large White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
4 Small Blue - Totternhoe Quarry (RK)
44m, 27f Chalkhill Blue - Totternhoe Quarry (RK)

5th:
1 Large White, 2 Small White, 1 Small Copper, 5 Brown Argus, 4m Common Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 2 Gatekeeper, 10 Meadow Brown - Sandy Heath (TR)
1f Small Skipper, 1 Essex Skipper, 6 Large White, 1 Painted Lady - Blows Downs (JL)
1 Large White, 1 Comma, 1 Gatekeeper - Linslade Woods (REM,DSM)
1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
35 Small Tortoiseshell - In my garden, Riseley. (CT)

4th:
4 Large White, 1 Holly Blue, 2f Gatekeeper, 1f Meadow Brown - Bedford garden (AD)
4 Common Blue, 3 Red Admiral, 2 Painted Lady, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Gatekeeper, 2 Meadow Brown - Houghton Regis - M1 access Roadside (DA)

3rd:
4 Large White, 1f Green-veined White, 1m Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Comma, 3 Speckled Wood, 7 Gatekeeper, 1 Meadow Brown - bridleways and field margins around Putnoe Wood and Salph End (AD)
1f Large White, 1m Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1f Gatekeeper - Bedford garden (AD)
2 Silver-washed Fritillary - Maulden Wood SSSI, near loading bay (SR)
3 Large White, 2 Holly Blue, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Comma - Clifton garden (BC)

1st:
1 Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood, 6 Gatekeeper, 2 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - Myers Farm, Potton (DOM)
1m Brimstone, 5 Large White, 2 Small White, 3 Green-veined White, 2 Common Blue, 7 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 2 Comma, 12 Speckled Wood, 4 Gatekeeper, 6 Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet - Pegnut Wood, Potton (DOM)
4 Large White, 2 Small White, 2 Brown Argus, 20+ Common Blue, 20+ Chalkhill Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 50+ Gatekeeper, 50+ Meadow Brown, 9 Small Heath - Knocking Hoe NNR and surrounds (CG)
1m Gatekeeper - Suburban Luton (CLB)
1 Speckled Wood - woodland edge East Hyde (CLB)
4 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 1f Gatekeeper - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Brown Argus, 3f Common Blue, 17m, 2f Chalkhill Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 6 Gatekeeper, 5 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - Whipsnade Downs (SC,AC)
2 Large White, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Gatekeeper, 1 Meadow Brown - Linslade Woods (REM)
1 Small White, 7 Red Admiral, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Garden, Langford (AC,JC)
1 Brimstone, 4 Common Blue, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Gatekeeper, 2 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet, 2 Small Heath - Pegsdon Hills (BC)
1f, egg Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)


July 2017

31st:
At Duck End NR a Comma caterpillar was found maturing on leaves of Hazel, which isn't a normal foodplant (SR,TS)
3 Clouded Yellow, 2 Small Copper, 6 Common Blue, 1 Peacock, 2 Gatekeeper, 8 Meadow Brown, 2 Small Heath - Stratton Park Balancing Pond (SH,CW)
3 Large White, 1 Small White, 1f Green-veined White, 2 Holly Blue - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Garden, Linslade (JK)
1 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus - Fields near Shillington (KW)
1m Brimstone, 3 Small White, 5 Red Admiral, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock, 2 Comma - Garden, Langford (AC,JC)
1 larva Comma - Duck End Nature Reserve (SR)
1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)

30th:
1 Painted Lady - Wigmore, private garden. (SC)
4 Large White, 1 Holly Blue, 4 Red Admiral, 3 Peacock, 11 Meadow Brown - River Ivel between Biggleswade and Jordan's Mill (DK,FK)
1 Small Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 3 Large White, 8 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 7 Brown Argus, 10m Common Blue, 120+m, 8f Chalkhill Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock, 7 Gatekeeper, 15+ Meadow Brown - Sharpenhoe Clappers - TL0629 (TR)
1m Brimstone, 3 Large White, 5m Common Blue, 30+m, 2f Chalkhill Blue, 1 Peacock, 3 Gatekeeper, 5 Meadow Brown - Sharpenhoe Clappers - TL0630 (TR)
3 Comma - Sharpenhoe Clappers - TL0629 (TR)
1 Painted Lady - Priory Country Park, Bedford (DB)
1 Green-veined White, 2m, 2f Common Blue, 1 Comma, 8 Gatekeeper, 3 Meadow Brown - Sundon Chalk Quarry (REM,DSM)
1+ Large White, 3+ Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - Garden, Langford (AC,JC)
1 Large Skipper, 2+ Large White, 10+ Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock, 3 Comma, 5+ Gatekeeper, 10+ Meadow Brown, 5+ Ringlet - College Wood, Northill (AC,JC)
1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
5 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills (KW)

29th:
1 Small/Essex Skipper, 1 Large Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 3 Large White, 2, 1f Green-veined White, 3 Brown Argus, 8m, 2f Common Blue, 50m, 4f Chalkhill Blue, 4 Red Admiral, 5 Painted Lady, 1 Peacock, 3 Comma, 12 Gatekeeper, 23 Meadow Brown, 2 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe (mh,dh)
1m Large Skipper, 2 Green-veined White, 2 Purple Hairstreak, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 4m, 1f Silver-washed Fritillary, 2 Speckled Wood, 2 Gatekeeper, 8 Meadow Brown, 3 Ringlet - Maulden Wood (mh,dh)
2 Large White, 4 Small Copper, 9 Brown Argus, 1 Holly Blue, 11 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 5 Gatekeeper, 35 Meadow Brown - The Lodge-Ridge trail, gatehouse and Sandy Heath (TR)
3 Large White, 6 Green-veined White, 5 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary, 8 Speckled Wood, 1 Gatekeeper, 20 Meadow Brown - College Wood, Northill (TR)
1 Red Admiral - Princes Street, Dunstable. (SC)
1 Painted Lady - Meadow Lane GP, Bedford (DB)
1+ Large White, 3+ Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Garden, Langford (AC,JC)

28th:
1 Peacock, 1f Gatekeeper - Meadow (CLB)
2+ Large White, 4+ Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Garden, Langford (AC,JC)

27th:
2 Large White, 1 Painted Lady, 12 Gatekeeper, 3 Meadow Brown - Galley and Warden Hills (CG)
2 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral, 20+ Gatekeeper, 3 Meadow Brown - footpath (CG)
4 Common Blue, 12 Chalkhill Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 6 Gatekeeper, 2 Meadow Brown - Barton Hills NNR (CG)
1 Large White, 7 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 3 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood, 9 Gatekeeper, 10 Meadow Brown, 6 Ringlet - Pegnut Wood, Potton (DOM)
1 Large White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 3 Small Copper, 1 Red Admiral, 8 Gatekeeper, 3 Meadow Brown - Rushmere Park (REM)
2+ Large White, 2+ Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Garden, Langford (AC,JC)

26th:
10+ Small/Green-veined White, 12 Chalkhill Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Dark Green Fritillary, 1 Marbled White, 10+ Gatekeeper, 20+ Meadow Brown - Sharpenhoe and surrounds (CG)
1 Gatekeeper - Wigmore, private garden. (SC)

25th:
1 Red Admiral, 2 Comma - Priory Country Park CWS (JU,NR)
1 Small Skipper, 1 Large Skipper, 8 Large White, 7 Small White, 5 Brown Argus, 1 White Admiral, 5 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 7 Peacock, 4 Comma, 5 Silver-washed Fritillary, 9 Gatekeeper, 6 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - College Wood Northill (AD)
2 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Comma, 4 Gatekeeper, 2 Meadow Brown - Linslade Woods (REM)
30 larva Small Tortoiseshell - Linslade Woods (REM)
2m Large Skipper, Large White, Small White, 1 Peacock, 4 Comma, 1m Silver-washed Fritillary, 1 Speckled Wood, m, f Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown - bridleway behind Mark Rutherford school (AD)
4 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Gatekeeper, 1 Meadow Brown - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Peacock, 3 Comma - Car park off Cardington Road, Bedford (RB)
1 Painted Lady - Hitchin Road, Shefford (PH)
1 Clouded Yellow - Jordans mill gardens and meadow (GB)
1 Large White, 4+ Small/Green-veined White, 2+ Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2+ Meadow Brown - Jordans mill gardens and meadow (GB)
3 Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma, 15 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown - Houghton Regis-M1 access road (DA)
1 Brimstone, 3 Large White, 1 Small White, 50+, 1 pair Common Blue, 6 Gatekeeper - Sundon Quarry-Luton (DA)
2 Green-veined White, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma, 4 Gatekeeper - Centennary Wood Pulloxhill (LC)
1 Small White, 1 Peacock - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)

23rd:
1f Gatekeeper - Suburban garden (CLB)
3 Small/Green-veined White, 5, 2f Purple Hairstreak, 1 Red Admiral, 5 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 4 Gatekeeper, 3 Meadow Brown - Putnoe Wood (mh,dh)
2 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 4+ Small/Green-veined White, 4 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Gatekeeper - The Baulk, Beeston (TR)

22nd:
1 Common Blue, 24 Chalkhill Blue, 5 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown - Sharpenhoe Clappers (CW)
2m Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Meadow Brown - Stewartby Station (TR)
1 Gatekeeper - suburban garden (CLB)
1 Large White, 3 Peacock, 1f Gatekeeper, 1f Meadow Brown - Bedford garden (AD)

21st:
1 Red Admiral - Begwary Brook Nature Reserve (CLB)
1 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 6 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 8 Gatekeeper, 40+ Meadow Brown - Clapham Park (mh)

20th:
1 Large White, 3 Green-veined White, 4 Red Admiral, 2 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 3 Gatekeeper, 6 Meadow Brown - Flitton Moor (SC)
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1f Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1f Silver-washed Fritillary, 2 Speckled Wood - Putnoe Wood (AD)
1 Essex Skipper, 1 Brown Argus, 1 Common Blue, 10 Chalkhill Blue, 1 Dark Green Fritillary, 1 Marbled White, 6 Gatekeeper, 1 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - Sharpenhoe NR (AB,MB)
1 Red Admiral - Lower Stondon garden (AB,MB)

19th:
13 Meadow Brown, 10 Ringlet - Main south to north ride in Marston Thrift (AB)

18th:
9 Large Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 2 Large White, 9 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 White Admiral, 8 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 15 Comma, 4 Silver-washed Fritillary, 2 Speckled Wood, 3 Gatekeeper, 7 Meadow Brown, 20+ Ringlet - Chicksands Wood (SC)
10 Large White, 3 Small White, 3 Red Admiral, 4 Peacock, 10 Gatekeeper - Harrold Odell Country PArk (DK,FK)
1 Red Admiral - Houghton Regis - River Lea by new access road to M1 (DA)
5m Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 17 Marbled White, 25+ Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - Chalton-new access road to M1. Rough field (DA)
1f Essex Skipper, Small/Essex Skipper, 1m Brimstone, Large White, Small White, 1f Green-veined White, 1 Brown Argus, 6m, 10+f Common Blue, 3 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood, m, f Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, 3 Ringlet - bridleway and field margins, Cleat Hill (AD)
1 Large White, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Peacock - Bedford garden (AD)
3 Purple Hairstreak - Mowsbury Park (AD)
6 Large Skipper, 1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Large White, 2 Small White, 2 Gatekeeper, 8 Meadow Brown, 6 Ringlet - Rectory Wood beside Marston Thrift (AB)
1 Small Copper - Jordans mill gardens and meadow (GB)
1 Brimstone, 6+ Small White, 1+ Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 3+ Meadow Brown - Jordans mill gardens and meadow (GB)
1 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus, 2 Dark Green Fritillary - Pegsdon Hills (KW)

17th:
4 Large White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 3 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown - John O Gauant GC Carthegena Course (DK,DN)
3 Small Skipper, 1 Large Skipper, 5 Large White, 1 White Admiral, 8 Red Admiral, 3 Peacock, 10 Comma, 5 Silver-washed Fritillary, 5 Speckled Wood, 3 Gatekeeper, 10 Meadow Brown, 10 Ringlet - Chicksands Wood (JS)
1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Marbled White, 2 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - Field edge north of Postgrove (KB)
4 Small Skipper, 2 Small/Essex Skipper, 2 Small White, 3 Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 5 Gatekeeper, 6 Meadow Brown - Unkempt field between Woburn and Potsgrove (KB)
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Gatekeeper - Ditch at footbridge north of Potsgrove (KB)
1 Small/Essex Skipper, 1 Marbled White, 4 Meadow Brown - Improved grassland north of Potsgrove (KB)
1m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 3m, 1f Silver-washed Fritillary, 2 Speckled Wood, 3 Gatekeeper, 7 Meadow Brown, 9 Ringlet - Marston Thrift (KB)
1m Small Skipper, 3 Small/Essex Skipper, 1 Large White, 12m Common Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 7 Gatekeeper, 1 Meadow Brown, 2 Ringlet - Ledburn Pit, Linslade (REM)
1 Common Blue - 8th green on John o Gaunt golf course (st)
2 Peacock, 2 Comma - Wildflower area on John o Gaunt golf course (st)
Small/Essex Skipper, 3 Brimstone, Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Ringlet - Palmer's Wood, Old Warden (AC)
4 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Comma, 2m, 1f Gatekeeper, 3f Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood (AD)
2 Large White, 1 Small White, 2 Holly Blue, 2m, 1f Gatekeeper - Bedford garden (AD)
3 Small/Essex Skipper, 6m, 10f Brimstone, 10+ Green-veined White, 1 Brown Argus, 200+ Chalkhill Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 6 Dark Green Fritillary, 50+ Marbled White, 30+ Gatekeeper, 50+ Meadow Brown - Sharpenhoe Clappers (PC)

16th:
80 Marbled White - Chute Farm, Whipsnade (JP)
1 Small/Essex Skipper, 2 Large White, 3 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Brown Argus, 2 Red Admiral, 5 Gatekeeper, 5 Meadow Brown - The Lodge-Old Heath (TR)
2 Small White, 1 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus, 7 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 6 Gatekeeper, 5 Meadow Brown - The Lodge-Hillfort and Gardens (TR)
2 Brown Argus, 8 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - The Lodge-Ridge trail (TR)
2 Large White, 2, 1f Purple Hairstreak, 1 Comma, 2 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown - Putnoe Wood (mh,dh)
2 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 2 Comma - Langford Garden Centre (PC)

15th:
2 Large White, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown - Clapham Park (mh,dh)

14th:
1 White Admiral, 6 Meadow Brown, 6 Ringlet - Kings Wood Heath and Reach (MB)
4 Small Copper, 5 Marbled White, 3 Meadow Brown - Maulden Heath CWS, picnic area (SR)
1 Essex Skipper, 1 Large Skipper, 5 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood, 1 Marbled White, 18 Gatekeeper, 1 Meadow Brown, 4 Ringlet - Lower Stondon fields south of village (AB,MB)
2 Essex Skipper, 1 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 3 Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 100 larva Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma, 5 Gatekeeper, 12 Meadow Brown, 4 Ringlet - Lower Stondon fields south of village (AB,MB)
8 Large White, 2 Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Comma, 2 Gatekeeper, 1 Ringlet - Lower Stondon fields south of village (AB,MB)
1 Essex Skipper, 1 Large Skipper, 4 Meadow Brown - field edge west of holwell (AB,MB)

13th:
1 Small Copper - Maulden Heath SSSI, western field (SR,TS)
1 Small Copper - Maulden Heath CWS (SR)
20+ Small/Essex Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 8+ Large White, 1m Small White, 1 Small Copper, 4m, 2f Common Blue, 2 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood, 12+ Gatekeeper, 4m Meadow Brown, 4 Ringlet - Wheatfield margins, Cleat Hill (AD)
1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Lower Stondon garden (AB)
2 Red Admiral, 1 Meadow Brown - Coopers Hill NR (AB)
20 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1f Ringlet - Maulden Wood (CLB)

12th:
2 Large White, 2 Small White, 14m, 1f Chalkhill Blue, 2 Dark Green Fritillary, 13 Marbled White, 5 Gatekeeper, 9 Meadow Brown - Sharpenhoe clappers, slope below car park. (SC)
7 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 2m Chalkhill Blue, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 7 Dark Green Fritillary, 16 Marbled White, 17 Gatekeeper, 8 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - Sharpenhoe clappers, East slope. (SC)
3 Small Skipper, 2 Large White, 1, 1f Small White, 1m White-letter Hairstreak, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Marbled White, 8 Gatekeeper, 25 Meadow Brown - Clapham Park (mh)
m, f Large White, 1m Small/Green-veined White, 1 Peacock, 12+ Comma, 3 Speckled Wood, m, f Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, 2 Ringlet - bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood (AD)
1f Essex Skipper, Small/Essex Skipper, 2 Large White, 1 Comma, m, f Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown - wheatfield margins near Salph End (AD)
2m Large Skipper, 3 Large White, 1 Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, m, f Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, 1m Ringlet - bridleway behind Mark Rutherford school (AD)
1 Essex Skipper, 20 Small/Essex Skipper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Marbled White, 1m Gatekeeper, 20, 1m Meadow Brown, 1m Ringlet - Fancott Meadow (CLB)

11th:
1m Essex Skipper, 4 Small/Essex Skipper, 2 Large Skipper, 2 Gatekeeper, 1 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - All Saints Church Leighton Buzzard (REM)

10th:
Wood White - Photographed at Felmersham Gravel Pits NR (SR). [Please keep a look out for other Wood Whites, especially towards the Northants border - KB]
10m, 4f Gatekeeper - Priory Country Park Wildlife Garden (RB)
1 Red Admiral, 2 Silver-washed Fritillary, 1 Marbled White, 1 Gatekeeper, 20 Meadow Brown, 20 Ringlet - Kings Wood, Heath and Reach (MB)
2 Large White, 1 Small White, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Gatekeeper - Bedford garden (AD)
11 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Purple Emperor, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 7 Comma, 5m, 2f Silver-washed Fritillary, 4 Speckled Wood, 5 Gatekeeper, 1f Meadow Brown, 45 Ringlet - Chicksands Wood (mh)
2 Small Skipper, 1 Essex Skipper, 3 Small/Essex Skipper, 3 Large Skipper, 1 Common Blue, 8 Marbled White, 3 Gatekeeper, 2 Meadow Brown, 3 Ringlet - Astral Park Orchard, Leighton Buzzard (REM)
1 Small Skipper - Cut Throat Meadow, Ampthill (DW)
1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Comma, 1 Gatekeeper, 1 Meadow Brown - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)

9th:
1f, egg Green-veined White, 1 Comma, 1 Meadow Brown - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
1 Red Admiral - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
2 Brimstone, 2 Green-veined White, 3 Red Admiral, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Comma, 20+ Gatekeeper, 2 Ringlet - Track, pathway beside river Ivel, Biggleswade, between TL187444 and TL185434. (RR)
1m Common Blue, 3+ Meadow Brown - Shillington (GB,PB)
1 Dark Green Fritillary - Buddleia in garden almost adjacent to Kensworth quarry chalk down (JOD)
1 Green-veined White, 3 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 Gatekeeper, 1 Ringlet - bridleway near Putnoe Woods (AD)
2 Large White, 1 Gatekeeper - Bedford garden (AD)
10+ Small Skipper, 3 Brimstone, 10+ Large White, 3 Green-veined White, 3 Purple Hairstreak, 3 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 6 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 6 Peacock, 10+ Comma, 8 Silver-washed Fritillary, 10+ Speckled Wood, 1 Marbled White, 3 Gatekeeper, 10+ Meadow Brown, 10+ Ringlet - Chicksands Wood (cw)

8th:
2 Small Skipper, 4+ Small/Essex Skipper, 5 Large White, 4 Small White, 2 Green-veined White, 5+ Small/Green-veined White, 12+ Chalkhill Blue, 6 Dark Green Fritillary, 30+ Marbled White, 9 Gatekeeper, 20+ Meadow Brown - Sharpenhoe Clappers - slope below carpark (TR)
10+ Large Skipper, 2 Green-veined White, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 2 Comma, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary, 4 Meadow Brown, 20+ Ringlet - Maulden Wood TL0739 (TR)
12+ Large Skipper, 2+ Large White, 4+ Small/Green-veined White, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 5+ White-letter Hairstreak, 1 White Admiral, 1 Purple Emperor, 1 Red Admiral, 5 Comma, 2 Silver-washed Fritillary, 2 Speckled Wood, 2 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown, 40+ Ringlet - Maulden Wood TL0638 (TR)
1 Large White, 1f Small White, 1 Gatekeeper, 1 Ringlet - Bedford garden (AD)
2f, egg Green-veined White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
1 Marbled White - Lower Stondon garden (AB,MB)

7th:
Small/Essex Skipper, Large Skipper, 1f Brimstone, Large White, 20+ Small/Green-veined White, 1 Peacock, 7 Comma, 4, 1 pair Silver-washed Fritillary, 1 Marbled White, 20+ Meadow Brown, 40+ Ringlet - Maulden wood, west (AC)
10+ Small/Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral, 10+ Meadow Brown, 20+ Ringlet - Palmer's Wood, Old Warden TL1344 (AC)
2 Large Skipper, Small/Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 4, 1m Silver-washed Fritillary, 10+, 1 pair Meadow Brown, 20+ Ringlet - College Wood, Northill (AC)
1m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Small Copper, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 1 Marbled White, 13 Gatekeeper, 6 Meadow Brown - The Lodge (KB)
1 Purple Hairstreak - Just outside RSPB on path to Biggleswade Common (KB)
1 Small Skipper, 1 Essex Skipper, 3 Small/Essex Skipper, 5 Meadow Brown - Biggleswade Common - edge nearest RSPB (KB)
1 Small Skipper, 6 Large White, 4 Small White, 1m Purple Emperor, 4 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, Marbled White, 2 Meadow Brown, 1, 1m Small Heath - Sallowsprings, Whipsnade (SCC)
2 Silver-washed Fritillary - Maulden Wood SSSI, main ride (SR,TS)
20 Small/Essex Skipper, 1 Comma, 1 Marbled White, 1m Gatekeeper - Arlesey Glebe Meadow (CLB)

6th:
2m Small Skipper, 2m Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Silver-washed Fritillary, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Marbled White, 9 Meadow Brown, 25 Ringlet - King's Wood Heath and Reach (REM,DSM)
1 Small Skipper, 1 Large Skipper, 2+ Purple Hairstreak, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 2 Gatekeeper, 1 Meadow Brown, 2 Ringlet - The Baulk, Beeston (TR)
1m, 1f Brimstone, 1m Green-veined White, 1m Gatekeeper - Bedford garden (AD)

5th:
1 Purple Hairstreak - Maulden Wood SSSI (SR,TS)
3 Silver-washed Fritillary - Maulden Wood SSSI (SR,TS)
Small/Essex Skipper, Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 2 Green-veined White, 1, 1m Purple Emperor, 4 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, Comma, 12 Silver-washed Fritillary, Meadow Brown, Ringlet - Chicksands Wood (IW)
1 Small White, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 4 Purple Hairstreak, 2 Gatekeeper, 7 Meadow Brown - The Lodge RSPB, old heath. (SC)
3 Large White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Comma, 1 Marbled White, 1 Gatekeeper, 11 Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet - Linslade Woods (JK)
1 Large Skipper, 1 Large White - Linslade garden (JK)
1 Large White, 1 Holly Blue - Rothsay road Bedford (AD)
3 Small Skipper, 2 Large Skipper, 8 Large White, 3 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Comma, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary, 1 Speckled Wood, 4 Gatekeeper, 7 Meadow Brown, 10 Ringlet - Felmersham Nature Reserve (AD)
6 Small/Essex Skipper, 2 Large Skipper, 1 Brown Argus, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Marbled White, 20+ Meadow Brown, 2 Ringlet - Central Beds Council offices, Chicksands (PC)
1 Large Skipper, 1 Small White, 8 Purple Hairstreak, 1 Peacock, 3 Gatekeeper, 10+ Meadow Brown, 2 Ringlet, 1 Small Heath - Sandy Heath Quarry - SW corner (TR)
3 Small Skipper, 3 Small/Essex Skipper, 2 Purple Hairstreak, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Marbled White, 30+ Meadow Brown - Sandy Heath Quarry - entrance track (TR)
1 Large Skipper, 3 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 6 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 4 Gatekeeper, 15+ Meadow Brown, 2 Ringlet - Church Walk, Harrold (AH)
2 Small Skipper, 3 Small/Essex Skipper, 4 Large Skipper, 2 Brimstone, 8 Large White, 5 Small White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 5 Red Admiral, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Comma, 8 Speckled Wood, 1 Marbled White, 14 Gatekeeper, 28 Meadow Brown, 44 Ringlet - Fenlake Meadows (DOM)
1 Large White, 1m Gatekeeper - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Large White, 1f, egg Green-veined White, 1f, egg Red Admiral, 1, 1f, egg Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)

4th:
1 Comma - Wigmore, private garden. (SC)
1 Red Admiral, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Wigmore. (SC)
2 Large White, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Willington Danish Camp (DK,FK)
10 Small Skipper, 2 Essex Skipper, 6 Small/Essex Skipper, 14 Large Skipper, 11 Large White, 3 Small White, 2 Green-veined White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 7 Speckled Wood, 7 Marbled White, 42 Gatekeeper, 17 Meadow Brown, 68 Ringlet - Bunyan's Farm and The Moor, Harrowden (DOM)
6 Purple Hairstreak, 2 White-letter Hairstreak, 2 Red Admiral, 3 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 1, 2m, 2f Meadow Brown - Clapham Park (mh,dh)
3 Large Skipper, Small/Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 4 Comma, 5m, 1f Silver-washed Fritillary, Meadow Brown, Ringlet - College Wood, Northill (AC)

3rd:
2 Essex Skipper, 2 Small/Essex Skipper, 1m Green-veined White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet - Priory CP (AD)
2 Large White, 1 Gatekeeper - South facing Bedford garden (AD)

2nd:
Large White, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, 3 Silver-washed Fritillary, 1 Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet - Bragenham and Kings Wood, near Heath and Reach (MB)
Comma, Meadow Brown, Ringlet - Fox and Hounds Field next to A5 Heath and Reach (MB)
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Gatekeeper, 1 Meadow Brown - Langford (AC)
4 Large Skipper, 1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 5 Small/Green-veined White, 10 Comma, 4m, 1f Silver-washed Fritillary, 4 Gatekeeper, 25+ Meadow Brown, 30+ Ringlet - College Wood, Northill (AC,JC)
1m, 1f Small Skipper, 1 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1m Chalkhill Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 14 Dark Green Fritillary, 40+ Marbled White, 14+ Meadow Brown, 3 Ringlet - Sharpenhoe Clappers, slope below car park. (SC)
1m Small Skipper, 2 Large Skipper, 3 Large White, 2 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 12 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 10+ Meadow Brown, 8 Ringlet - Flitton Moor (SC)
1 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 4 Comma, 3 Silver-washed Fritillary, 5 Meadow Brown, 10+ Ringlet - College Wood, Northill (TR)
1 Red Admiral, 5 Speckled Wood - Brambles at edge of Mowsbury Park (AD)
14 Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 2 Small White, 1 pair Green-veined White, 6+ White-letter Hairstreak, 1 White Admiral, 8 Comma, 4 Silver-washed Fritillary, 10+ Meadow Brown, 30+ Ringlet - College Wood and Home Wood, Northill (TR)
1f Brimstone, 1 Comma - Stopsley garden (CLB)
Small Skipper, Small/Essex Skipper, Large Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 2 Large White, 1f Small White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet - bridleway and field edge Cleat Hill (AD)
Small/Essex Skipper, Large Skipper, 3 Large White, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 8 Marbled White, 5+ Gatekeeper, 25+ Meadow Brown, Ringlet - Mowsbury Hill (AD)
1 Small Skipper, 5 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 White-letter Hairstreak, 1m Purple Emperor, 6 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 4 Meadow Brown, 40+ Ringlet - Maulden Wood TL0739 (TR)
1 Large White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Comma, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary, 1 Marbled White, 10+ Ringlet - Maulden Wood TL0639 (TR)
10 Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1 White Admiral, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Comma, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary, 6 Meadow Brown, 40+ Ringlet - Maulden Wood TL0638 (TR)
2 Small/Essex Skipper, 6 Large Skipper, 10 Large White, 12 Green-veined White, 2 Purple Hairstreak, 1 White Admiral, 1m Purple Emperor, 6 Red Admiral, 20 Comma, 10 Silver-washed Fritillary, 3 Speckled Wood, 6 Gatekeeper, 20 Meadow Brown, 150+ Ringlet - Maulden Wood (PC)
3 Large White, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Comma - Linslade garden (MS)
6 Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 4 Comma, 25 Meadow Brown, 21 Ringlet - Linslade Woods (REM,DSM)
2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1f Comma - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
2 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 6 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 30 Meadow Brown - Church Walk, Harrold (AH)

1st:
3 Small/Essex Skipper, 3 Large Skipper, 1f Large White, 2 Green-veined White, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 1m, 1f White-letter Hairstreak, 2 Red Admiral, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 7 Comma, 1m Silver-washed Fritillary, 1m Speckled Wood, 1, 1m, 1f Meadow Brown, 22 Ringlet - Green lane next to Putnoe Wood (mh,dh)
9 Small Skipper, 3 Essex Skipper, 8 Small/Essex Skipper, 4 Red Admiral, 6 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma, 1 Marbled White, 5 Meadow Brown, 18 Ringlet - The Riddy and The Baulk, Beeston (TR)
4 Small Skipper, 1 Essex Skipper, 15+ Small/Essex Skipper, 2 Large Skipper, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma, 4 Meadow Brown, 10+ Ringlet - Meadows between Beeston and Sandy (TR)
1 Comma, 1 Marbled White - Linslade garden (MS)
4 Large Skipper, 1f Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Comma, 10+ Marbled White, 2 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown, 16+ Ringlet - Meadow areas at Marston Vale CP (JK,BH)
1 Large Skipper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet - Hedgerow north of Potsgrove (KB)
1 Small Skipper, 1 Small/Essex Skipper, 3 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 11 Marbled White, 1 Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet - Neglected field north of Potsgrove (KB)
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Ringlet - Ditch at footbridge north of Potsgrove (KB)


June 2017

30th:
4 Large Skipper, 1f Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 10+ Marbled White, 2 Meadow Brown, 20+ Ringlet - Linslade Woods , newer section (JK)
4 Marbled White, 1m Gatekeeper, 3 Ringlet - Ampthill (JG,HG)
1 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Comma, 1f Meadow Brown, 15+ Ringlet - bridleways near Putnoe Woods (AD)
5 Small/Essex Skipper, 2 Meadow Brown, 3 Ringlet - wheat field margins near Salph End (AD)
2 Comma, 20 Meadow Brown, 2000 Ringlet - Fancott Meadow SSSI (CLB)

27th:
1 Small Skipper, 2f Small/Essex Skipper, 1 Large White, 1m Green-veined White, 6 Marbled White, 10+ Meadow Brown, 50+ Ringlet - Clapham Park Community Woodland rides (AD)
1 Red Admiral - Molivers Lane Bromham (HMH)
1 Essex Skipper, 3 Meadow Brown, 4 Ringlet - Linslade Woods (REM)
1 Painted Lady - Alwins Field garden, Linslade (REM)
1 Marbled White, 1 Meadow Brown - Alwins Field Allotments, Linslade (REM)

26th:
2 Small Skipper, 10+ Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 5+ Green-veined White, 2 White Admiral, 5+ Comma, 30+ Silver-washed Fritillary, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Marbled White, 1 Gatekeeper, 50+ Meadow Brown, 100+ Ringlet - College Wood, Northill (CS,AC,PC)
1 Small White, 11 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 1 Meadow Brown - Ivel View, Sandy (TR)
1 Silver-washed Fritillary - Working Woodland Centre, Deadman's Hill Layby (SR)
1 Silver-washed Fritillary - Clifton cricket ground (RM)
30+ Small Skipper, 50+ Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 2 Red Admiral, 30+ Small Tortoiseshell, 20+ Comma, 3 Speckled Wood, 50+ Marbled White, 30+ Meadow Brown, 60+ Ringlet - Stanford wood and field beyond (RM)
2 Small Skipper, 1 White Admiral, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Silver-washed Fritillary, 2 Meadow Brown, 4 Ringlet - College Wood, Northill (IW)
3m, 1f Large Skipper, 4 Large White, 1 White-letter Hairstreak, 2 Red Admiral, 3 Comma, 3 Silver-washed Fritillary, 1 Speckled Wood, 5+ Meadow Brown, 20+ Ringlet - bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood (AD)
1f Green-veined White, 2 Comma, 1m Silver-washed Fritillary, 4 Speckled Wood, 2 Meadow Brown - Bramble patch in Putnoe Wood (AD)
1 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 8 Meadow Brown, 7 Ringlet - Tiddenfoot WP, Linslade (REM,DSM)
18 Small Skipper, 1 Essex Skipper, 3 Small/Essex Skipper, 4 Large Skipper, 1 Green-veined White, 8+ Purple Hairstreak, 1 Red Admiral, 8 Small Tortoiseshell, 16 Meadow Brown, 7 Ringlet - The Riddy and The Baulk, Beeston (TR)
1 Small White, 1 Comma, 1 Marbled White, 1 Ringlet - Cranfield garden (AB)
1 Small/Essex Skipper, 1 Large White, 4 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Purple Hairstreak, 20+ White-letter Hairstreak, 4 White Admiral, 1 Purple Emperor, 8 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 40+m, 10f Comma, 15m, 2f Silver-washed Fritillary, 8 Speckled Wood, 10 Meadow Brown, 100 Ringlet - Chicksands Wood rides (RR)
10+ Small/Essex Skipper, 10+ Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 10+ Small/Green-veined White, 1 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 White Admiral, 1 Purple Emperor, 2 Red Admiral, 10+ Comma, 10m, 2f Silver-washed Fritillary, 6 Speckled Wood, 2 Marbled White, 50+ Meadow Brown, 50+ Ringlet - Maulden woods (CG)

25th:
3 Large Skipper, 1 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 1 Meadow Brown, 4 Ringlet - Cockayne Hatley rural garden (IW)
1 Green-veined White, 1 White Admiral, 1m Purple Emperor, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Comma, 2 Silver-washed Fritillary, 5 Speckled Wood, 3 Meadow Brown, 20+ Ringlet - Maulden Wood (TR)
3 Large Skipper, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Comma, 8+ Speckled Wood, 3 Marbled White, 4 Meadow Brown, 10+ Ringlet - Maulden Wood (TR)
1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 2 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - The Baulk, Beeston (TR)
2 Silver-washed Fritillary - marston thrift (pm,gc)

24th:
1 Camberwell Beauty - Photographed in Maulden Wood. "It was sap feeding on hazel among oak trees on a side path off the 'main drag'. Resting in dappled sunlight" (DB). [I spent two hours looking in the general area within hours of the sighting but not refound - KB].
1 Large Skipper, 2 Purple Hairstreak, 4 White-letter Hairstreak, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Comma, 3m Silver-washed Fritillary, 1m, 1f Meadow Brown, 6 Ringlet - green lane next to Putnoe wood (mh,dh)
3 Small Skipper, 4 Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 7 Comma, 15 Silver-washed Fritillary, 3 Speckled Wood, 3 Marbled White, 1 Gatekeeper, 8 Meadow Brown, 20 Ringlet - College Wood Northill (AD)
5 Large Skipper, 1 Small White, 1 White Admiral, 1m Purple Emperor, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 10+ Comma, 3 Silver-washed Fritillary, 8 Speckled Wood, 10+ Meadow Brown, 30+ Ringlet - Chicksands Wood - TL1040 (TR)
4 Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 1 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 White Admiral, 2m Purple Emperor, 2 Red Admiral, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 10+ Comma, 5 Silver-washed Fritillary, 1+ Speckled Wood, 10+ Meadow Brown, 20+ Ringlet - Chicksands Wood - TL0939 (TR)
3 Small Skipper, 4 Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 3 Red Admiral, 5 Comma, 2 Silver-washed Fritillary, 4 Speckled Wood, 8 Meadow Brown, 10 Ringlet - College Wood, Northill (TR)
2 Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 2 Green-veined White, 3 Comma, 5 Silver-washed Fritillary, 5 Meadow Brown, 12 Ringlet - College Wood, Northill (TR)
6 Small Skipper, 3 Small/Essex Skipper, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 6 Marbled White, 18 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - Sandy Heath Quarry - entrance track (TR)
10 Large Skipper, 1 Green-veined White, 1 White Admiral, 1 Purple Emperor, 2 Red Admiral, 10 Comma, 10 Silver-washed Fritillary, 2 Speckled Wood, 2 Marbled White, 20 Meadow Brown, 30 Ringlet - Maulden Wood (KB)
1 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Ringlet - Luton-east Hyde wader scrape (DA)

23rd:
1 Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 12 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 6 Marbled White, 7 Meadow Brown, 29 Ringlet - Bunyan's Farm and The Moor, Harrowden (DOM)
5+ Small/Essex Skipper, 5+ Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 4 Comma, 5 Speckled Wood, 7 Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet - Clapham Park Community Woodland (AD)
1 Speckled Wood, 1 Marbled White, Meadow Brown, 3 Ringlet - meadow in front of Clapham Park Wood (AD)
2 Large White, 3 Small White, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Rothsay Road Bedford (AD)
1 Clouded Yellow, 6 Marbled White, 10+ Meadow Brown, 10+ Ringlet - field between Linden Lake and Woburn Park (MJ)

22nd:
1m Silver-washed Fritillary, Meadow Brown, Ringlet - North face of Kings Wood, Houghton Conquest (GR)
3 Small Skipper, Marbled White, 4 Meadow Brown, Ringlet - Broom Pit (LC)
1m Purple Hairstreak, 2 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 Comma, 2 Meadow Brown, 6 Ringlet - Green Lane next to Putnoe Wood (mh)

21st:
1 Marbled White - Sandy Station (TR)
6 Silver-washed Fritillary - Maulden Wood SSSI (SR,TS)
100 Ringlet - Ungrazed meadow Fancott (CLB)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Wigmore, private garden. (SC)
1 Silver-washed Fritillary - Linslade garden (MS)
5 Large Skipper, 5 Large White, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 10+ Meadow Brown, 20+ Ringlet - bridleway and adjacent field edges, Cleat Hill (AD)
2 Large Skipper, 1f Brimstone, 3 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 8 Small Tortoiseshell, 8 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 26 Meadow Brown, 12 Ringlet - Fenlake Meadows (DOM)
3 Small Skipper, 8 Large Skipper, 2 Brimstone, 1 Large White, 3 Small White, 2 Small Blue, 7 Common Blue, 3 Red Admiral, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma, 42 Dark Green Fritillary, 1 Speckled Wood, 130 Marbled White, 171 Meadow Brown, 45 Ringlet, 12 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe Clappers (dc)
1 Comma - Garden, Houghton Conquest (GR)

20th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1m Silver-washed Fritillary - Houghton Conquest Garden (gr)
7 Large Skipper, 2 White-letter Hairstreak, 3 White Admiral, 3m Purple Emperor, 3 Red Admiral, 15 Comma, 5 Silver-washed Fritillary, 5 Speckled Wood, 6 Meadow Brown, 38 Ringlet - Chicksands Wood (SC)
1 Marbled White - Wigmore, Private garden. (SC)
4 Large Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 5 Large White, 1 Small White, 9 Small Tortoiseshell, 6 Comma, 5 Speckled Wood, 24 Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet - Fenlake Meadows, Bedford (DOM)
1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary, 8 Speckled Wood - main ride Putnoe Woods (AD)
2 Large Skipper, 1 Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Comma, 1 Ringlet - near Putnoe Wood (AD)
5 White-letter Hairstreak, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1m, 1f Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet - Hill Rise LNR (mh)
1 Large Skipper, 1 Small White, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 6+ Meadow Brown - Harrold (AH)
1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Marbled White, 23 Meadow Brown, 13 Ringlet - DENR, Maulden (DW)

19th:
1 White-letter Hairstreak - Greensand Trust car park, Maulden Wood (TS)
3 Marbled White - Maulden Heath (SR,MR,TS)
1 Silver-washed Fritillary - Maulden Wood SSSI (SR,TS,MR)
1 White Admiral - Maulden Wood SSSI (SR,TS,MR)
1 Large Skipper, 4 White-letter Hairstreak, 9 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Comma, 1 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - Green lane adjacent to Putnoe Wood (mh)
2 Small Skipper, 3 Large Skipper, 2 Large White, 2 Red Admiral, 7 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 33 Meadow Brown, 8 Ringlet, 1 Small Heath - Fenlake Meadows, Bedford (DOM)
6 Small Skipper, 1 Large White, 2 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood, 3 Marbled White, 5+ Meadow Brown, 4 Ringlet - Priory CP, BEDFORD (SW)
5 Marbled White - Pegsdon Hills NR (CLB)

18th:
Large Skipper, Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet - Great Denham, Bedford (DB,JA)
2 Small Skipper, 2 Large Skipper, 10+ White-letter Hairstreak, 1 Comma, 4 Silver-washed Fritillary, 30+ Meadow Brown, 10+ Ringlet - College Wood, Northill (TR)
2 Large Skipper, 3 Large White, 2 Red Admiral, 11 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood, 1 Marbled White, 31 Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet - Fenlake Meadows (DOM)
2 Purple Hairstreak, 1 Comma, 2 Silver-washed Fritillary, 2 Speckled Wood, 2 Meadow Brown - College Wood, Northill (TR)
9 Large Skipper, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 2 White-letter Hairstreak, 1m Purple Emperor, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 8 Speckled Wood, 10+ Meadow Brown, 10+ Ringlet - Chicksands Wood (TR)
6 Large Skipper, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 2 Silver-washed Fritillary, 4 Speckled Wood, 10+ Meadow Brown, 10 Ringlet - Chicksands Wood (TR)
1 Large Skipper, 1 Green Hairstreak, 6 Small Blue, 6m Common Blue, 1 Painted Lady, 4 Dark Green Fritillary, 11 Marbled White, 10 Meadow Brown, 8 Ringlet, 2 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe Clappers - slope below carpark (TR)
8 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 3 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood, 3 Meadow Brown, 3 Ringlet - near Putnoe Wood (AD)
10+ Small Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 2 White-letter Hairstreak, 1m Purple Emperor, 1m Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 10+ Comma, 10+ Speckled Wood, 10+ Meadow Brown, 10+ Ringlet - Chicksands Wood (cw)
1 Dark Green Fritillary, 20+ Marbled White, 20+ Meadow Brown, 20+ Ringlet, 1 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe Clappers, West side. (SC)
3 Large Skipper, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Common Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 18 larva Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Marbled White, 20+ Meadow Brown, 20+ Ringlet - Flitwick Moor (SC)

17th:
2 Comma, 10 Meadow Brown - East of Sea Scout Hut, Bedford (KB)
3 Large Skipper, 1m, 1f Common Blue, 4m Speckled Wood, 10m Meadow Brown, 3m Ringlet - Linslade Woods (REM,DSM)
1 Marbled White - Meadow Lane GP, Bedford (DOM)
3 Large Skipper, 1 Comma, 2 Silver-washed Fritillary, 6 Speckled Wood, 6 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - College Wood, Northill (AC,JC)
1m Small/Essex Skipper, 4 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood, 8 Meadow Brown, 1m Ringlet - near Putnoe Wood (AD)
7 Small Tortoiseshell, 40 Marbled White, 25 Meadow Brown, 5 Small Heath - Road embankment, Kempston church end (SC)
1 Marbled White, 5 Meadow Brown - Mowsbury Hill LNR (KB)
1 Marbled White - 100 Acre, Priory CP, Bedford (DB,JA)

16th:
3 Large Skipper, 6 Ringlet - Ireland RNR (AB)
6 Small Tortoiseshell - path to Collin's Grove nr Shefford (AB)
1m, 1f Large Skipper, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Marbled White, 5m Meadow Brown, 3 Ringlet - Clapham Park Wood (MH)
2 Large Skipper, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Ringlet - Linslade Woods (JK,BH)
3 Large Skipper, 3m, 1f Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood, 5 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - Ledburn Pit, Linslade (REM)
1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Tiddenfoot WP, Linslade (REM)
4 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 8 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood, 4 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - Fenlake Meadows, Bedford (DOM)

15th:
1 Marbled White - Meadow by Maulden woods (CG)
1m Brimstone, 6 Small Blue, 4m Common Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Speckled Wood, 3 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry (SB,JK)
4 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Marbled White, 25 Meadow Brown, 3 Small Heath - Broom Gravel Pits (DK,FK)
2m, 1f Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1m Common Blue, 1 Comma, 5 Speckled Wood, 14 Ringlet - Felmersham Gravel Pits (AD)
2 Meadow Brown - Felmersham Gravel Pits (AD)

14th:
1 Large Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Small Blue, 3m Common Blue, 1 Speckled Wood, 3 Marbled White, 10+ Meadow Brown, 2 Ringlet - Sharpenhoe clappers, west side. (SC)
1 Large Skipper, 5 Small Tortoiseshell - The Riddy, Beeston (TR)
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Marbled White, 2 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - Central Bedfordshire Council offices at Chicksands (PC)
1 Large Skipper, 25 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Marbled White, 20 Meadow Brown, 2 Ringlet, 1 Small Heath - Kempston (HG,JG)
1 Marbled White - Duck End NR (JP)
13th:
3 Large Skipper, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 2m Common Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood, 27 Meadow Brown - Flitwick moor (SC)
1 Large Skipper, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Speckled Wood - Sandhouse Lane NR (SC)
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Meadow Brown - Meadows between Beeston and Sandy (TR)
1m Small Skipper, 3 Large Skipper, 1 Small Copper, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 30 Meadow Brown - Sandy Heath Quarry - entrance track (TR)
1 White-letter Hairstreak - Bridleway near Putnoe Wood (AD)
1 Red Admiral, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - Field margins Salph End (AD)
1 Small White, 3+ Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 4+ Small Tortoiseshell, 1+ Meadow Brown - Jordans mill gardens and meadow (GB)

12th:
1 Ringlet, 1 Small Heath - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve, Chicksands (SR)

11th:
Large Skipper, Brimstone, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown - Mowsbury Hillfort NR, Bedford (DB)

10th:
1 Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Heath - Sandhouse Lane NR, Heath and Reach (JC)
1+ Common Blue, 1 Dark Green Fritillary - Sharpenhoe Clappers (GB)
2+ Small Blue, 3+ Common Blue - Sharpenhoe Clappers (GB)
3 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 3 Red Admiral, 15 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Meadow Brown - Octagon Farm (DOM)
1 Large Skipper, 2 Red Admiral, 3 Comma, 17 Speckled Wood, 1 Meadow Brown - Marston Thrift (TR)
1f Brimstone, 2 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Speckled Wood - Lower Stondon fields south of village (AB,MB)
1 Large Skipper, 3m Brimstone, 2 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Common Blue, 3 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood, 5 Meadow Brown - Lower Stondon fields south of village (AB,MB)
3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Lower Stondon fields south of village (AB,MB)

9th:
2 Large Skipper, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 8 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Meadow Brown - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve, Chicksands (SR)
1 Red Admiral - Back garden in Beeston (TR)
1 Small Blue - Bradger's Hill, Luton (GB,LT)
1 Small Blue - Bradger's Hill, Luton (GB,LT)
1m Common Blue - Cowslip meadow. Luton (GB)
1 Holly Blue - Riverside Walk, Leighton Buzzard (JC)

8th:
larva Peacock - Maulden Heath (SR)
1 Speckled Wood - Access track to Sundon Chalk Pit (AB)
1 larva Orange Tip - Sundon Chalk Pit (AB)
2 Small Blue - Sundon Chalk Pit (AB)
7 larva Orange Tip - Kempston (JG)

4th:
1m Small White, 4m, 1f Common Blue, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood, 1m Meadow Brown, 8 Small Heath - Bromham Lake Nature Reserve (WP)
1 Meadow Brown - Shillington (GB,PB)
1 Speckled Wood - Shillington (GB,GB)
1m, 1f Common Blue - Alwins Field Allotments, Linslade (REM)

3rd:
1 Painted Lady - 100 Acre, Priory Country Park, Bedford (DB,JA)
40+ Small Blue, 4m, 1f Common Blue, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry - NT car park corner (TR)
3 Dingy Skipper, 20+ Small Blue, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry (TR)
6 Common Blue, 4 Meadow Brown - Chute Farm, Whipsnade (JP)
2 Common Blue, 5 Painted Lady - Chute Farm, Whipsnade (JP)
2 Speckled Wood - Chute Wood, Whipsnade (JP)

2nd:
4 Dingy Skipper, 7m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Small Copper, 221 Small Blue, 12m, 2f Common Blue, 1m Small Tortoiseshell, 4m Speckled Wood, 1m Meadow Brown, 4m Small Heath - Tottenhoe quarry area (CW)
1 Large Skipper - Great Denham, Bedford (DB)

1st:
1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Common Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 12 Speckled Wood, 1 Meadow Brown - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve, Chicksands (SR)
3 Speckled Wood - Upper Drakeloe Pond, Woburn (JC)
1 Brimstone, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Speckled Wood - Flitton Moor (JC)
1 Large Skipper - Flitton Moor (JC)
1m Orange Tip - Flitton Moor (JC)
3 Speckled Wood - Duck End NR, Maulden (JC)
1 Red Admiral - Duck End NR, Maulden (JC)
1 Dingy Skipper, 4m Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Speckled Wood - Sandhouse Lane LNR (BH,RM)
4 Speckled Wood - Kings Wood at Heath and Reach, NE Section (BH,RM)


May 2017

31st:
1 Red Admiral - Kempston, bedford (Sa)
1 Painted Lady - Linslade garden (MS)
8m, 2f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Blue, 4m Common Blue, 2 Speckled Wood - Sewell Cutting (SB,JK,JP)
3m, 2f Brimstone, 15 Small Blue, 7 Common Blue, 1 Small Heath - Totternoe Knolls (REM,GED)
1 Large Skipper - Shillingron garden (GB,PB)
1 Large Skipper seen on the Dunstable Downs transect (WP)
2 Duke of Burgundy, Speckled Wood - Totternhoe Quarry WT Reserve (MH)

30th:
5 Common Blue - Steppingley Hospital CWS (SR)
1 Speckled Wood - Dunstable garden (WP)

28th:
3 Dingy Skipper, 1 pair Green-veined White, 12m Common Blue, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - Brogborough Tip north pool (TR)
1 Green-veined White, 45+m, 3f Common Blue, 9 Small Heath - Brogborough Tip south pool (TR)
1m Common Blue, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Speckled Wood - rough ground, Clophill (ph,nh)
3 Grizzled Skipper, 2m Brimstone, 1 Small Copper, 4m Common Blue - Rookery North (TR)
5m Common Blue, 3 Speckled Wood - Rookery North and newt pools (TR)
3 Speckled Wood - Stewartby station (TR)
1 Small Copper - Rushmere Country Park (JC,CC)
1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral - Garden, Langford (AC,JC)
1 Dingy Skipper, 1 Small Copper, 4m Common Blue, 2 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - Sandhouse Lane NR (REM,DSM)
1 Small Copper, 2 Peacock, 5 Speckled Wood - College Wood, Northill (AC,JC)
1 Painted Lady - Yelden Airfield (DOM,RB)
1f Red Admiral - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
1 Small White, 1 Painted Lady - Linslade garden (MS)

27th:
1m Brimstone, 1 larva Orange Tip, 2, 1m, 1f Common Blue, 1f Holly Blue - Biggleswade garden (RR,n)
2 Holly Blue, 1 Painted Lady - Rothsay Road bedford (AD)
1 Speckled Wood - All Saints Church Leighton Buzzard (REM)

26th:
1 Painted Lady - Wigmore, private garden. (SC)
1 Small Copper - The Lodge, Old Heath. (SC)
1 Red Admiral - Alwins Field garden, Linslade (REM)
1 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 4 Speckled Wood - Linslade woods (REM)
3m Orange Tip, 4 Small Copper - public footpath near Cardington airfield (AD)
30, 1 pair Dingy Skipper, 3 Grizzled Skipper, 20, 1 pair Brimstone, 1m Large White, 2 Small White, 2m Orange Tip, 10 Green Hairstreak, 1 Small Copper, 40, 3 pair Brown Argus, 20 Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 10 Duke of Burgundy, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock, 3 Speckled Wood, 30 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs (PC,BC)
Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Small White, Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper, Small Blue, Common Blue, 4 Duke of Burgundy, 2 Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry WT Reserve (MH)

25th:
1m Common Blue - Alwins Field Allotments, Linslade (REM)
1 Small Copper, 1 Small Heath - Maulden Heath (SR)
1 Dingy Skipper, 2m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Green Hairstreak, 2 Brown Argus, 3m Common Blue, 2 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe Clappers, West Side. (SC)
Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Green Hairstreak, Small Blue, Common Blue, 4 Duke of Burgundy, 3 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood, Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry WT Reserve (MH)
2 Dingy Skipper, 3 Grizzled Skipper, 4 Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2 Orange Tip, 1 Green Hairstreak, 15 Brown Argus, 6 Common Blue, 10 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Red Admiral, 25 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs (TW,HW)
10 Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, 5m, 2f, 1 pair Brimstone, 3m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Green Hairstreak, 13 Brown Argus, 6m Common Blue, 13 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood, 9 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs (PB)
2 Dingy Skipper, 5m, 2f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 3 Duke of Burgundy, 1 pair Red Admiral, 6 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs (PB)
4 Dingy Skipper, 1 Large White, 5 Brown Argus, 2m Common Blue, 2 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs (PB)
2 Speckled Wood - College Wood, Northill (AC)
3 Grizzled Skipper found in SP9464 (nr Wymington), one of the "lost" squares for this species (no records for 10+ years). (KC)

24th:
1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Wigmore, Private garden (SC)
31 Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 3 Green Hairstreak, 1f Brown Argus, 3m Common Blue, 4 Duke of Burgundy, 2 Speckled Wood, 8 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs (SC)
1 Grizzled Skipper, 2 Small White, 3m Orange Tip, 1m Common Blue, 2m Red Admiral, 2m Small Tortoiseshell, 1m Peacock, 7m Speckled Wood, 4 Small Heath - Luton , Wigmore , scrub and park land (PF,DF)
Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, 1 Large White, Small White, Orange Tip, Small Blue, Common Blue, Holly Blue, 8 Duke of Burgundy, Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood, Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry WT Reserve (MH)
1m, 4f Brimstone, 2 Large White, 3 Small White, 5m Orange Tip, 2f Common Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 4 Speckled Wood - Stevington dismantled railway walk (AD)

23rd:
1m Common Blue - Steppingley Hospital CWS (SR)
4m Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral - field margin, Cardington (AD)
1 Small/Green-veined White, 5 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve, Chicksands (SR)
1m Orange Tip, 1m Common Blue, 1 Peacock - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve, Chicksands (SR)
1f Brimstone, 3 Holly Blue - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
2 Red Admiral - Jordans mill gardens and meadow (GB)
1 Painted Lady - Jordans mill gardens and meadow (GB)
1 Speckled Wood - Sandhouse Lane NR (SC)
1m Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral - Fitwick Moor - rush field (KB)

22nd:
11m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Large White, 27 Small White, 7m, 1f Orange Tip, 3 Red Admiral, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 12 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Clifton canal (RM)
Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Orange Tip, 2 Green Hairstreak, Small Blue, 1 Brown Argus, Common Blue, Holly Blue, 5 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry WT Reserve (MH)
10+ Small Heath - Totternhoe (JK,SB)
1 Speckled Wood - Linslade Woods (REM)
1 Small Blue - Totternhoe (JK,SB)
2 Small Blue - Totternhoe - lane near car park (JK,SB)
2m Brimstone, 1m Common Blue - Totternhoe (JK,SB)
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper - Harrold, Bedford (AH)
1m Brimstone, 1f Small White, 1m Common Blue, 5 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Fenlake Meadows (DOM)
1f Large White, 5 Holly Blue - South facing garden, Bedford (AD)
3m Common Blue - Pegsdon village (GB,PB)

21st:
1 Dingy Skipper, 6 Brown Argus, 1 Small Heath - Sandy Smith nature reserve (TR)
2m Orange Tip, 1 Brown Argus - Sandy Smith nature reserve (TR)
1m, 2f Brimstone, 1f Orange Tip - Sharpenhoe Clappers (TR)
1 Dingy Skipper - Sharpenhoe Clappers (TR)
9 Dingy Skipper, 3 Grizzled Skipper, 2m, 1f Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Green Hairstreak, 1m Brown Argus, 2m Common Blue, 4 Duke of Burgundy, 4 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs (MH)
2 Brimstone, 1f Orange Tip, 1m Common Blue, 3 Peacock - field edges, Cleat Hill (AD)
1m Large White, 1f Small White, 1f Orange Tip - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
1 Speckled Wood - bridleway, Brickhill (AD)
1m Brimstone - Sandhouse Lane NR (REM)
1 Holly Blue - Back garden in Beeston (TR)
1 Grizzled Skipper - Rookery Pit, Eastern edge (KB)
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper, 4 Brown Argus, 1 Common Blue, 2 Peacock - Rookery Pit, Eastern edge (KB)
1 Grizzled Skipper - Rookery Pit, Eastern edge (KB)
1 Grizzled Skipper - Rookery Pit, Eastern edge (KB)
1 Grizzled Skipper, 1m Common Blue - Rookery Pit, Eastern edge (KB)
1 Grizzled Skipper - Rookery Pit, Eastern edge (KB)
1 Dingy Skipper - Rookery Pit, Eastern edge (KB)
2 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Rookery Pit, Eastern edge (KB)
1m Brimstone, 1f Green-veined White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1m Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - Harrold (AH)
1 Peacock - Wigmore garden (SC)
1 Dingy Skipper, 1m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Green Hairstreak - Sharpenhoe Clappers (SC)
1 Holly Blue - tempsford (pm,gc)

20th:
2m Brimstone, 10+ egg Orange Tip - Whipsnade WAP (JK)
1m Large White, 1m Orange Tip, 1m Holly Blue - Harrold (AH)

18th:
Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Orange Tip, 2 Small Blue, 1 Brown Argus, 8 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood, Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry WT Reserve (MH)
1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - woodland edge, Mowsbury Park (AD)
3m Orange Tip - bridleway near Putnoe Wood (AD)
1 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip - Alwins Field Allotments, Linslade (REM)
1 Peacock - Green lane, Barton (CLB)

16th:
1f Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Comma, 1 Small Heath - Wigmore Valley Park (SC)
8 Dingy Skipper, 12 Grizzled Skipper, 7 Brimstone, 3 Orange Tip, 11 Green Hairstreak, 6 Brown Argus, 2 Common Blue, 12 Duke of Burgundy, 2 Peacock, 4 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs (PF)
Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Large White, Orange Tip, 2 Green Hairstreak, 1 Small Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry WT Reserve (MH)
19 Duke of Burgundy - Totternhoe Quarry WT Reserve (MH)
Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Orange Tip, 2 Green Hairstreak, 2 Small Blue, 6 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, 2 Small Heath - Totternhoe old quarry (BH)

14th:
8 egg Orange Tip - Tiddenfoot waterside park Leighton Buzzard (JK)
1 Red Admiral - Linslade (JK)
12 Dingy Skipper, 8m, 1f Brimstone, 3m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Green Hairstreak, 1 Small Blue, 2 Holly Blue, 5 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Peacock, 5 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry (TR)
2m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry - NT car park corner (TR)
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip - Totternhoe - Lime Kiln Road (TR)
4m Brimstone, 2 Large White, 4 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 1 Small Heath - Lower Stondon fields south of village (AB,MB)
2m Brimstone, 3 Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - Lower Stondon fields south of village (AB,MB)
1 Green-veined White, 2 Peacock - Lower Stondon fields south of village (AB,MB)
1m Orange Tip - Eversholt road west of steppingley (AB)
1 Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 2m, 3f Orange Tip, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Speckled Wood - Jones Pit (SC)
3 Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper, 10 Brimstone, 3 Large White, 4 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 15 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs (Pp)
1 Red Admiral - Pennyfather's Hills (KB)
1f Brimstone, 1 Small Heath - Maulden Heath (KB)
1 Dingy Skipper - Sandy Smith NR - on path just N of main gate (KB)
1m Brimstone, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Brown Argus, 1m Common Blue, 2 Peacock, 1 Small Heath - Sandy Smith NR - western edge of the triangle (KB)
1 Small Copper - Sandy Smith NR - proto wood (KB)
1m Brimstone, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
5 Large White, 3 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 3m Orange Tip, 2 Red Admiral - Old Warden village and Warden Warren SW (DOM)
1m Orange Tip - Garden, Stopsley (CLB)

13th:
7 Small Copper, 1 Small Heath - Sandy Heath between quarry and Potton Road (TR)
4 Small Copper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - The Lodge-Ridge trail (TR)
1 Small Copper - The Lodge-Old Heath (TR)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Lynch Hill, Kensworth. (SC)
1 Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper, 7 Brimstone, 3 Small White, 3 Orange Tip, 2 Green Hairstreak, 13 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Peacock, 7 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs (CW)

12th:
1 Red Admiral - Wall at side of footpath near Wheatfield road Luton (SG)

11th:
10 Duke of Burgundy - Whipsnade Downs (JP)
1 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 8 Duke of Burgundy - Whipsnade Downs (JP)
1m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Green-veined White, 2m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - bridleway near Putnoe Wood (AD)
1f Brimstone, 1f Holly Blue - Bedford garden (AD)
1f Orange Tip - back garden Houghton Regis (SG)
2m Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper - Sharnbrook Summit CWS (KB)

10th:
1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1m Holly Blue - Cople (SH)
11 Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, 3m, 3f Brimstone, 5m Orange Tip, 4 Green Hairstreak, 9 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Peacock, 1 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs (SC)
4 Dingy Skipper, 2 Small Copper - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve, Chicksands (SR,TS)
2m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Tiddenfoot WP, Linslade (REM)
7 Brimstone, 25 Small White, 9 Orange Tip, 6 Holly Blue, 4 Red Admiral, 7 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock, 2 Comma - Clifton canal (RM)
3 Brimstone, 9 Small White, 5 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 11 Peacock, 3 Comma, 3 Speckled Wood - Stanford wood (RM)
2 Brimstone, 5m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1, 100+ larva Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - field edges Cleat Hill (AD)
1 Brimstone, 1m, 2f Orange Tip, 2 Peacock - Mowsbury Hill, Bedford (AD)
1m Orange Tip, 2f Holly Blue - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
2 Dingy Skipper (this was a "lost" population (see above)) , 1m Common Blue - nr Marston Thrift (ID,DD)
4m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1m, 2f Orange Tip - Kempston (HG)
5m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 3m, 7f Orange Tip, 10 Small Tortoiseshell - Kempston (HG)
5m Brimstone, 3 Small White, 11m, 1f Orange Tip, 15 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock - Kempston (HG)
2 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Linslade garden (MS)
Small Blue, Common Blue - Totternhoe Quarry (Matt ?)
1m Common Blue - Dunstable Downs transect (WP)

7th:
1 Dingy Skipper, 2m, 6f Brimstone, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Sharpenhoe Clappers (SC)
10 Small Copper - Sandy Heath between quarry and Potton Road (TR)
1f Brimstone, 6m, 2f Orange Tip, 4 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus, 1 Peacock - The Lodge-Ridge trail, Gatehouse and Jacks Pond (TR)
3 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus - Sandy Heath Quarry - entrance track (TR)
3 Brimstone, 2 Small White, 9, 4m, 5f Orange Tip - Felmersham NR field edge (SC)
1f Small White, 1m Orange Tip - South facing garden, Bedford (AD)
1 Large White, 4m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - The Baulk, Beeston (TR)
3 Green-veined White, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - King's Wood Heath and Reach (REM,DSM)
1m, 1f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Comma - Sandhouse Lane NR (REM,DSM)
3m, 2f Brimstone, 3m Orange Tip, 4 Peacock, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry (BA,MB)
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Small Heath - Brogborough Landfill south and western edges (KB)
1 Small Heath - Brogborough Landfill western edge (KB)
1f Grizzled Skipper, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Comma - Lidlington - Grassy triangle near level crossing (KB)
1 Dingy Skipper - Lidlington - E of level crossing, N of railway (KB)
1 Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper - Lidlington - E of level crossing, N of railway (KB)
8 Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper, 1f Orange Tip - Lidlington - E of level crossing, N of railway (KB)
5 Dingy Skipper, 1f Green Hairstreak, 1 Peacock - Lidlington - E of level crossing, N of railway (KB)
2m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Lidlington - SW of Millbrook Station, N of railway (KB)
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Copper, 1 Speckled Wood - Lidlington - E of level crossing, N of railway (KB)
1 Small Heath - Meppershall Airfield (RK)
1 pair Brimstone, 4 Small White, 1 Orange Tip, 2 Red Admiral - Linslade garden (MS)

6th:
150+ larva Small Tortoiseshell - Priory Country Park (KB)

5th:
1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Harrold (AH)
3 Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 2 Speckled Wood - nr Brogborough (KB)
2m, 2f Orange Tip - nr Brogborough (KB)
2 Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - nr Reynold Wood (KB)
1 Holly Blue - Reynold Wood (KB)
1m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock, 3 Speckled Wood - Holcot Wood (KB)

2nd:
2 Brimstone, 6m, 3f Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - John Bunyan Trail Rowney Warren near Chicksands (JS)
2m Brimstone, 2 Small White, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Wigmore Valley Park (SC)
4 Dingy Skipper, 4 Grizzled Skipper, 6m, 2f Brimstone, 2m, 1f Orange Tip, 6 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Whipsnade Downs (SC)
5 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 4m, 2f Orange Tip, 2 Speckled Wood - bridleway behind Mark Rutherford school (AD)
4 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - field margins near Salph End (AD)
4 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 5m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Comma - bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood (AD)
1 Brimstone - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
9 Dingy Skipper, 4 Grizzled Skipper, 5, 3m, 2f Brimstone, 8, 6m, 2f Orange Tip, 2 Green Hairstreak, 8, 7m Duke of Burgundy, 1 Red Admiral - Whipsnade Downs - Bison Hill end (RM)
1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 3 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Comma - Duck End NR, Maulden (DW)
2m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Harrold (AH)
2m, 1f Orange Tip - Harrold (AH)
2m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Orange Tip, 2m, 1f, 1 pair Small Copper, 3 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - The Lodge RSPB (BC)


April 2017

30th:
1m Brimstone, 1 Duke of Burgundy - Totternhoe Knolls, nr Little Hills (SB)
3m Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - bridleway near Cleat Hill (AD)
1m Orange Tip - Back garden in Beeston (TR)
Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock - 100 Acre, Priory Country Park, Bedford (DB)
1m Brimstone, 2m, 2f Orange Tip, 3+ Peacock, 4+ Speckled Wood - Chicksands wood (GB,PB)
1m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Potton Wood access track (AB,MB)
2 Green-veined White, 1 Peacock - Potton Wood (AB,MB)
1 Small White, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Potton Wood (AB,MB)
1 Green-veined White, 3 Peacock, 2 Comma, 3 Speckled Wood - Potton Wood (AB,MB)
1m Brimstone, 5m, 1f Orange Tip, 3 Comma - Potton Wood (AB,MB)
1 Green-veined White - nr Brogborough (KB)
1 Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - nr Brogborough (KB)

29th:
1 Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Green Hairstreak - Marston Vale Millennium Country Park (TR)
1 Green-veined White - Sandy Heath Quarry - entrance track (TR)
2 Dingy Skipper, 1 Green-veined White - Marston Vale Country Park (MH)

27th:
1 Small Copper - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve (SR)

25th:
1 Small White, 2 Orange Tip, 2 Speckled Wood - Marston Mortaine Forest Park (DK,FK)
1 Large White, 1f Orange Tip - jordans mill meadow (GB)

23rd:
5m, 1f Brimstone, 4m, 2f Orange Tip, 2 Green Hairstreak, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock - Whipsnade Downs (SC)
1m Orange Tip - Wigmore, Luton. (SC)
1m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
10m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 7 Small White, 2 Green-veined White, 9m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Sewell Cutting Dunstable (PG)
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip - Moleskin Hill Sharpenhoe (PG)
3m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Marston Vale CP (JK)
1 Brimstone, 2 Small White, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 5 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 2 Comma - Field margin nr Lower Stondon (SC)

22nd:
1 Large White, 2 Green-veined White, 3m, 1f Orange Tip, 3 Small Copper, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock, 3 Speckled Wood - The Lodge-Ridge trail and Gatehouse (TR)
1m Brimstone, 4 Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood - The Lodge-Gardens (TR)
1m Orange Tip - The Lodge-New heath (TR)
2m Brimstone, 2 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Sundon Chalk Pits (PG)
2m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Speckled Wood - Sundon Chalk Pits (PGc)
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Peacock - Sundon Chalk Pits (PG)
1 Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - Sundon Chalk Pits (PG)
2 Holly Blue, 2 Speckled Wood - All Saints Church Leighton Buzzard (REM,DSM)
1 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Painted Lady - Dunstable and Whipsnade downs (CH)
1 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
1 Green Hairstreak, 2 Duke of Burgundy - Totternhoe Quarry (RK)

19th:
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2 Orange Tip, 8 Small Tortoiseshell - Henlow adj Pix Brook (MG)
5m, 1f Brimstone, 4m Orange Tip, 1 Green Hairstreak, 2 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock, 1 Comma - Whipsnade Downs - Bison Hill end (TR)
4m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock - Whipsnade Downs - between pylons (TR)
1m Orange Tip - Westoning (TR)
1m Orange Tip - Flitton (TR)
1m Orange Tip - Hollington Basin (TR)
1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
4 Grizzled Skipper - Dunstable Downs (WP)
2m, 3f Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Chicksands wood (GB,PB)
5m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock - Fenlake Meadows (KB)
2m Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Rowney Warren - west of road (KB)

18th:
4 Small White, 3 Green-veined White, 5 Small/Green-veined White, 6m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 3 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood - College Wood, Northill (AC)
2 Small/Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 9 Speckled Wood - Duck End NR, Maulden (DW)
2 Small White - John o gaunt golf course by 18th tee (st)
1 Orange Tip - 11th tee John o gaunt golf course (st)
1m Orange Tip - Stewartby lake (SC,AC)

16th:
3 Small White, 1 Orange Tip, 5 Speckled Wood - Glebe commom Arlesey (MG)
1 Holly Blue - Henlow Lakes (MG)
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Henlow sewage works (TR)
1m Orange Tip - Henlow golf course (TR)
6m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Priory Country Park, meadows and paths near river (SB)
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 3 Speckled Wood - Aspley Heath and Woods (MB)

15th:
1, 1f Orange Tip - Leighton Buzzard garden (MB)
3 Green-veined White, 14m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Route 51 cycle path near Willington (mh)
1m Orange Tip, 3 Speckled Wood - Chicksands Wood - NE (KB)
1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 3 Speckled Wood - Chicksands Wood - SW (KB)
1 Holly Blue - Kempston, Bedford (DB)
1 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - Marston Vale Millennium Country Park (TR)
1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Back garden in Beeston (TR)

13th:
1 Green-veined White, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Sandy Smith Nature reserve (SR)
1 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Broom gravel pit Gypsy Lane (TR)
1f Orange Tip - Leighton Buzzard Rail Station (REM)
2 Speckled Wood - Honey Hill Island, Bedford (DB,JB,TW)

12th:
1 Holly Blue - South facing Bedford garden (AD)

11th:
1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - Marston Mortaine Forest Park Nature Reserve (DK,FK)
1 Painted Lady - Dunton Waterworks (FJ)

10th:
1 Orange Tip, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Clifton canal (RM)

9th:
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 3 Speckled Wood - Duck End NR, Maulden (JC)
1 Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Peacock - Sandhouse Lane NR, Heath and Reach (JC)
3m Brimstone, 2m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Kempston (HG)
3m Brimstone, 3 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Kempston (HG)
5 Small/Green-veined White, 6m Orange Tip, 3 Holly Blue, 8 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 2 Comma, 8 Speckled Wood - Sutton Mill Lane to Carthagena Road, Potton (TR)
1m Brimstone, 2 Peacock - The Lodge - near Gatehouse (TR)
1m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2+ Small White, 4 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - The Lodge-Gardens (TR)
1m Brimstone - Sandy Station (TR)
5m Orange Tip, 11 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Speckled Wood - field edges, Cleat Hill (AD)
1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
1m Brimstone, 5 Green-veined White, 6m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Flitwick Moor NR (AB,MB)
1m Brimstone, 3 Green-veined White, 4m Orange Tip, 2 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Flitwick Moor NR (AB,MB)
1m Orange Tip - Bury End, Shillington (AB,MB)
1, 1m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Garden, Langford (AC,JC)
6m Brimstone, 1m Large White, 2m Small White, 4m Orange Tip, 2m Holly Blue, 2m Peacock, 1m Speckled Wood - SUNDON chalk pits. (PG)
3m, 2f Brimstone, 2 Speckled Wood - Millennium Country Park, Marston Mortaine (MF)
1 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip - Priory Country Park (RB)
1 Holly Blue - Garden in Kempston (RB)
1m Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Willington Garden (BN)

8th:
3 Brimstone, 2 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2 Comma - Sandhouse Lane NR, Heath and Reach (JC,CC)
4m, 1f Brimstone, 8m Orange Tip, 1 Comma - Marston Vale Millennium Country Park (TR)
3m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Marston Vale Millennium Country Park (TR)
2m Brimstone, 3m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Priory Country Park (TR)
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2 Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - sg16 6lx (MG)
1m Orange Tip - Priory Business Park (TR)
1m Brimstone - Willington (TR)
3m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 3 Small/Green-veined White, 6m Orange Tip, 3 Peacock, 2 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - College Wood, Northill (AC,JC)
4m Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - Totternhoe Knolls, Little Hills (SB)
1f Brimstone, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Broom gravel pit Gypsy Lane (TR)
1m Holly Blue - Alwins Field garden, Linslade (REM,DSM)
1 Holly Blue - Station Road Lower Stondon (AB,MB)
1 Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
1m Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue - Cooper's Hill (KB)
1 Peacock - Rookery Pit, North east corner (KB)
6m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2m Orange Tip, 3 Red Admiral, 6 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Maulden Wood Main Ride (PG)
1m Brimstone - A6 Barton Cutting (PG)
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip - My garden Sundon Park (PG)
1 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Ampthill Tavistock Avenue (AB)
1m Brimstone, 1f Small White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - Kempston (JG)
2 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Linslade garden, Leighton Buzzard (MS)
1 Holly Blue - West Street, Dunstable. (SC)
1 Green Hairstreak, 1 Holly Blue - Pegsdon Hills (KW)
2 Brimstone, 4 Orange Tip, 4 Small Tortoiseshell - Hedgerow and woodland edge (PW)

7th:
1 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close (KB)
2m Orange Tip, 18 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Grovebury Leighton Buzzard (REM,GED)
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock - Potton Wood track leading to wood (AD)
1 Holly Blue - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
1 Green Hairstreak - Totternhoe Quarry (RK)
1 Small White - Sewell cutting (RK)
1 Small White - Heath Woods, Leighton Buzzard (JC)
1 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Garden, High Street, Pavenham (DH)
1 Small White, 3f Orange Tip, 3 Holly Blue - Linslade garden, Leighton Buzzard (MS)

6th:
2m Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 7 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Houghton Regis (PF)
1 Orange Tip - Houghton Regis (PF)
2 Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - field edges near Ravensden (AD)
3 Brimstone, 4m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 1 Comma - bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood (AD)
1 Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Comma - Garden, Langford (AC)
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 3 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Rowney Warren (KB)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Toddington, Park Hill, garden (SB)
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 3 Speckled Wood - Marston Vale Forest Park (DK,FK)
1 Orange Tip, 4 Speckled Wood - Glebe commom Arlesey (MG)
1m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Green-veined White, 1 Peacock - Kempston (JG)
1 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Comma - Linslade garden, Leighton Buzzard (MS)

5th:
1 Peacock - Toddington, Park Hill, garden (SB)
1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Linslade Woods along a ride (JK)
1 Peacock, 1 Comma - King's Wood Heath and Reach (REM,DSM)
1 Speckled Wood - Duck End NR, Maulden (JC)
1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - Kempston (JG)
1 Small White - Linslade garden, Leighton Buzzard (MS)

3rd:
2 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Lower Stondon garden (SC)
1 Holly Blue - JOG Golf Club Carthegena Course 15th Hole (DK,DN)
3m Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Comma - Sandhouse Lane NR, Heath and Reach (JC,CC)
4m, 2f Brimstone, 1 Small White, 3 Red Admiral, 6 Small Tortoiseshell, 7 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Pegnut Wood, Potton (DOM)
1m Orange Tip - Heath Wood (CC)
2m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Church Walk, Harrold (AH)
6m Brimstone, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 5m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock, 6 Comma - Clapham Park Wood (MH)
5 Brimstone, 2 Small White, 3 Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral, 7 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Clifton and Clifton canal (RM)
7 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2 Orange Tip, 14 Peacock, 1 Comma - Stanford wood (RM)
1 Brimstone, 2 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma - Stanford (RM)
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Baulk wood (RM)
1m Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock - Private garden in Stotfold (PC)
1 Small White, 4 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Rothsay Road Bedford (AD)

2nd:
1 Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Center parcs (CG)
2 Comma - Priory Country Park, Bedford (DB)
1 Peacock - The Lodge-Gardens (TR)
2 Peacock - The Lodge-Old Heath (TR)
1 Peacock - Back garden in Beeston (TR)
1m Orange Tip - Langford road, Henlow. (SC)
2 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Lower Stondon garden (SC)
1m Orange Tip - Brook at the back of Shuttleworth Airfield (DK)
2m Brimstone, 2 Peacock - RSPB The Lodge Sandy - Galley Hill trail (PC)

1st:
1 Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock, 4 Comma - Mowsbury Hill (KB)
1 Holly Blue - Rothsay road, Bedford (AD)
1 Brimstone, 3 Small White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Comma - Rothsay road, Bedford (AD)
2 Small Tortoiseshell - Rothsay road, Bedford (AD)
1m Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 2 Comma - Cycleway between Luton and East Hyde (BP,R&DS)
1m Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock, 1 Comma - Kempston (JG)
1f Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Kempston (JG)
1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Back garden in Beeston (TR)
2 Small Tortoiseshell - Biggleswade Common (TR)


March 2017

31st:
1 Holly Blue - Lower Stondon garden (SC)
1 Peacock - Sandy Smith NR, northern edge path by a flush (TC)

30th:
1m Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - Shillington (GB,PB)
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 4 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Water End, Cople (SH)
10+m Brimstone - Linslade Wood (JK)
1m Brimstone - Luton New Bedford road (AB)
1m Brimstone - Luton New Bedford road junc Barton Road (AB)
Brimstone, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock, Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - bridleway alongside Putnoe Woods (AD)
2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Priory Country Park (KB,JU,JOR)
1m Brimstone - Priory Country Park (KB,JU,JOR)
1 Small White - Linslade garden (MS)

28th:
3 Small Tortoiseshell - River Ouzel Floodplain (MB)
5m, 1f Brimstone, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 2 Comma - Greensand Ridge trail Millbrook (CG)
6 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Broom Village Pit, Broom (DOM,RB)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Derek Whites Eggs Pits, Biggleswade (DOM)
1 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock - Flitwick moor soay field (RK)
1m Brimstone, 1 Peacock - Jordans mill (GB)
3m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Campton village near church (PC)
1m Brimstone - Kempston (JG)
1m Orange Tip - Silsoe (JG)

27th:
2 Small Tortoiseshell - Pegnut Wood, Potton (DOM)
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Nr Clifton (RM)
16 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Henlow millenium meadows (RM)
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2 Comma - Baulk wood (RM)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Mowsbury Park, Bedford (AD)

26th:
1 Comma - Home Farm, Cockayne Hatley (DOM)
1 Comma - Hatley Road, Potton (DOM)
1m Brimstone - Bromham mill, Bedford (GB,PB)
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Dunstable Downs (AD)
1m Brimstone - Priory Country Park (TR)
4m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Sewell Cutting (PG)
2m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Sewell Cutting West (PG)
4 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 7 Comma - Maulden wood field edge (SC)
1 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Back garden in Beeston (TR)
3 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Bromham Mill Meadow (MB)
1 Brimstone - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
3m Brimstone, 1 Comma - Linslade garden (MS)
2m Brimstone - Cooper's Hill (KB)
2 Peacock, 2 Comma - Ampthill (KB)
1m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Maulden (CG)
2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Meppershall airfield (RK)

25th:
1 Brimstone - Kempston (DB)
4 Brimstone - Ravensden, Graze Hill (AD)
2 Brimstone - Thurleigh, Wigney Wood (AD)
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2 Comma - The Baulk, Beeston (TR)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Meadows between Beeston and Sandy (TR)
1m Brimstone - Toddington, garden (SB)
2m Brimstone - Clifton (RM)
1m Brimstone - Clophill, Warren lane (RM)
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Linslade Woods (REM,DSM)
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Luton garden (PG)
2 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Sundon quarry (SC)
1 Brimstone - South facing Bedford garden (AD)
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Garden in Stotfold (PC)

24th:
1m Brimstone - Priory Country Park, Wildlife Garden (JU,JM)
4 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Willington (JS)
1m Brimstone, 1 Comma - Beside the Grand Union Canal Linslade (JK)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford Road Willington (AD)

23rd:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Clifton garden (BC)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Biggleswade Common, east of railway (AP)

21st:
1m Small White in a Bedford garden (KB)

18th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Priory Country Park, Bedford (DB,DK,JA)

15th:
1m Brimstone - Hedgerow adjacent to Southill Lake (DK)
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma - Shillington (GB,PB)
3m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Pegsdon Hills (SC)
5m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Sharpenhoe Clappers (SC)
1m Brimstone - Priory CP, near finger lakes (KB,WS)
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Priory CP, south of lake (KB,WS)
1m, 1f Brimstone, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Palmer's Wood, Old Warden (AC,JC)
1m Brimstone - Langford (AC,JC)
1m Brimstone - Southill (AC,JC)
4 Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Henlow camp (RM)
4 Brimstone - Clifton (RM)
5 Brimstone, 3 Small Tortoiseshell - Clifton (RM)
7 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 5 Comma - Hicca Way (RM)
3 Brimstone, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 3 Comma - Arlesey (RM)
2 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Comma - Arlesey flyover lakes (RM)
1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Clifton nr Henlow (RM)
3 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Totternhoe Green lane (RK)
6 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Totternhoe Quarry (RK)
1m Brimstone - Garden, Sundon Park, Luton (PG)
2 Brimstone, 6 Small Tortoiseshell - Sandy Smith Nature reserve (AP)
1 Comma - Aspley Heath and woodland (MB)

14th:
1 Peacock - Flitwick Moor (WTV)
1 Peacock - Flitwick Moor (RK)

13th:
1m Brimstone - Shillington garden (GB,PB)
2, 2m Brimstone - Near Langford (RM)
5, 5m Brimstone - Baullk wood (RM)
2 Small Tortoiseshell - Clifton (RM)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Upper Alders, SSNR (SR,TS)
2 Brimstone - Rothsay Road, Bedford (AD)
1 Brimstone - A603 nr Cople (AD)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Garden, Langford (AC)
2m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Palmer's Wood, Old Warden (AC)
1 Brimstone - Orchard Close, Bromham, Beds. (DB)
1 Brimstone - Bromham Road, Biddenham, Beds. (DB)
1 Brimstone - Bedford garden (AD)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Coppers Hill (RK)

11th:
2 Comma - Chicksands wood (AB,MB)
1 Peacock - Chicksands wood (MB)
1 Red Admiral - Private garden in Biggleswade (JA)
1m Brimstone - private garden in Common Road,Stotfold (PC)

9th:
1 Comma - Priory Country Park, near visitor centre (JB)
3 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Back garden in Stopsley, Luton (GH)
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Clifton (RM)
2m Brimstone - Dunstable (PF)
1m Brimstone - Houghton Regis (PF)
1 Brimstone, 1 Comma - Clifton garden (BC)
2m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Linslade garden (MS)
1 Comma - Flitwick Wood (SR)
2m Brimstone, 1 Comma - Maulden Wood and Pennyfather's Hills SSSI (SR)
1 Peacock - Maulden Heath (SR)
1 Brimstone - Road verge, Maulden (SR)
2 Brimstone - Wet meadow - Fancott SSSI (CLB)
1m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Shillington (GB)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Dunstable, West Street (SC)
3m Small Tortoiseshell - Wigmore, Luton (SC)
1m Brimstone - Campton churchyard (PC)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Dunstable, West street (SC)
1m Brimstone - Campton churchyard near Shefford (PC)
3m Brimstone - Wigmore, Luton. (SC)
1m Brimstone - Priory Business Park, Bedford (DOM)
2m Brimstone, 2m Comma - RSPB The Lodge, sandy (DOM)
1 Red Admiral - Jubilee Park, Lovell Road, Bedford (DOM)

7th:
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Rokum Hole (WTV, RK)

6th:
1 Red Admiral - George Street, Bedford (DB)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Henlow (RM)

4th:
1m Brimstone - Lower Shelton (BH)


February 2017

24th:
2 Red Admiral - Lower Stondon (SC)
1 Brimstone - Priory Country Park. (DB,JB,DF)

20th:
1m Brimstone - Garden in Upper Caldecote (DK)
1m Brimstone - A1 verge near Langford Water Tower (AB)
1m Brimstone - Garden, Park Hill, Toddington (SB)
1 Brimstone - A6 near Houghton Conquest turn (LC)
1 Brimstone - Blunham twin bridges (AD)
1 Brimstone - Clifton (AO)
1 Brimstone flying through and 3 Red Admiral feeding simultaneously(!) on Daphne bholua flowers in a Stopsley garden (RH,GH)
1m,1f Brimstone - Henlow (RM)
1 Peacock - Langford (RM)
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Clifton (RM)
1 Brimstone and 1 Red Admiral in Cranfield (AB)
1 Brimstone in Maulden Woods (TS)
1m Brimstone in Bedford (MF)

17th:
1 Red Admiral in a Stopsley garden, feeding on crocus (RH).

14th:
1 Red Admiral in Luton (BP).
1 male Brimstone flying at Cottage Bottom Fields, Dunstable (Wildlife Trust staff and volunteers).

13th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell in Harrold (AH).
1 Small Tortoiseshell in Clifton (RM).

7th:
1 Brimstone flying at Clifton Baptist Churchyard. (BC,MC).
1 Red Admiral flying at Center Parcs. (CG).

3rd:
1 Red Admiral flying in the gardens at The Lodge (WG).

1st:
1 Peacock flying strongly circa noon in Shillington. Sun just come out but still raining. (GB).


January 2017

19th:
30-40 wing pieces (mostly Small Tortoiseshell, but a few Peacock) found in a barn in Whipsnade when looking for hibernators. (JP). Some predator(s) will have benefited. Please check your sheds and garages for hibernators.

12th:
1 Red Admiral flying inside an office in Flitwick (DG).

8th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell settled briefly on wall of a house in Beeston (TR).
1 Red Admiral seen in Bedford (AK,KK).
1 Red Admiral seen in Harrowden (DOM).

4th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell flying in cold morning sunshine in a Dunstable garden. Flew into a neighbour's garden before a photo could be taken. (PF) [Presumably it had been disturbed from hibernation because the day was cold - Keith].


Recent years

If you'd like to read the summaries of recent years they can still be accessed via the following links: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008.