Please report all butterfly observations to Keith Balmer
the Bedfordshire County Recorder for Butterflies.
You can report butterflies online.
The season is being summarized HERE.
| Species |
2026 |
2025* |
2024 |
2023 |
10yr Avg |
| Dingy Skipper |
Houghton Regis Quarry |
19/04/26 |
12/04/25 |
05/05/24 |
27/04/23 |
28 Apr |
| Grizzled Skipper |
Totternhoe Knolls & Dunstable Downs |
17/04/26 |
11/04/25 |
30/04/24 |
30/04/23 |
26 Apr |
| Essex Skipper |
|
|
13/06/25 |
26/06/24 |
22/06/23 |
24 Jun |
| Small Skipper |
Yelden |
31/05/26 |
08/06/25 |
18/06/24 |
17/06/23 |
15 Jun |
| Large Skipper |
Houghton Regis |
22/05/26 |
21/05/25 |
19/05/24 |
28/05/23 |
29 May |
| Orange-tip |
Woburn |
19/03/26 |
30/03/25 |
26/03/24 |
08/04/23 |
31 Mar |
| Large White |
Maulden church |
18/03/26 |
08/03/25 |
26/03/24 |
03/04/23 |
31 Mar |
| Small White |
Lower Stondon |
25/02/26 |
21/03/25 |
14/03/24 |
22/03/23 |
22 Mar |
| Green-veined White |
Flitwick Moor |
19/03/26 |
26/03/25 |
30/03/24 |
03/04/23 |
31 Mar |
| Clouded Yellow |
|
|
17/04/25 |
27/08/24 |
07/07/23 |
28 Jun |
| Brimstone |
Caddington Golf Course |
24/01/26 |
05/02/25 |
03/01/24 |
13/02/23 |
05 Feb |
| Wall Brown |
|
|
Not seen |
Not seen |
Not seen |
N/A |
| Speckled Wood |
Bromham Mill |
19/03/26 |
31/03/25 |
23/03/24 |
07/04/23 |
25 Mar |
| Small Heath |
Houghton Regis |
24/04/26 |
16/04/25 |
08/05/24 |
03/05/23 |
03 May |
| Ringlet |
Sewell |
07/06/26 |
01/06/25 |
08/06/24 |
12/06/23 |
13 Jun |
| Meadow Brown |
Renhold |
29/05/26 |
23/05/25 |
29/05/24 |
03/06/23 |
02 Jun |
| Gatekeeper |
|
|
15/06/25 |
08/06/24 |
22/06/23 |
20 Jun |
| Marbled White |
Brogborough |
31/05/26 |
01/06/25 |
16/06/24 |
16/06/23 |
12 Jun |
| Silver-washed Fritillary |
|
|
21/06/25 |
26/06/24 |
24/06/23 |
23 Jun |
| Dark Green Fritillary |
Totternhoe |
31/05/26 |
01/06/25 |
21/06/24 |
18/06/23 |
14 Jun |
| White Admiral |
|
|
16/06/25 |
18/06/24 |
24/06/23 |
24 Jun |
| Purple Emperor |
|
|
19/06/25 |
24/06/24 |
03/07/23 |
29 Jun |
| Red Admiral |
Totternhoe |
31/01/26 |
24/01/25 |
22/01/24 |
30/01/23 |
21 Jan |
| Painted Lady |
Totternhoe |
17/04/26 |
13/04/25 |
30/04/24 |
20/04/23 |
27 Apr |
| Peacock |
Bedford & MVMCP |
12/01/26 |
21/02/25 |
25/01/24 |
13/01/23 |
20 Jan |
| Small Tortoiseshell |
Sandy & Flitwick STW |
03/03/26 |
06/03/25 |
13/01/24 |
07/02/23 |
31 Jan |
| Comma |
Maulden Wood |
24/02/26 |
30/01/25 |
15/02/24 |
19/02/23 |
01 Mar |
| Duke of Burgundy |
Totternhoe Quarry & Dunstable Downs |
17/04/26 |
12/04/25 |
20/04/24 |
29/04/23 |
25 Apr |
| Small Copper |
The Lodge |
18/04/26 |
08/04/25 |
13/04/24 |
02/05/23 |
22 Apr |
| Purple Hairstreak |
|
|
16/06/25 |
14/06/24 |
24/06/23 |
25 Jun |
| Green Hairstreak |
Whipsnade Downs |
08/04/26 |
07/04/25 |
12/04/24 |
29/04/23 |
17 Apr |
| White Letter Hairstreak |
|
|
16/06/25 |
25/06/24 |
24/06/23 |
25 Jun |
| Black Hairstreak |
Marston Thrift |
29/05/26 |
30/05/25 |
07/06/24 |
16/06/23 |
12 Jun |
| Small Blue |
Sundon Chalk Quarry |
27/04/26 |
26/04/25 |
11/05/24 |
14/05/23 |
14 May |
| Holly Blue |
Ickwell Green & Beeston |
02/04/26 |
03/04/25 |
26/03/24 |
03/04/23 |
31 Mar |
| Brown Argus |
Stewartby Lake |
30/04/26 |
22/04/25 |
09/05/24 |
10/05/23 |
07 May |
| Common Blue |
Houghton Regis & Stewartby Lake & Potton |
30/04/26 |
22/04/25 |
08/05/24 |
17/05/23 |
09 May |
| Chalkhill Blue |
|
|
25/06/25 |
11/07/24 |
09/07/23 |
05 Jul |
* As indicated by the 24,299 records analysed on 31/12/2025
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