Recent highlights from submitted sightings
2025
21-Jun - The first Gatekeeper of the year was recorded today in a garden in Moulton.
Moulton
Comma X 2
Gatekeeper X 1
Large White X 2
Marbled White X 8
Meadow Brown X 50
Small Copper X 2
Speckled Wood X 1
20-Jun
Bucknell Wood
Comma X 7
Green-veined White X 3
Large Skipper X 16
Large White X 2
Meadow Brown X 27
Purple Emperor X 3
Red Admiral X 3
Ringlet X 19
Silver-washed Fritillary X 6
Speckled Wood X 11
White Admiral X 1
Wood White X 4
Hazelborough Wood
Comma X 6
Large Skipper X 4
Large White X 2
Marbled White X 1
Meadow Brown X 10
Red Admiral X 2
Silver-washed Fritillary X 3
Small Skipper X 2
Small White X 4
Speckled Wood X 2
White Admiral X 2
Lilbourne Meadows
Marbled White X 17
Small Skipper X 6
Salcey Forest
Comma X 11
Green-veined White X 1
Large Skipper X 11
Large White X 2
Marbled White X 2
Meadow Brown X 18
Purple Emperor X 2
Red Admiral X 4
Ringlet X 9
Silver-washed Fritillary X 5
White Admiral X 2
19-Jun
Althorp
Comma X 3
Large White X 2
Meadow Brown X 30
Painted Lady X 1
White-letter Hairstreak X 6
Brackmills
Comma X 2
Large White X 5
Marbled White X 4
Meadow Brown X 7
Red Admiral X 2
White-letter Hairstreak X 12
Fermyn Woods
Black Hairstreak X 2
Brimstone X 3
Comma X 42
Large Skipper X 74
Large White X 11
Marbled White X 2
Meadow Brown X 44
Painted Lady X 2
Purple Emperor X 18
Red Admiral X 10
Ringlet X 78
Silver-washed Fritillary X 9
Small Copper X 1
Small Heath X 7
Small Skipper X 4
Small Tortoiseshell X 3
Small White X 8
Speckled Wood X 22
White Admiral X 4
Harrington Airfield
Marbled White X 10
Lilbourne Meadows
Small Tortoiseshell X 2
Little Stanion
Green-veined White X 1
Large Skipper X 1
Large White X 1
Meadow Brown X 1
Purple Emperor X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Small White X 3
Speckled Wood X 1
Thrapston Gravel Pits
Comma X 6
Green-veined White X 1
Large Skipper X 4
Large White X 3
Marbled White X 6
Meadow Brown X 10
Red Admiral X 1
Ringlet X 5
Small White X 3
Speckled Wood X 1
18-Jun
Alderton
Comma X 3
Common Blue X 1
Large Skipper X 2
Large White X 3
Marbled White X 20
Meadow Brown X 24
Red Admiral X 1
Ringlet X 6
Small Skipper X 4
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Speckled Wood X 2
White-letter Hairstreak X 6
Bucknell Wood
Comma X 6
Green-veined White X 2
Large Skipper X 4
Large White X 4
Meadow Brown X 1
Purple Emperor X 1
Red Admiral X 2
Ringlet X 1
Silver-washed Fritillary X 4
Speckled Wood X 1
Wood White X 13
Fermyn Woods
Black Hairstreak X 2
Comma X 7
Green-veined White X 1
Large Skipper X 18
Marbled White X 9
Meadow Brown X 7
Purple Emperor X 5
Red Admiral X 3
Ringlet X 18
Silver-washed Fritillary X 12
Small Heath X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Speckled Wood X 25
White Admiral X 3
Fermyn Woods Country Park
Comma X 2
Large Skipper X 4
Marbled White X 24
Meadow Brown X 4
Red Admiral X 1
Ringlet X 5
Silver-washed Fritillary X 1
Small Heath X 2
Speckled Wood X 3
Old Sulehay and Ring Haw
Large Skipper X 5
Marbled White X 12
Meadow Brown X 40
Red Admiral X 1
Ringlet X 20
Silver-washed Fritillary X 8
Small Heath X 1
Speckled Wood X 6
Twywell Hills and Dales
Comma X 1
Essex Skipper X 2
Large Skipper X 4
Large White X 4
Marbled White X 16
Meadow Brown X 26
Ringlet X 14
Small Heath X 10
Small Skipper X 9
Speckled Wood X 2
17-Jun - the first Purple Emperors of the year were recorded today in Fermyn Wood.
Fermyn Wood
Comma X 17
Green-veined White X 3
Large Skipper X 42
Meadow Brown X 17
Painted Lady X 1
Purple Emperor X 4
Red Admiral X 4
Ringlet X 17
Silver-washed Fritillary X 2
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Small White X 1
Speckled Wood X 24
Salcey Forest
Black Hairstreak X 5
Comma X 5
Large White X 4
Marbled White X 11
Meadow Brown X 8
Painted Lady X 1
Red Admiral X 4
Ringlet X 3
Silver-washed Fritillary X 3
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Small White X 1
Speckled Wood X 4
White Admiral X 2
16-Jun - a Black Hairstreak was recorded in Brampton Wood today which is a new site for the species. The first Essex Skipper of the year was recorded today at Bradlaugh Fields.
Althorp
Large White X 1
Painted Lady X 1
Small Skipper X 1
White-letter Hairstreak X 3
Bradlaugh Fields
Comma X 1
Common Blue X 1
Essex Skipper X 1
Large White X 2
Marbled White X 1
Meadow Brown X 1
Ringlet X 1
Small Heath X 2
Small Skipper X 1
Brampton Wood
Black Hairstreak X 1
Harlestone
White-letter Hairstreak X 4
15-Jun
Bucknell Wood
Comma X 1
Green-veined White X 4
Large Skipper X 10
Meadow Brown X 40
Painted Lady X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 2
Speckled Wood X 8
Wood White X 5
Fermyn Wood
Comma X 5
Large Skipper X 6
Meadow Brown X 1
Silver-washed Fritillary X 1
Small Heath X 1
Small White X 1
Speckled Wood X 4
White Admiral X 2
Fineshade Wood
Black Hairstreak X 3
Glapthorn Cow Pastures
Black Hairstreak X 9
Comma X 6
Green-veined White X 3
Large Skipper X 7
Meadow Brown X 12
Painted Lady X 1
Small White X 1
Speckled Wood X 5
White Admiral X 1
Hazelborough Forest
Comma X 6
Green-veined White X 3
Large Skipper X 32
Large White X 1
Meadow Brown X 4
Orange-tip X 2
Red Admiral X 4
Ringlet X 2
Silver-washed Fritillary X 6
Small Skipper X 1
Speckled Wood X 10
Wood White X 7
Old Poor's Gorse
Black Hairstreak X 2
14-Jun - Black Hairstreaks were recorded on the Courteenhall Estate and at Old Poor’s Gorse, both are sites are new locations for the species.
Courteenhall Estate
Black Hairstreak X 2
Large Skipper X 1
Marbled White X 2
Meadow Brown X 6
Red Admiral X 1
Ringlet X 1
Small White X 1
Fermyn Wood
Black Hairstreak X 1
Comma X 4
Common Blue X 1
Green-veined White X 3
Large Skipper X 19
Large White X 2
Meadow Brown X 9
Painted Lady X 2
Red Admiral X 2
Ringlet X 1
Speckled Wood X 31
Old Poor's Gorse
Black Hairstreak X 1
13-Jun
Burton Wold & Windfarm
Meadow Brown X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Small Heath X 1
Cogenhoe Allotments
Large Skipper X 1
Meadow Brown X 3
Painted Lady X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Croughton Pocket Park
Common Blue X 6
Large Skipper X 5
Marbled White X 10
Meadow Brown X 22
Small Heath X 2
Small Skipper X 1
Fermyn Woods
Silver-washed Fritillary X 1
Fineshade Wood
Black Hairstreak X 5
Comma X 1
Common Blue X 4
Green-veined White X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Large Skipper X 5
Marbled White X 3
Meadow Brown X 8
Painted Lady X 1
Red Admiral X 3
Small Skipper X 1
Speckled Wood X 30
White-letter Hairstreak X 6
Wood White X 1
Harrington Airfield
Painted Lady X 1
Harry's Park Wood
Comma X 1
Green-veined White X 2
Large Skipper X 4
Meadow Brown X 7
Orange-tip X 1
Red Admiral X 2
Ringlet X 1
Speckled Wood X 13
Wood White X 2
Hazelborough Wood
Large Skipper X 19
Marbled White X 1
Meadow Brown X 25
Painted Lady X 2
Red Admiral X 1
Silver-washed Fritillary X 1
Speckled Wood X 13
Wood White X 6
Jack's Green
Dark Green Fritillary X 3
Marbled White X 1
Salcey Forest
Black Hairstreak X 33
Comma X 4
Large Skipper X 5
Large White X 1
Marbled White X 2
Meadow Brown X 12
Red Admiral X 4
Silver-washed Fritillary X 1
Speckled Wood X 10
Wood White X 14
Stortons Gravel Pits
Comma X 2
Common Blue X 1
Meadow Brown X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 2
Speckled Wood X 3
12-Jun - the first Purple Hairstreak of the year was recorded today at Hanwood Park near Kettering.
Bradlaugh Fields
Marbled White X 2
Hanwood Park, Kettering
Common Blue X 1
Meadow Brown X 1
Purple Hairstreak X 1
Small Heath X 2
Lilbourne Meadows
Red Admiral X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 3
Thenford
Meadow Brown X 6
Small Tortoiseshell X 2
Wicksteed's Park
Small Tortoiseshell X 6
Yardley Hastings
Marbled White X 10
11-Jun - the first Dark Green Fritillary of the year was recorded today at Jack’s Green.
Billing Road Cemetery, Northampton
Meadow Brown X 5
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Bulwick
Black Hairstreak X 1
Duston Quarry
Large Skipper X 1
Marbled White X 1
Meadow Brown X 2
Fermyn Woods
Brimstone X 1
Green-veined White X 1
Large Skipper X 8
Meadow Brown X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Ringlet X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Speckled Wood X 27
Hanwood Park, Kettering
Small Heath X 2
Irchester Country Park
Brimstone X 2
Common Blue X 1
Large Skipper X 4
Meadow Brown X 10
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Speckled Wood X 4
Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Small Tortoiseshell X 5
Jack's Green
Dark Green Fritillary X 1
Small Copper X 3
Old Stratford
Small Tortoiseshell X 3
Old Sulehay
Common Blue X 1
Marbled White X 1
Meadow Brown X 22
Ringlet X 3
Small Heath X 1
Small Skipper X 1
Small White X 2
Speckled Wood X 10
Old village and surrounding countryside
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 7
Large Skipper X 5
Meadow Brown X 22
Red Admiral X 1
Small Heath X 42
Speckled Wood X 3
Pitsford Nature Reserve
Marbled White X 2
Small Skipper X 1
Ring Haw
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 3
Gatekeeper X 2
Large Skipper X 2
Marbled White X 4
Meadow Brown X 61
Small Heath X 11
Small Skipper X 10
Speckled Wood X 4
Salcey Forest
Black Hairstreak X 31
Comma X 1
Green-veined White X 1
Large Skipper X 1
Marbled White X 2
Meadow Brown X 6
Peacock X 2
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Wood White X 45
Twywell Hills and Dales
Red Admiral X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
10-Jun - the first Silver-washed Fritillary of the year was recorded today at Barford Meadows. The first White Admiral of the year was also recorded today at Glapthorn Cow Pastures.
Barford Meadows
Common Blue X 1
Large Skipper X 1
Marbled White X 1
Meadow Brown X 1
Silver-washed Fritillary X 3
Small Heath X 1
Billing Road Cemetery, Northampton
Comma X 5
Large White X 2
Meadow Brown X 6
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Bucknell Wood
Large Skipper X 2
Meadow Brown X 2
Speckled Wood X 1
Wood White X 7
Cogenhoe Allotments
Large Skipper X 1
Meadow Brown X 2
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Glapthorn Cow Pastures
Black Hairstreak X 10
Large Skipper X 5
Meadow Brown X 10
Speckled Wood X 6
White Admiral X 1
Hazelborough Forest
Black Hairstreak X 1
Comma X 3
Common Blue X 2
Large Skipper X 11
Large White X 1
Marbled White X 2
Meadow Brown X 1
Speckled Wood X 10
Wood White X 15
Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Brimstone X 4
Comma X 2
Green-veined White X 2
Large White X 1
Red Admiral X 4
Small Tortoiseshell X 2
Small White X 4
Speckled Wood X 1
Twywell Hills and Dales
Common Blue X 2
Large Skipper X 5
Meadow Brown X 1
Small Heath X 5
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Speckled Wood X 3
09-Jun
Bradlaugh Fields
Large Skipper X 3
Marbled White X 3
Meadow Brown X 3
Fineshade Wood
White-letter Hairstreak X 1
Fotheringhay
Painted Lady X 1
Hazelborough Forest - an incredible record of 2 Black Hairstreaks seen in Hazelborough Forest. This is the 1st time this species has been recorded here.
Black Hairstreak X 2
Salcey Forest
Black Hairstreak X 8
Comma X 1
Green-veined White X 2
Large Skipper X 8
Large White X 1
Marbled White X 1
Meadow Brown X 5
Peacock X 30
Speckled Wood X 17
Wood White X 27
Twywell Hills & Dales
Dingy Skipper X 1
Large Skipper X 1
Meadow Brown X 3
Small Heath X 5
Speckled Wood X 1
08-Jun
Bucknell Woods
Small White X 2
Speckled Wood X 4
Wood White X 5
Glapthorn Cow Pasture
Black Hairstreak X 11
Large Skipper X 2
Meadow Brown X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Twywell Hills & Dales
Black Hairstreak X 11 - a great record of 11 Black Hairstreaks seen in the Whitestones area of the site.
Comma X 1
Common Blue X 3
Large Skipper X 3
Marbled White X 2
Meadow Brown X 5
Red Admiral X 1
Small Heath X 5
Small Skipper X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 5
Speckled Wood X 6
06-Jun - The first Marbled White and Small Skipper of the year was recorded today at Twywell Hills and Dales.
Stanwick Lakes
Black Hairstreak X 1 - A Black Hairstreak recorded again this year, this colony was only discovered in 2024.
Twywell Hills & Dales
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Marbled White X 1
Meadow Brown X 2
Small Heath X 4
Small Skipper X 2
Small Tortoiseshell X 2
Speckled Wood X 2
04-Jun
Duston Quarry
Brown Argus X 1
Common Blue X 1
Large Skipper X 1
Painted Lady X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 2
Fineshade Wood
Wood White X 1
Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Large Skipper X 1
Meadow Brown X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 2
Twywell Hills & Dales
Common Blue X 3
Dingy Skipper X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Large Skipper X 2
Red Admiral X 1
Small Heath X 6
Speckled Wood X 5
03-Jun
Dingley Woods
Brown Argus X 1
Common Blue X 3
Large Skipper X 3
Stanford Reservoir
Orange-tip X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 3
02-Jun
Fineshade Wood
Black Hairstreak X 3
Brimstone X 5
Common Blue X 3
Dingy Skipper X 3
Green Hairstreak X 1
Green-veined White X 2
Holly Blue X 1
Large Skipper X 1
Large White X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Small Copper X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Small White X 2
Speckled Wood X 31
Wood White X 3
Glapthorn Cow Pastures
Black Hairstreak X 44
Green-veined White X 1
Large Skipper X 4
Meadow Brown X 3
Speckled Wood X 8
Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Green-veined White X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 4
Salcey Forest
Black Hairstreak X 19
Common Blue X 1
Green-veined White X 1
Meadow Brown X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 3
Wood White X 2
Stanwick Lakes
Brimstone X 2
Common Blue X 2
Red Admiral X 1
Small White X 1
Twywell Hills & Dales
Black Hairstreak X 1 - The first record of a Black Hairstreak at this site.
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 1
Dingy Skipper X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 3
Large Skipper X 3
Small Heath X 7
Speckled Wood X 6
01-Jun
Fineshade Wood
Black Hairstreak X 11
Common Blue X 7
Dingy Skipper X 7
Large Skipper X 5
Large White X 2
Peacock X 5
Small Heath X 2
Small Tortoiseshell X 3
Speckled Wood X 37
Wood White X 5
Glapthorn Cow Pastures
Black Hairstreak X 91
Large Skipper X 1
Meadow Brown X 1
Speckled Wood X 3
Old Sulehay
Common Blue X 1
Dingy Skipper X 2
Large Skipper X 1
Small Heath X 5
Speckled Wood X 4
Pitsford Dam
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Pitsford Nature Reserve
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Pitsford Reservoir X 2
Large Skipper X 1
Small Copper X 1
31-May - The first White-letter Hairstreak of the year was recorded today when one was photographed in Fineshade Wood. This is an incredibly early record, and the first one ever recorded in the county in May.
Fineshade Wood
White-letter Hairstreak X 1
Glapthorn Cow Pastures
Black Hairstreak X 10
Comma X 1
Green-veined White X 1
Large Skipper X 1
Meadow Brown X 2
Hazelborough Forest
Wood White X 25
Pitsford Nature Reserve
Common Blue X 1
Large Skipper X 2
Small Copper X 2
Small Heath X 1
Ring Haw
Brimstone X 2
Common Blue X 6
Meadow Brown X 3
Peacock X 1
Small Heath X 15
Speckled Wood X 8
Salcey Forest
Black Hairstreak X 18
Common Blue X 1
Large Skipper X 2
Large White X 2
Meadow Brown X 3
Peacock X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Summer Leys
Brimstone X 2
Green-veined White X 1
Peacock X 2
Twywell Hills & Dales
Common Blue X 9
Grizzled Skipper X 2
Large Skipper X 1
Peacock X 2
Small Heath X 2
Speckled Wood X 2
30-May - the first Ringlet of the year was recorded today at Old Sulehay.
Bucknell Woods
Speckled Wood X 3
Wood White X 19
Duston Quarry
Common Blue X 1
Large Skipper X 1
Glapthorn Cow Pastures
Black Hairstreak X 18
Large Skipper X 2
Meadow Brown X 3
Orange-tip X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
New Duston
Brimstone X 3
Brown Argus X 1
Common Blue X 5
Large White X 3
Meadow Brown X 2
Peacock X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 2
Speckled Wood X 1
Ravensthorpe Pocket Park
Common Blue X 3
Orange-tip X 1
Ring Haw
Common Blue X 3
Meadow Brown X 2
Small Heath X 7
Speckled Wood X 7
Thrapston Gravel Pits
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 1
Green-veined White X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Small Heath X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Speckled Wood X 2
Twywell Hills & Dales
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 14
Dingy Skipper X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Large White X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Small Heath X 11
Speckled Wood X 4
29-May - the first Black Hairstreaks of the year were recorded today at Glapthorn Cow Pastures and Fermyn Country Park.
Fermyn Woods Country Park
Black Hairstreak X 2
Brown Argus X 1
Common Blue X 13
Dingy Skipper X 7
Large Skipper X 1
Small Heath X 9
Speckled Wood X 1
Glapthorn Cow Pastures
Black Hairstreak X 27
Large White X 3
Meadow Brown X 3
Orange-tip X 1
Small White X 3
Speckled Wood X 4
Salcey Forest
Green-veined White X 2
Large Skipper X 1
Large White X 2
Orange-tip X 1
Speckled Wood X 17
Wood White X 31
Twywell Hills & Dales
Common Blue X 6
Dingy Skipper X 7
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Large Skipper X 1
Small Heath X 10
Speckled Wood X 4
28-May
Harry's Park Wood
Green-veined White X 3
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 5
New Duston
Orange-tip X 3
Pitsford Nature Reserve
Large White X 1
Painted Lady X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 2
26-May
Pitsford Reservoir
Brown Argus X 1
Common Blue X 1
Small Copper X 1
Small Heath X 1
25-May
Hazelborough Wood
Green-veined White X 1
Red Admiral X 2
Speckled Wood X 3
Wood White X 1
New Duston
Brown Argus X 2
Common Blue X 1
Holly Blue X 3
Large White X 5
Orange-tip X 5
Speckled Wood X 2
Old Sulehay
Common Blue X 2
Dingy Skipper X 1
Small Heath X 2
Ring Haw
Common Blue X 10
Green-veined White X 1
Meadow Brown X 1
Small Heath X 7
Speckled Wood X 2
Salcey Forest
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 7
Wood White X 2
24-May
Duston quarry
Red Admiral X 1
New Duston
Brown Argus X 3
Common Blue X 3
Twywell Hills & Dales
Common Blue X 1
Dingy Skipper X 1
Small Heath X 3
Speckled Wood X 1
23-May
Fermyn Woods Country Park
Brown Argus X 1
Green Hairstreak X 1
Harlestone Firs
Common Blue X 5
Harrington Airfield
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 9
Dingy Skipper X 1
Large White X 3
Orange-tip X 1
Small Heath X 10
Speckled Wood X 1
Hazelborough Wood
Green-veined White X 4
Large White X 2
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1
Red Admiral X 4
Speckled Wood X 14
Wood White X 16
Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
22-May
Bucknell Woods
Speckled Wood X 3
Wood White X 2
Salcey Forest
Wood White X 5
21-May
Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Common Blue X 6
Green-veined White X 1
Small Copper X 2
Small Heath X 2
20-May - The first Large Skippers of the year were recorded today in Fermyn Woods Country Park and Fineshade Wood.
Fermyn Woods Country Park
Brown Argus X 1
Common Blue X 1
Dingy Skipper X 1
Green-veined White X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Large Skipper X 1
Small Heath X 1
Ring Haw
Brimstone X 3
Common Blue X 21
Dingy Skipper X 3
Grizzled Skipper X 2
Orange-tip X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Small Heath X 15
Speckled Wood X 1
Twywell Hills & Dales
Common Blue X 11
Dingy Skipper X 13
Grizzled Skipper X 2
Orange-tip X 1
Small Copper X 1
Small Heath X 8
Speckled Wood X 1
19-May
Bucknell Wood
Green-veined White X 2
Speckled Wood X 7
Wood White X 10
Twywell Hills & Dales
Common Blue X 1
Small Heath X 2
Speckled Wood X 2
18-May
Bucknell Wood X 9
Speckled Wood X 7
Wood White X 2
Fermyn Woods Country Park
Common Blue X 4
Dingy Skipper X 4
Green-veined White X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 6
Small Heath X 1
Glapthorn Cow Pastures
Green-veined White X 2
Red Admiral X 2
Speckled Wood X 4
Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 2
17-May
Old Sulehay
Brimstone X 1
Comma X 1
Common Blue X 5
Dingy Skipper X 8
Green-veined White X 2
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Holly Blue X 1
Large White X 1
Red Admiral X 2
Small Heath X 1
Small White X 3
Speckled Wood X 1
16-May
Bradlaugh Fields
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 4
Orange-tip X 3
Small Heath X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Bucknell Wood
Wood White X 2
Harrington Airfield
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 18
Dingy Skipper X 15
Green-veined White X 1
Large White X 11
Small Heath X 7
Salcey Forest
Comma X 1
Green-veined White X 8
Orange-tip X 3
Peacock X 2
Speckled Wood X 14
Wood White X 7
Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 20
Orange-tip X 2
Peacock X 4
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
14-May - The first Meadow Brown of the year was recorded today in a garden in Little Harrowden.
Eastfield Park, Northampton
Brimstone X 1
Small White X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Brixworth Country Park
Brown Argus X 16
Common Blue X 2
Orange-tip X 2
Small Heath X 7
Bucknell Wood
Green-veined White X 2
Peacock X 1
Speckled Wood X 13
Wood White X 18
Fermyn Woods Country Park
Dingy Skipper X 1
Small Copper X 1
Harlestone Firs
Common Blue X 3
Hazelborough Wood
Brimstone X 2
Orange-tip X 2
Peacock X 1
Speckled Wood X 7
Wood White X 24
Irchester Country Park
Brimstone X 3
Brown Argus X 2
Common Blue X 13
Green-veined White X 2
Orange-tip X 2
13-May
Fermyn Woods Country Park
Common Blue X 3
Dingy Skipper X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Small Heath X 1
Finedon Pocket Park
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 1
Green-veined White X 1
Peacock X 2
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 4
Hazleborough Forest
Brimstone X 2
Brown Argus X 1
Comma X 1
Common Blue X 2
Green-veined White X 2
Holly Blue X 1
Large White X 6
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 3
Red Admiral X 2
Speckled Wood X 11
Wood White X 37
Ring Haw
Brimstone X 6
Brown Argus X 1
Common Blue X 19
Dingy Skipper X 4
Grizzled Skipper X 2
Orange-tip X 4
Peacock X 4
Small Heath X 20
Speckled Wood X 1
Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 1
Comma X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Twywell Hills & Dales
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 13
Dingy Skipper X 5
Grizzled Skipper X 3
Peacock X 2
Small Heath X 6
Speckled Wood X 1
12-May
Brixworth Country Park
Brown Argus X 15
Common Blue X 1
Small Heath X 7
Bucknell wood
Speckled Wood X 3
Wood White X 1
Fermyn Woods Country Park
Common Blue X 4
Dingy Skipper X 3
Grizzled Skipper X 3
Small Heath X 4
Speckled Wood X 1
New Duston
Holly Blue X 2
Large White X 1
Small Copper X 1
Twywell Hills & Dales
Common Blue X 7
Dingy Skipper X 10
Grizzled Skipper X 4
Orange-tip X 1
Small Heath X 9
Small White X 1
11-May
Billing Road Cemetery, Northampton
Holly Blue X 2
Brixworth Country Park
Brown Argus X 4
Large White X 1
Small Heath X 3
Small White X 1
Bucknell wood
Brimstone X 2
Comma X 1
Green-veined White X 6
Large White X 2
Orange-tip X 3
Peacock X 3
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 10
Wood White X 19
Fineshade Wood
Green Hairstreak X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Lilbourne Meadows
Green-veined White X 1
Peacock X 1
Small Heath X 1
New Duston
Brimstone X 2
Brown Argus X 3
Common Blue X 5
Holly Blue X 5
Large White X 4
Orange-tip X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Small Copper X 1
Speckled Wood X 4
Salcey Forest
Wood White X 5
10-May
Cogenhoe Meadow
Green-veined White X 100+
New Duston
Brimstone X 1
Brown Argus X 1
Holly Blue X 4
Large White X 1
Orange-tip X 2
Small White X 1
Quarry Walk, Near Earls Barton
Common Blue X 2
Salcey Forest
Wood White X 4
09-May
Cogenhoe Pocket Park
Orange-tip X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Small White X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Collyweston Quarries
Brimstone X 4
Brown Argus X 6
Common Blue X 3
Dingy Skipper X 1
Green Hairstreak X 7
Orange-tip X 6
Peacock X 1
Small Heath X 10
Harrington Airfield
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 2
Dingy Skipper X 22
Green Hairstreak X 2
Green-veined White X 1
Large White X 2
Orange-tip X 2
Peacock X 4
Small White X 1
Lilbourne Meadows
Brimstone X 1
Large White X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Nene Wetlands
Brimstone X 1
Large White X 1
Peacock X 1
Small White X 2
New Duston
Brimstone X 1
Common Blue X 1
Peacock X 3
Red Admiral X 2
Old Sulehay
Brimstone X 3
Common Blue X 4
Dingy Skipper X 15
Large White X 6
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 4
Red Admiral X 2
Small White X 5
Speckled Wood X 6
Ring Haw
Brimstone X 6
Brown Argus X 2
Common Blue X 11
Dingy Skipper X 2
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Holly Blue X 1
Peacock X 7
Small Heath X 10
Speckled Wood X 1
Stanwick Lakes
Brimstone X 7
Green-veined White X 7
Orange-tip X 3
Peacock X 4
Red Admiral X 1
Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 4
Red Admiral X 1
Twywell Hills & Dales
Comma X 1
Common Blue X 9
Dingy Skipper X 10
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Large White X 1
Peacock X 5
Red Admiral X 1
Small Heath X 3
Speckled Wood X 2
07-May
Abington Park
Holly Blue X 3
Red Admiral X 1
Harrington Airfield
Dingy Skipper X 3
Green Hairstreak X 2
Green-veined White X
Orange-tip X
Small Heath X 4
Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Brimstone X 8
Large White X 2
Orange-tip X 13
Peacock X 3
Red Admiral X 2
Small White X 4
Salcey Forest
Green-veined White X 3
Holly Blue X 1
Large White X 7
Orange-tip X 6
Peacock X 3
Red Admiral X 2
Small White X 1
Speckled Wood X 6
Wood White X 3
06-May
New Duston
Orange-tip X 2
05-May
Abington Park
Holly Blue X 1
Large White X 1
Speckled Wood X 2
New Duston
Green-veined White X 1
Holly Blue X 1
Large White X 1
Orange-tip X 3
Peacock X 1
Red Admiral X 2
Speckled Wood X 3
Old Sulehay
Common Blue X 1
Dingy Skipper X 10
Speckled Wood X 3
Ring Haw
Large White X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Stanwick Lakes
Brimstone X 4
Holly Blue X 1
Orange-tip X 2
Peacock X 2
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 2
Weekley Hall Wood
Dingy Skipper X 1
Peacock X 1
Small Heath X 1
03-May
Fermyn Woods Country Park
Brimstone X 1
Dingy Skipper X 7
Grizzled Skipper X 2
Small Heath X 2
Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
02-May
Billing Road Cemetery, Northampton
Holly Blue X 2
Speckled Wood X 1
Harrington Airfield
Dingy Skipper X 8
Large White X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Small Heath X 1
New Duston
Large White X 2
Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Common Blue X 2
Green-veined White X 2
Small Copper X 16
Speckled Wood X 2
01-May
Bucknell wood
Green-veined White X 10
Large White X 1
Orange-tip X 11
Peacock X 2
Speckled Wood X 7
Hazleborough Forest
Brimstone X 1
Green-veined White X 1
Large White X 6
Orange-tip X 4
Peacock X 4
Red Admiral X 2
Speckled Wood X 10
Wood White X 10
Old Sulehay
Brimstone X 2
Comma X 1
Common Blue X 1
Dingy Skipper X 17
Grizzled Skipper X 6
Large White X 3
Small Heath X 1
Small White X 5
Speckled Wood X 2
Quarry Walk, Near Earls Barton
Brimstone X 2
Grizzled Skipper X 5
Holly Blue X 1
Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1
Twywell Hills & Dales
Brimstone X 3
Dingy Skipper X 11
Grizzled Skipper X 5
Large White X
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 3
Small Heath X 1
Speckled Wood X 5
April 30th
Abington Park, Northampton
Holly Blue X 4
Speckled Wood X 5
Billing Road Cemetery, Northampton
Holly Blue X 3
Large White X 1
Speckled Wood X 2
Bucknell Woods
Holly Blue X 1
Small Copper X 1
Cogenhoe Pocket Park
Comma X 1
Holly Blue X 1
Large White X 4
Orange-tip X 1
Speckled Wood X 2
Duston Quarry
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 2
Nene Wetlands
Brimstone X 20
Large White X 10
Orange-tip X 9
Peacock X 5
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Small White X 5
Speckled Wood X 2
Ravensthorpe Res
Small Copper X 20
Salcey Forest
Wood White X 2
Summer Leys
Brimstone X 6
Orange-tip X 4
Peacock X 4
Speckled Wood X 3
April 29th - The first Common Blue of the year was recorded today at Ring Haw. The first Brown Argus of the year were also recorded today at Ring Haw and a site near Roade.
Abington Park, Northampton
Comma X 1
Holly Blue X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Small White X 1
Speckled Wood X 2
Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Green-veined White X 1
Orange-tip X 5
Peacock X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Small White X 3
Speckled Wood X 1
Quarry Walk, Earls Barton
Brimstone X 3
Green-veined White X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 2
Peacock X 3
Ring Haw
Brimstone X 7
Brown Argus X 1
Common Blue X 1
Dingy Skipper X 7
Green Hairstreak X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Orange-tip X 5
Peacock X 4
Small Heath X 2
Speckled Wood X 5
Whitestones Twywell Hills& Dales
Dingy Skipper X 11
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 4
Speckled Wood X 1
April 28th
Billing Road Cemetery, Northampton
Holly Blue X 5
Large White X 1
Speckled Wood X 6
Harrington Airfield
Dingy Skipper X 3
Green Hairstreak X 2
Green-veined White X 2
Orange-tip X 4
Peacock X 2
Speckled Wood X 2
Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Brimstone X 4
Holly Blue X 1
Orange-tip X 42
Peacock X 1
Small White X 2
Lilbourne Meadows
Brimstone X 1
Orange-tip X 2
Old Sulehay
Brimstone X 9
Dingy Skipper X 22
Holly Blue X 1
Large White X 2
Orange-tip X 4
Peacock X 2
Red Admiral X 5
Small White X 3
Speckled Wood X 5
Salcey Forest
Brimstone X 4
Comma X 1
Green-veined White X 2
Large White X 7
Orange-tip X 10
Peacock X 8
Speckled Wood X 7
April 27th
Abington Park, Northampton
Brimstone X 2
Holly Blue X 2
Billing Road Cemetery, Northampton
Brimstone X 1
Holly Blue X 1
Peacock X 1
Small White X 3
Speckled Wood X 1
Brackmills Lake
Brimstone X 8
Green-veined White X 4
Holly Blue X 1
Orange-tip X 11
Peacock X 3
Small White X 7
Speckled Wood X 3
Bucknell Woods
Brimstone X 1
Green-veined White X 8
Orange-tip X 3
Peacock X 5
Speckled Wood X 2
Collyweston Quarries
Brimstone X 13
Comma X 1
Green Hairstreak X 31
Large White X 2
Orange-tip X 12
Peacock X 6
Harrington Airfield
Brimstone X 2
Dingy Skipper X 5
Green Hairstreak X 1
Large White X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1
Hazelborough Forest
Brimstone X 8
Comma X 1
Green-veined White X 3
Holly Blue X 1
Large White X 3
Orange-tip X 7
Peacock X 12
Red Admiral X 1
Small Copper X 1
Speckled Wood X 21
Wood White X 1
Lilbourne Meadows
Peacock X 2
Old Sulehay
Brimstone X 5
Dingy Skipper X 24
Green Hairstreak X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 2
Large White X 1
Speckled Wood X 2
Ring Haw
Brimstone X 3
Dingy Skipper X 7
Green-veined White X 1
Peacock X 5
Speckled Wood X 1
Salcey Forest
Brimstone X 2
Comma X 1
Green-veined White X 2
Large White X 1
Orange-tip X 3
Peacock X 3
Small White X 5
Speckled Wood X 6
Twywell Hills and Dales
Brimstone X 1
Dingy Skipper X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1
Small White X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Weldon Pocket Park
Brimstone X 5
Green Hairstreak X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 1
Holly Blue X 1
Orange-tip X 4
Peacock X 7
Speckled Wood X 2
April 26th - The first Wood Whites of the year were recorded today with 2 seen in Wicken Wood (membership only access).
Clifford Hill Gravel Pits
Brimstone X 2
Orange-tip X 2
Painted Lady X 1
Small Heath X 1
Everdon Stubbs
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Hazelborough Wood
Orange-tip X 3
Thrapston Gravel Pits
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Small White X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
April 25th
Clifford Hill Gravel Pits
Orange-tip X 1
Painted Lady X 2
Peacock X 1
Small White X 4
Duston Quarry
Large White X 1
Orange-tip X 2
Peacock X 3
Everdon Stubbs
Large White X 1
Peacock X 2
Fermyn Woods Country Park
Dingy Skipper X 2
Green-veined White X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 2
Orange-tip X 1
Small Copper X 1
Small Heath X 1
Speckled Wood X 3
Harlestone Firs
Green-veined White X 1
Orange-tip X 7
Lilbourne Meadows
Orange-tip X 2
Peacock X 2
Quarry Walk Earls Barton
Brimstone X 7
Green-veined White X 4
Grizzled Skipper X 3
Orange-tip X 5
Peacock X 9
Small White X 3
April 24th
Billing Road Cemetery, Northampton
Holly Blue X 1
Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Orange-tip X 2
Speckled Wood X 2
April 23rd
Lilbourne Meadows X 1
Orange-tip X 1
April 22nd– The first Small Coppers of the year were recorded today at Fermyn Country Park.
The first Small Heaths of the year were also recorded today at Old Sulehay.
Fermyn Country Park.
Brimstone X 1
Dingy Skipper X 6
Grizzled Skipper X 7
Peacock X 1
Small Copper X 2
Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Brimstone X 1
Orange-tip X 3
Peacock X 1
Twywell Hills and Dales
Brimstone X 3
Dingy Skipper X 14
Green-veined White X 1
Grizzled Skipper X 8
Peacock X 5
Speckled Wood X 3
April 20th
Abington Park
Brimstone X 1
Holly Blue X 4
Red Admiral X 1
Small White X 2
Speckled Wood X 3
Dingley Woods
Comma X 2
Green-veined White X 4
Large White X 3
Orange-tip X 8
Peacock X 4
Small White X 6
Glapthorn Cow Pastures
Comma X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Old Sulehay
Dingy Skipper X 16
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 3
Quarry Walk near Earls Barton
Brimstone X 6
Comma X 3
Grizzled Skipper X 2
Orange-tip X 5
Peacock X 19
Southwick Wood
Brimstone X 1
Green-veined White X 1
Large White X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 10
Comma X 2
Green-veined White X 1
Orange-tip X 7
Peacock X 3
Speckled Wood X 3
April 19th
Abington Park
Red Admiral X 2
Speckled Wood X 1
April 18th
Everdon Stubbs
Red Admiral X 1
Speckled Wood X 1
Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Orange-tip X 3
Peacock X 1
Speckled Wood X 2
April 17th
At Fermyn Country Park 2 Grizzled Skipper.
At Pitsford Reservoir 6 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip, 1 Small White, 2 Peacock and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
At Quarry Walk near Earls Barton 2 Grizzled Skipper.
At Ring Haw 1 Grizzled Skipper, 3 Brimstone, 2 Orange-tip, 5 Peacock and 5 Speckled Wood.
At Twywell Hills and Dales 1 Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Orange-tip, 3 Peacock and 5 Speckled Wood.
At Whiston Lock 2 Brimstone, 6 Orange-tip, 2 Green-veined White and 8 Peacock.
April 16th
In Badby Woods 1 Red Admiral.
In Harlestone Firs 2 Red Admiral.
April 14th
At Collyweston Quarries 1 Orange-tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma and 1 Speckled Wood.
At Fermyn Country Park 4 Grizzled Skipper and 1 Peacock.
At Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows 2 Orange-tip, 2 Green-veined White, 3 Peacock and 1 Speckled Wood.
In Salcey Forest 4 Orange-tip, 2 Peacock and 2 Speckled Wood.
At Storton’s Pits 1 Orange-tip, 1 Large White, 3 Peacock and 5 Speckled Wood.
At Summer Leys Nature Reserve 1 Brimstone and 1 Orange-tip.
At Twywell Hills and Dales 1 Peacock and 3 Speckled Wood.
April 12th
In Bucknell Wood 1 Orange-tip, 1 Green-veined White and 4 Peacock.
At Collyweston Quarries 2 Orange-tip, 4 Green Hairstreak and 2 Peacock.
At Fermyn Country Park 1 Dingy Skipper, 6 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Orange-tip and 1 Peacock.
At High Wood and Meadow Nature Reserve 1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma and 2 Speckled Wood.
At Mantles Heath 4 Orange-tip, 1 Green-veined White and 2 Peacock.
At Summer Leys 7 Brimstone, 11 Orange-tip, 4 Peacock, 2 Comma and 1 Speckled Wood.
At Twywell Hills and Dales 3 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip, 3 Peacock and 5 Speckled Wood.
April 11th
The first Dingy Skippers of the year were recorded today at Old Sulehay. The first Green Hairstreaks of the year were recorded today at Collyweston Quarries.
At Collyweston Quarries 22 Brimstone, 7 Orange-tip, 9 Green Hairstreak, 9 Peacock and 2 Comma.
At Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows 3 Brimstone, 10 Orange-tip, 1 Green-veined White, 6 Peacock, 1 Comma and 1 Speckled Wood.
In London Road Cemetery 2 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 2 Speckled Wood,
At Lilbourne Meadows 1 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip and 1 Peacock.
In Stonepit Close at Old Sulehay 2 Dingy Skipper, 15 Brimstone, 3 Orange-tip and 4 Speckled Wood.
At Ring Haw 2 Brimstone.
April 10th
In Bucknell Wood 8 Orange-tip, 1 Large White, 2 Green-veined White, 4 Peacock, 1 Comma and 1 Speckled Wood.
At Summer Leys 7 Orange-tip, 1 Peacock and 1 Speckled Wood.
At Twywell Hills and Dales 1 Orange-tip, 2 Peacock and 4 Speckled Wood.
April 9th
The first Grizzled Skippers of the year were recorded today with 1 seen at Twywell Hills and Dales.
At Delapre Abbey 2 Speckled Wood.
In Harlestone Firs 2 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip, 1 Large White and 2 Peacock.
At Lamport Hall 1 Orange-tip, 2 Large White and 1 Peacock.
At Storton’s Pits 1 Orange-tip, 1 Small White, 3 Green-veined White, 2 Peacock, 2 Comma and 2 Speckled Wood.
April 8th
In Bucknell Wood 3 Brimstone, 4 Orange-tip, 5 Green-veined White and 11 Peacock.
At Harrington Airfield 4 Peacock.
At Ring Haw 2 Orange-tip, 5 Peacock and 1 Speckled Wood.
In Salcey Forest 1 Brimstone, 32 Orange-tip, 2 Large White, 1 Small White, 11 Peacock and 1 Comma.
April 7th
At Stanford Reservoir 3 Green-veined White and 1 Peacock.
At Summer Leys 1 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip and 1 Peacock,
At Twywell Hills and Dales 4 Peacock and 1 Speckled Wood.
April 6th
The first Painted Lady of the year was recorded today with 1 seen in Abington Park.
Along the Brampton Valley Way near Brixworth 3 Orange-tip and 3 Large White.
In Glapthorn Cow Pastures 2 Brimstone, 2 Orange-tip, 2 Peacock and 4 Speckled Wood.
Along Hardingstone Dyke near Brackmills 8 Orange-tip, 3 Large White, 2 Small White, 2 Green-veined White, 1 Peacock and 3 Comma.
In Hazelborough Wood 1 Brimstone, 15 Orange-tip, 1 Small White, 8 Peacock, 3 Comma and 1 Speckled Wood.
In Irchester Country Park 2 Brimstone, 4 Orange-tip, 2 Small White, 2 Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 10 Peacock and 1 Comma.
At Lyveden New Bield 2 Brimstone, 3 Orange-tip, 2 Green-veined White and 7 Peacock.
Along Merry Tom Lane near Brixworth 2 Orange-tip and 3 Speckled Wood.
In Short Wood 3 Brimstone and 1 Green-veined White.
In Southwick Wood 1 Orange-tip, 2 Green-veined White, 1 Peacock and 1 Speckled Wood.
At Stanford Reservoir 3 Green-veined White and 10 Peacock.
At Summer Leys 4 Brimstone, 4 Orange-tip, 1 Green-veined White, 4 Peacock, 1 Comma and 1 Speckled Wood.
April 5th
At Daventry Country Park 2 Orange-tip.
In Finedon Pocket Park 4 Peacock and 1 Speckled Wood.
In Glapthorn Cow Pastures 1 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip, 7 Peacock and 3 Comma.
At Northampton County Cricket Ground 1 Small White and 1 Peacock.
At Twywell Hills and Dales 2 Brimstone, 2 Small White, 3 Peacock and 2 Speckled Wood.
April 4th
In Desborough 1 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip, 5 Peacock and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
At Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows 3 Brimstone, 2 Orange-tip, 1 Red Admiral and 7 Peacock.
Along Merry Tom Lane near Brixworth 5 Small Tortoiseshell.
In New Duston 3 Brimstone, 2 Orange-tip, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Peacock, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 1 Speckled Wood.
In Polebrook 1 Orange-tip, 1 Small White and 1 Green-veined White.
At Stanford Reservoir 4 Green-veined White and 2 Peacock.
At Tailby Meadow near Desborough 2 Orange-tip, 4 Small White, 8 Peacock and 3 Small Tortoiseshell.
April 3rd
The first Speckled Woods of the year were recorded today in Abington Park, along the Ise Brook in Kettering, Kinewell Lake near Ringstead, and in New Duston.
Along the Brampton Valley Way near Brixworth 1 Brimstone, 2 Green-veined White and 1 Peacock.
In Corby 2 Orange-tip and 1 Peacock.
In Cottingham 1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Peacock and 1 Comma.
At Delapre Abbey 1 Peacock and 1 Comma.
At Harrington Airfield 9 Peacock and 1 Comma.
Along the Ise Brook in Kettering 2 Brimstone, 3 Small White, 2 Orange-tip, 29 Peacock, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 13 Comma and 2 Speckled Wood.
At Kinewell Lake near Ringstead 1 Green-veined White, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma and 1 Speckled Wood.
In Middleton Cheney 3 Brimstone and 2 Orange-tip.
In New Duston 4 Brimstone, 4 Orange-tip, 3 Large White, 2 Peacock and 1 Speckled Wood.
In Polebrook 1 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Peacock and 1 Comma.
At Twywell Hills and Dales 4 Peacock.
April 2nd
In Brampton Wood 8 Brimstone, 12 Peacock, 7 Small Tortoiseshell and 4 Comma.
In Cottingham 1 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
At Delapre Abbey 2 Brimstone, 2 Orange-tip, 1 Large White, 2 Peacock and 4 Comma.
At Fermyn Country Park 1 Green-veined White and 5 Peacock.
In Hazelborough Forest 14 Brimstone, 6 Orange-tip, 1 Green-veined White, 18 Peacock and 5 Comma.
At Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows 1 Brimstone, 6 Orange-tip, 1 Green-veined White, 18 Peacock and 5 Comma.
In Northampton 1 Brimstone and 1 Red Admiral.
In Polebrook 1 Small White, 1 Peacock and 1 Comma.
At Quarry Walk near Earls Barton 3 Brimstone, 2 Small White, 11 Peacock and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
At Ring Haw 4 Brimstone, 6 Peacock and 1 Comma.
At Stanford Reservoir 1 Green-veined White and 3 Peacock.
At Summer Leys Nature Reserve 4 Brimstone, 2 Peacock and 1 Comma.
April 1st
In Cogenhoe Pocket Park 1 Green-veined White, 2 Peacock and 1 Comma.
In Denford Ash 1 Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Peacock and 1 Comma.
At Honey Hill near Cold Ashby 1 Red Admiral.
At Lilbourne Meadows 2 Peacock and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
At Old Sulehay 2 Brimstone, 6 Peacock and 2 Comma.
At Twywell Hills and Dales 9 Peacock and 1 Comma.
March 31st
At Blueberry Farm near Maidwell 1 Brimstone, 2 Peacock and 1 Comma.
In Cogenhoe Pocket Park 1 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Peacock and 2 Comma.
At Daventry Country Park 3 Brimstone and 2 Comma.
In Denford Ash 1 Brimstone and 2 Peacock.
In Hall Park in Rushden 1 Holly Blue.
In Harlestone Firs 3 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2 Peacock and 2 Comma.
In Harry’s Park Wood 10 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 24 Peacock and 11 Comma.
At the Nene Wetlands 6 Brimstone, 2 Orange-tip, 3 Red Admiral and 7 Peacock.
In Salcey Forest 9 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip, 10 Peacock, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 4 Comma.
At Stortons Pits 12 Brimstone, 8 Peacock and 2 Comma.
At Summer Leys 6 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip, 9 Peacock and 3 Comma.
At Thrapston Gravel Pits 2 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip and 1 Peacock.
March 30th
The first Green-veined Whites of the year were recorded today at Pinewood Road in Northampton and Titchmarsh Wood.
In New Duston 2 Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 4 Peacock and 2 Comma.
At Ring Haw 5 Brimstone, 4 Peacock and 1 Comma.
In Salcey Forest 1 Brimstone and 1 Peacock.
In Sulgrave 2 Brimstone and 1 Peacock.
At Thrapston Gravel Pits 1 Brimstone and 2 Comma.
March 28th
At Hollowell Reservoir 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
In Denford 1 Brimstone.
At Irthlingborough Lakes 1 Peacock.
In Burton Latimer 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 1 Comma.
In Kettering 1 Peacock.
In Middleton Cheney 1 Peacock.
At Stortons Pits 1 Peacock and 1 Comma.
At Titchmarsh Nature Reserve 1 Comma.
March 27th
The first Holly Blues of the year were recorded today with 2 seen in Kettering.
In Brixworth 1 Peacock.
At Everdon Stubbs 1 Orange-tip.
In Middleton Cheney 2 Orange-tip.
In New Duston 1 Brimstone.
In Old village 2 Brimstone.
At Pitsford Reservoir 1 Brimstone, 3 Peacock and 1 Comma.
At Thapston Gravel Pits 1 Brimstone and 1 Comma.
In Yardley Chase 7 Peacock.
March 26th
The first Large White of the year was recorded today in a Piddington garden.
At Blueberry Farm near Maidwell 2 Brimstone, 1 Orange-tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 1 Peacock.
At Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows 1 Peacock.
In Kettering 1 Brimstone and 3 Comma.
March 24th
The first Orange-tips of the year were recorded today with two seen along Ditchford Lane near Ditchford Gravel Pits.
In Harpole 1 Peacock.
In Thrapston 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
March 22nd
In Middleton Cheney 1 Brimstone.
In Wollaston 1 Comma.
March 21st
At Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows 3 Peacock.
In Polebrook 1 Peacock.
In Yardley Chase 24 Brimstone, 1 Peacock and 11 Comma.
March 20th
In Bearshank Wood 4 Brimstone and 1 Comma.
At Briar Hill Meadows in Northampton 1 Brimstone, 1 Peacock and 1 Comma.
In Castle Fields in Wellingborough 1 Brimstone.
In Desborough 6 Brimstone.
In Harry’s Park Wood 1 Brimstone, 4 Peacock and 3 Comma.
In Hazelborough Forest 3 Brimstone, 1 Peacock and 2 Comma.
In Higham Ferrers 3 Brimstone.
At Holdenby House 1 Comma.
In Irthlingborough 1 Peacock.
In Kettering 2 Brimstone and 1 Peacock.
At Kinewell Lake in Ringstead 1 Brimstone and 1 Peacock.
In Middleton Cheney 1 Brimstone and 2 Peacock.
In New Duston 6 Brimstone and 6 Peacock.
In Norton 1 Brimstone.
In Polebrook 3 Brimstone, 1 Peacock and 1 Comma.
In Salcey Forest 4 Brimstone and 1 Peacock.
In Stoke Albany 1 Brimstone.
At Stortons Pits 3 Brimstone and 1 Comma.
In Syresham 1 Brimstone.
At Titchmarsh 1 Brimstone and 2 Peacock.
In Towcester 1 Brimstone, 1 Peacock and 1 Comma.
At Turtle Bridge 3 Brimstone and 1 Peacock.
In West Hunsbury 1 Peacock.
March 19th
In Corby 1 Brimstone.
In Polebrook 1 Brimstone and 1 Peacock.
At Ring Haw 1 Brimstone, 2 Peacock and 1 Comma.
At Summer Leys 4 Brimstone, 1 Peacock and 1 Comma.
In Potterspury 2 Brimstone and 1 Peacock.
In Thrapston 1 Brimstone.
March 18th
On Cogenhoe 1 Brimstone.
In Desborough 1 Brimstone.
In Farthingstone 2 Comma.
In Harlestone Firs 1 Comma.
At Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows 1 Peacock.
In Polebrook 1 Brimstone and 1 Comma.
In Salcey Forest 6 Comma.
At Thrapston Gravel Pits 2 Comma.
At Titchmarsh Nature Reserve 1 Peacock.
In Towcester 1 Comma.
March 15th
At Summer Leys 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
March 9th
The first Small White of the year was recorded today at Bradlaugh Fields, along with 3 Brimstone, 2 Peacock and 19 Comma.
In Barnwell Country Park 1 Brimstone.
In Brackmills 1 Comma.
In Brigstock 1 Brimstone.
In Brixworth 2 Brimstone and 1 Peacock.
In Bucknell Wood 11 Brimstone and 1 Comma.
In Corby 3 Brimstone.
In Cotterstock 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
In Desborough 1 Comma.
In Fermyn Country Park 2 Brimstone.
In Fermyn Woods 8 Brimstone, 3 Peacock and 12 Comma.
In Irthlingborough 1 Peacock.
In Long Buckby 1 Brimstone.
In Lyveden New Bield 1 Comma.
In Oundle 1 Brimstone and 1 Peacock.
In Polebrook 2 Brimstone.
In Raunds 1 Brimstone and 1 Comma.
At Sywell Rifle Range 1 Brimstone.
In Thrapston 1 Brimstone and 1 Comma.
At Titchmarsh Nature Reserve 13 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 2 Comma.
March 8th
In Badby 1 Peacock.
In Corby 1 Peacock and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
In Easton Maudit 1 Comma.
In Fineshade Wood 1 Brimstone, 1 Peacock and 1 Comma.
In Kettering 1 Brismtone and 2 Peacock.In Middleton Cheney 2 Brimstone.
In Polebrook 2 Brimstone, 1 Peacock and 2 Comma.
In Ravensthorpe 1 Comma.
In Salcey Forest 4 Brimstone and 5 Comma.
At Stanwick Lakes 1 Brimstone.
At Thrapston Lakes 4 Brimstone and 1 Comma.
In Towcester 1 Brimstone.
In Upton 3 Brimstone.
In Yelvertoft 1 Brimstone.
March 6th
In Badby 1 Brimstone.
At Barnwell Country Park 1 Brimstone.
In Collyweston Great Wood 4 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral and 1 Comma.
In Great Doddington 1 Brimstone.
In Higham Ferrers 5 Brimstone and 1 Comma.
At Holdenby House 1 Brimstone.
In Middleton Cheney 4 Brimstone and 1 Comma.
In Duston 2 Brimstone and 1 Peacock.
In Polebrook 2 Brimstone and 2 Comma.
In Stoke Bruerne 1 Brimstone.
In Thrapston 1 Brimstone.
In Wollaston 1 Brimstone.
March 5th
In Harlestone Firs 1 Brimstone and 1 Comma.
In Middleton Cheney 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
In New Duston 1 Comma.
In Northampton 1 Brimstone.
At Twywell Hills and Dales 1 Brimstone.
In Wellingborough 1 Brimstone.
March 4th
The first Commas of the year were recorded today at Hazelborough Wood and Hanging Houghton.
In Bozeat 1 Peacock.
In Grafton Underwood 1 Brimstone.
In Harry’s Park Wood 1 Brimstone.
In Hazleborough Wood 1 Brimstone.
In Kettering 1 Brimstone.
In Mawsley 1 Brimstone.
In Polebrook 1 Brimstone.
At Thrapston Gravel Pits 2 Brimstone.
In Wellingborough 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
In Wollaston 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
March 3rd
In Brixworth 1 Brimstone.
In Bozeat 1 Brimstone.
In Burton Latimer 1 Brimstone.
In Creaton 1 Brimstone.
In Crick 1 Brimstone.
In Middleton Cheney 2 Brimstone.
At Pitsford Nature Reserve 1 Brimstone.
In Polebrook 1 Brimstone.
In Raunds 3 Brimstone.
In Salcey Forest 3 Brimstone.
In Thrapston 1 Brimstone.
In Wollaston 3 Brimstone.
March 2nd
At Blueberry Farm near Maidwell 1 Brimstone and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
In Desborough 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
In Kettering 1 Brimstone.
In Northampton 2 Brimstone.
In Wollaston 2 Brimstone.
March 1st
At Blueberry Farm near Maidwell 1 Brimstone.
In Cold Ashby 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
At Lilbourne Meadows 1 Peacock.
Feb 22nd
In Barton Seagrave 1 Peacock.
In Bucknell Wood 1 Brimstone.
In a Cogenhoe 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
In Great Doddington 1 Brimstone.
In a Kettering garden 1 Brimstone.
In London Road Cemetery in Kettering 1 Brimstone and 1 Red Admiral.
In Mawsley 1 Red Admiral.
At Summer Leys 1 Brimstone.
In a Wellingborough garden 1 Peacock.
Feb 21st
The first Brimstone of the year was recorded today in a Northampton garden.
Feb 2nd
The first Small Tortoiseshell of the year was recorded today in a garden in Desborough.
Jan 23rd
In Northampton 1 Red Admiral.
Jan 21st
The first Red Admiral of the year was recorded today in Oundle.
Jan 3rd
The first Peacock of the year was recorded today at Deene Lake.