Recent highlights from submitted sightings

2025

31-May

Hazelborough Forest

Wood White X 25

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

30-May

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.