First sightings - Herts & Middx Butterfly Conservation

First Sightings in Hertfordshire and Middlesex


Last updated 3 May 2025

First and last sightings in 2014-2023

Butterfly Conservation First Sightings 2025

Species 2024 2025
Adonis Blue 24 May
Brimstone 25 January 24 February
Brown Argus 5 May 24 April
Brown Hairstreak 23 July
Camberwell Beauty
Chalk Hill Blue 8 July
Clouded Yellow 1 May
Comma 9 March 3 March
Common Blue 16 May 28 April
Dark Green Fritillary 21 June
Dingy Skipper 8 May25 April
Essex Skipper 1 July
Gatekeeper 1 July
Green-veined White 4 April 26 March
Green Hairstreak 13 April 27 April
Grizzled Skipper 26 April 9 April
Holly Blue 30 March 26 March
Large Skipper 24 May 29 April
Large White 8 April 20 March
Marbled White 12 June
Meadow Brown 28 May
Orange-tip 30 March 31 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 2 May
Small Copper 9 May 12 April
Small Heath 30 April 25 April
Small Skipper 18 June
Small Tortoiseshell 19 February 4 March
Small White 20 March 19 March
Speckled Wood 16 March 26 March
White Admiral 17 June
White-letter Hairstreak 9 June