First sightings - Herts & Middx Butterfly Conservation

First Sightings in Hertfordshire and Middlesex


Last updated 21 February 2025

First and last sightings in 2014-2023

Butterfly Conservation First Sightings 2025

Species 2024 2025
Adonis Blue 24 May
Brimstone 25 January
Brown Argus 5 May
Brown Hairstreak 23 July
Camberwell Beauty
Chalk Hill Blue 8 July
Clouded Yellow 1 May
Comma 9 March
Common Blue 16 May
Dark Green Fritillary 21 June
Dingy Skipper 8 May
Essex Skipper 1 July
Gatekeeper 1 July
Green-veined White 4 April
Green Hairstreak 13 April
Grizzled Skipper 26 April
Holly Blue 30 March
Large Skipper 24 May
Large White 8 April
Marbled White 12 June
Meadow Brown 28 May
Orange-tip 30 March
Painted Lady 10 May
Peacock 10 January 21 February
Purple Emperor 26 June
Purple Hairstreak 23 June
Red Admiral 2 January 25 January
Ringlet 15 June
Silver-washed Fritillary 24 June
Small Blue 17 May
Small Copper 9 May
Small Heath 30 April
Small Skipper 18 June
Small Tortoiseshell 19 February
Small White 20 March
Speckled Wood 16 March
White Admiral 17 June
White-letter Hairstreak 9 June