Beds and Northants branch of Butterfly Conservation

Bedfordshire Butterfly Recording & Sightings

Bedfordshire Butterfly Report for 2017

NEW. Draft 2017 butterfly report to be published in the BNHS Bedfordshire Naturalist 2017.

Bedfordshire Atlas 1990-2017

Read more about Bedfordshire's butterflies at www.bedsbutterflies.org.uk. Updated to include 2017.

Live Adnoto Atlas 2015-2019

A live atlas of Adnoto records for the current 2015-2019 recording period can be found HERE. Although this is currently running off unverified data (so a few records may not be correct) the absence of a record for a 1km square is a definite absence of a record, so please try to fill in the gaps near you during this five year period. Records submitted via other means won't of course show as this is running off the Adnoto database - another reason to use this for submitting records. Thanks, Keith

Submitting Records

Important: An observation reported on a social medium such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Yahoo, YouTube, blogs, etc. or entered into an online recording system such as Living Record, WildWalks, etc. is most likely not going to be seen by the County Recorders and therefore will not result in a record in the Bedfordshire database or in the national database. It is impossible for us to monitor all these channels of information for records, even if we wished to spend all day in front of a computer trying to do so! Records entered into Big Butterfly Count are also unlikely to be used as the data quality in this survey is usually difficult to determine. Please therefore submit your records using one of the channels below only - thank you.

Bedfordshire butterfly sightings should be reported to Keith:

via Adnoto , or else
using the iRecord Butterflies app, or
using the iRecord website, or
on this spreadsheet, or
by email

Please DO NOT submit records by more than one route as this leads to duplicate records which have to be found and removed thus causing unnecessary work.

If you wish to submit records on paper please use this form and post to Peter.

Note that records entered into the iRecord Butterflies App and iRecord website will reach us only at the end of the season, as will records entered into the WCBS and UKBMS online systems, which are also acceptable for record submission for those special types of transect surveys.

If you have used an electronic recording system other than Adnoto or iRecord, such as Living Record, WildWalks, Recorder 6, MapMate, etc. then please extract the records yourselves and email them as a spreadsheet to Keith before the end of December.

Need a grid reference for a sighting? Grab one HERE.

First Flights

Here is Bedfordshire's 2018 first-flight table.

Monthly totals

To see monthly species totals thoughout the year click HERE May's totals now added

Weekly reports

Weekly reports for every week of the year are being posted on Yahoo and Facebook.

2018's Sightings

Reports (mostly gleaned via Adnoto) are summarized below. To avoid possibly falling foul of the General Data Protection Regulations we will no longer use initials to credit observers with their sightings. Sorry!.

June 2018

16th:
6 Large Skipper, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Speckled Wood, 9m, 1f Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet - Clapham Park
1 Holly Blue - Back garden in Beeston

15th:
2 Small/Green-veined White, 1 White Admiral, 10 Speckled Wood, 6 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet - College Wood, Northill
3 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 26 Speckled Wood, 6 Meadow Brown - Chicksands Wood - TL1040
20+ Speckled Wood, 10+ Meadow Brown - Chicksands Wood - TL0939
1 Small/Green-veined White, 12 Speckled Wood - Maulden Wood TL0739
3 Large Skipper, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 15+ Speckled Wood, 2 Meadow Brown - Maulden Wood TL0638
1 Brown Argus, 3m Common Blue, 1 Dark Green Fritillary, 1 Marbled White, 8 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe Clappers - slope below carpark
Large Skipper, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, 1m Ringlet - footpath extension of Hawk Drive
4 Large Skipper, 2 Brown Argus, 2 Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown - wild area alongside Clapham Wood
1 Small Heath - Clifton Garden

14th:
1 Small/Essex Skipper, 2 Large Skipper, Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Common Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Small Heath - verge by A6 Streatley roundabout on Lilley road

13th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - Linslade Woods
1m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Dark Green Fritillary, 1 Speckled Wood, 4 Meadow Brown, 2 Ringlet, 11 Small Heath - Pegsdon
1 Painted Lady - Clifton garden

12th:
1 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Orange Tip, 2 Common Blue, 1 Painted Lady, 4 Speckled Wood, 6 Meadow Brown, 3 Ringlet, 2 Small Heath - Cardington old railway line

11th:
2 Black Hairstreak, 20+ Speckled Wood, 2 Meadow Brown - Marston Thrift Woods
3 Large Skipper, 2 Dingy Skipper, 2 Small White, 8+ Black Hairstreak, 2 Brown Argus, 3m Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 18+ Speckled Wood, 3 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - Marston Thrift
1 Holly Blue - Brogborough village
1 Painted Lady - Bedford
1m, 1f Large Skipper, 1 Red Admiral, 12+ Speckled Wood - Clapham Park Community Woodland area
8 Large Skipper, 2 Meadow Brown - wild meadows alongside Clapham Park Wood
2 Large Skipper, 1 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus, 5+m, 1f Common Blue, 3 Speckled Wood, 10+ Meadow Brown - Mowsbury Hill
3 Large Skipper, 3m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Small Blue, 6m, 1f Common Blue, 1 Speckled Wood, 6 Meadow Brown, 10 Small Heath - Galley and Warden Hills
1 Large Skipper, 2m Brimstone, 3m Common Blue, 4 Small Heath - Galley and Warden Hills
3 Large Skipper, 4 Brimstone, 1f Brown Argus, 4m, 1f Common Blue, 17 Meadow Brown, 17 Small Heath - Galley and Warden Hills
2f Brimstone, 1 Small Blue, 7m, 1f Common Blue, 2 Speckled Wood, 5 Meadow Brown, 3 Small Heath - Galley and Warden Hills
2m Brimstone, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Marbled White - Galley and Warden Hills
1 pair Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills

10th:
4 Large Skipper, 1 Brimstone, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 2m, 1 larva Orange Tip, 3 Speckled Wood - bridleways behind Mark Rutherford school
1 Brimstone, 1 Speckled Wood, 3 Meadow Brown - Field margins, north Bedford
1 Large Skipper, 2 Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Large White, 1 Small Copper, Common Blue, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Small Heath - Barton Hills NNR chalk pit

9th:
1 Brown Argus, 4m, 1f Common Blue, 1m Meadow Brown - Grange Estate, Willington

8th:
3 Speckled Wood, 2 Meadow Brown - Linslade Woods
2m, 1f Brimstone, 4m Common Blue, 1 Speckled Wood, 3 Small Heath - Totternhoe Knolls, Little Hills
1 Large Skipper - Totternhoe Knolls, Little Hills
1 Large Skipper, 3 Speckled Wood, 2 Meadow Brown, 2 Small Heath - Biggleswade Common

7th:
1 Small Copper, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Meadow Brown - Lousy Bush NR and adjacent field margins
2m Common Blue, 5 Speckled Wood - Clapham Park Community Woodland
3 Large Skipper, 1m Common Blue, 3 Speckled Wood - overgrown area corner of Clapham Wood
1 Large Skipper, 1 Ringlet - Totternhoe Quarry

6th:
1 Large Skipper - Linslade Woods
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2m, 4 larva Orange Tip, 7 Speckled Wood - bridleway passing Putnoe Wood
1 Large Skipper, 1 Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Orange Tip, 3 Brown Argus, 1 Common Blue, 10 Small Heath - Knocking Hoe NNR
5 or 6 Black Hairstreak seen at Marston Thrift

4th:
2 Meadow Brown - A507 Arlesey bypass north verge
1 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills

3rd:
5 Large Skipper, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Heath - Kempston
2 Small Heath - Kempston
1 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills
1 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills
1 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills
1 Dingy Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 1 Green Hairstreak, 1 Small Blue, 2 Brown Argus, 8+m, 1f Common Blue, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe Clappers
1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Small Copper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 9 Speckled Wood, 1 Meadow Brown, 2 Small Heath - Sutton Mill Lane to Carthagena Road, Potton
1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Small Copper, 5 Brown Argus, 2 Small Heath - Sandy Heath
3 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 3 Brown Argus, 1m Common Blue, 1 Peacock - The Riddy and The Baulk, Beeston
1 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden
3 Dingy Skipper, 1 Large White, 12 Small Blue, 30+ Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Speckled Wood, 4 Small Heath - Totternhoe Knolls and quarry
1 Small/Green-veined White, 6 Speckled Wood - Bridleway near Millbrook
1 Painted Lady - Linslade garden
1 Large Skipper, 8 Dingy Skipper, 12 Brimstone, 3 Small Blue, 4 Brown Argus, 20+ Common Blue, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Speckled Wood, 1 Meadow Brown, 6 Small Heath - Galley Hill, Luton
1 Green-veined White - Garden, Langford
2+ Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper, Large White, Small White, Orange Tip, Brown Argus, Common Blue, 2 Meadow Brown, Small Heath - Barton Hills NNR chalk pit

2nd:
3 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Brown Argus, 15m, 3f Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Speckled Wood, 15 Small Heath - Broom gravel pit Gypsy Lane
1 Small Copper, 5 Brown Argus, 6m, 1f Common Blue - The Riddy, Beeston
1 Dingy Skipper, 7m Common Blue, 1m Red Admiral, 2m Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - Sundon Chalk Pits
1 Dingy Skipper, 2m Brimstone, 5 Small Blue, 32m Common Blue, 3m Small Heath - Sundon Chalk Pits
4 Dingy Skipper, 2m, 5f, 3 pair Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 13m, 2f Common Blue, 2 Speckled Wood - Dunstable, Sewell Cutting
1 Green-veined White, 1 Brown Argus, 4m Common Blue, 2 Small Heath - Gypsy Lane, Broom

1st:
1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 5+ Speckled Wood - wild corner of Mowsbury Park
1 Large White, 6m, 2f Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Speckled Wood - Mowsbury Hill, Bedford
4m, 1f Common Blue, 1f Holly Blue, 3 Speckled Wood, 1 Meadow Brown - Mowsbury Hill
1m Brimstone, 1 Speckled Wood - recreation ground, Shortstown, Beds

May 2018

31st:
1 Small/Green-veined White, 3 Speckled Wood - bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood
1 larva Orange Tip - patch opposite the corner of Putnoe Wood
1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - Linslade Woods
Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Orange Tip, 10+ Small Blue, , f Common Blue, 1 Small Heath - A6 slip road roadside nature reserve
Brimstone, Large White, Orange Tip, , m, 2+f Small Blue, Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Speckled Wood - A6 slip road, Barton in the Clay, between flyover and beechwood
1m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White - Kempston

28th:
2m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 2m, 2f Common Blue, 2 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - Willington-Octagon Farm
1 Small White, 3m Orange Tip, 3 Speckled Wood - bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood
2 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1 Dingy Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 4m Orange Tip, 2 Brown Argus, 4m, 2f Common Blue, 3 Small Heath - Knocking Hoe NNR
Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, 2 Brown Argus, Common Blue, 1 Painted Lady, 2 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - Knocking Hoe NNR

27th:
1 Large White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Small Heath - Broom gravel pit Gypsy Lane
1 Large White, 2 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1 Small White, 1 Holly Blue - Back garden in Beeston
1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Small Heath - Overend Green Heath and Reach
1 Large White - Stopsley garden

26th:
3 Large Skipper, 1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2m Orange Tip, 1m Common Blue, Small Heath - grassy wild area alongside Clapham Park Wood
1 Small/Green-veined White, 3m, 2f Common Blue, 5 Small Heath - Broom gravel pit Gypsy Lane
1 Holly Blue - Langford Mill
1 Large White, 1 Holly Blue - Back garden in Beeston

24th:
1 Holly Blue - Castle Road, Bedford
2 larva Brimstone, 4 Small Blue - Warden and Galley Hills
2m, 1f Brimstone, 3 Small Heath - Warden and Galley Hills
1m, 4 larva Brimstone - Warden and Galley Hills
1 Dingy Skipper - Warden and Galley Hills
2m, 1f, 2 egg Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Small Heath - Warden and Galley Hills
3m, 1f, 1 larva Brimstone - Warden and Galley Hills
1m Common Blue - Warden and Galley Hills
1m, 1f Large White, Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 10+ Small Heath - North Brickhill Nature Reserve

23rd:
1 Small Copper - Maulden Heath SSSI
1 Small Heath - Maulden Heath SSSI
1m Orange Tip, 1f Common Blue - Willington-Octagon Farm

22nd:
1 Small Copper - Maulden Wood and Pennyfather's Hills SSSI
1 Dingy Skipper - Sandy Smith Nature Rerserve
2 Small Heath - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve
3 Brown Argus - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve
1 Small Heath - Broom gravel pits, Gypsy lane east.
1 egg Orange Tip - Bury Hill Potton
1 Small White, 1 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden

21st:
1 Large White, 2 Small White - Stopsley garden
1 Dingy Skipper - Pegsdon Hills
4 Dingy Skipper, 2 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills
4 Dingy Skipper - Pegsdon Hills
10 Dingy Skipper, 8 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Green Hairstreak, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Brown Argus, 1 Common Blue - Brownfield site near Lidlington
1 Grizzled Skipper - Brownfield site near Millbrook Station
2 Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Brown Argus - NE corner of Rookery Pit South

20th:
1 Dingy Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 3, 1 pair Orange Tip, 2, 1 pair Holly Blue - Back garden in Heath and Reach
1 Large White, 1 Speckled Wood - Sandhouse Lane NR, Heath and Reach
17+ Small Copper, 2 Brown Argus, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Small Heath - Sandy Heath between quarry and Potton Road
2 Small White, 11 Small Copper, 11 Brown Argus, 1m Common Blue, 1 Speckled Wood, 5 Small Heath - The Lodge-Ridge trail and Sandy Heath
1 Large White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 3m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 5 Speckled Wood - Putnoe Wood
5 Dingy Skipper, 6 Grizzled Skipper, 4m Brimstone, 1m Large White, 3m Green-veined White, 3m Orange Tip, 4 Green Hairstreak, 1 Brown Argus, 2 Holly Blue, 11 Duke of Burgundy, 1m Red Admiral, 2 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs
2 Large White, 4 Orange Tip, 1 Common Blue, 2 Holly Blue - Tiddenfoot WP, Linslade
1m Brimstone - Frenchs Avenue Dunstable
6 Dingy Skipper, 3m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip - Sewell cutting NR east
4 Grizzled Skipper, 2m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 4m, 2f Common Blue - Sewell cutting NR west
1 Small Blue - Sewell cutting NR east
4 Small White - Stopsley garden
6m Brimstone, 12 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe Clappers
10 Dingy Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 1f Orange Tip, 2m Small Heath - Totternhoe Knolls NR
3 Large White, 2 Small White, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper, 2 Speckled Wood, 6 Small Heath - Bromham Lakes NR
1m Dingy Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 3m Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip - on open area around old pit, Brogborough
1 Large White, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue - Garden in Beeston
1f Green-veined White - Bedford

19th:
3 Dingy Skipper, 2m Brimstone, 1 Green Hairstreak, 2 Small Blue, 1 Peacock - Totternhoe
21 Dingy Skipper, 13m, 4f Brimstone, 3m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Green Hairstreak, 11 Small Blue, 4m Common Blue, 2 Holly Blue, 15+ Duke of Burgundy, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 3 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry
1m Orange Tip - Toddington
1 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1f Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 2m Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Small Heath - Bromham Lake LNR
1 Grizzled Skipper - Bromham Lake LNR
1m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Large White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Speckled Wood - Stevington Country Way
1m Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 2 Brown Argus, 1m Common Blue - Clapham cutting road verge NR on Twinwood Rd
1 Dingy Skipper - Clapham cutting road verge NR on Twinwood Rd
4 Dingy Skipper, 2, 1f Brimstone, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Brown Argus, 1 Peacock, 4 Small Heath - Pegsdon NR
3 Dingy Skipper - Pegsdon NR
3 Dingy Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - Pegsdon NR
1 Holly Blue - Heath Wood, Leighton Buzzard
3 Brimstone, 3 Orange Tip, 1 Comma - The Great Ouse, Roxton
1 Brimstone, 2 Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - The Great Ouse, Roxton
2 Green Hairstreak - Resevoir Field, Chute Farm, Whipsnade
4m Orange Tip - Resevoir Field, Chute Farm, Whipsnade
2 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1m Holly Blue - Garden, Sundon Park
2 Small White - Stopsley garden
1m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Peacock - Millennium Country park
1 Dingy Skipper, 1 Green Hairstreak - Millennium Country park
1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue - Garden, Langford

18th:
3+ egg Orange Tip - Fancott Woods and Meadows
1m Brimstone, Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 5 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Bridleway alongside Kimbolton Road, Bedford
2m Brimstone, 1 Large White, Small/Green-veined White, 10+m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Small Heath - North Brickhill Country Park
2m Brimstone, 5m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Bromham Lake NR
1 Small White - Stopsley garden

17th:
Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Green Hairstreak, Small Copper, 4 Small Blue, Duke of Burgundy, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Totternhoe Knolls
3 Green-veined White, 5 Small Tortoiseshell - Kempston
1m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Small Tortoiseshell - Kempston
1 Large White, 2m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Clifton north, Beds
1 Large White, 1 Small White, Small/Green-veined White, 15+ Orange Tip, 3 Holly Blue, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - field margins, Graze Hill, Bedford
6 Dingy Skipper, 15 Brimstone, 12 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - Galley Hill, Luton
6 Brimstone, 4 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Dray's Ditches, Luton
2 Small White - Stopsley garden

15th:
9 Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, 1f Brimstone, 17+ Green Hairstreak, 9 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Peacock - Whipsnade Downs
1 Holly Blue - Sandcast Wood, Sandy
5 Small/Green-veined White - grass verges Belvoir Walk to Putnoe Lane, Bedford
1 Green-veined White, 6 Small/Green-veined White, 3 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - bridleway from Wentworth Drive past Putnoe Wood, Bedford
1 Large White, 1f Small White, 1f Green-veined White, 4m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 3 Speckled Wood - bridleway from Putnoe Wood to Church Lane, Bedford
1 Green-veined White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 3 Speckled Wood - Church Lane to Salph End between brook and oil seed rape crop
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2 Holly Blue - bridleway from Polhill Arms to housing estates Norse Road
1f Large White, 3 Small/Green-veined White, 3m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - field margins, Salph End area
1 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1 Brimstone, 4 Large White, 9 Small White, 5 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 2 Peacock - Castle Mills, Bedford
2 Brimstone, 6 Large White, 2 Small White, 1 Orange Tip - Ravensden Church End
6m, 2+f Brimstone, 4+ Large White, 2+ Small White, 2+m Orange Tip - Top Farm and Red Brick Cottages, Ravensden
1 Small White, 2 Speckled Wood - Rushmere CP
4 Large White, 4 Green-veined White - arable field edges east of Henlow Camp, Beds
8 Small White - Stopsley garden
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 6 Small/Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 4 Speckled Wood - DENR, Maulden
2 Brown Argus - Knocking Hoe
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - Dog Field
1f Grizzled Skipper, 1m Brimstone - Willington

14th:
1 Green-veined White, 5m Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Kempston
5 Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Large White, Small/Green-veined White, Orange Tip, 3 Green Hairstreak, 1f Small Blue, 4m Common Blue, 1 Duke of Burgundy, Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe quarry
1 Holly Blue - Garden, Langford
1 Large White, 5 Small White - Stopsley garden
1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Old Warden
1m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - Barton Hills quarry area
1 Green Hairstreak - Barton Hills
2m, 1f, 8 egg Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - Barton Hills
1 Dingy Skipper - Barton Hills
1 Holly Blue - Silsoe

13th:
1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
5 Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 3 Green Hairstreak - Marston Vale Millennium Country Park
1 Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, 1m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 3 Green Hairstreak - Marston Vale Millennium Country Park
3 Dingy Skipper, 3 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 3 Green Hairstreak, 1f Holly Blue - Marston Vale Country Park
1 Large White, 2m, 2f Orange Tip - Stewartby Station
1m Brimstone - Cambridge Road, Bedford
2m Orange Tip - Broom gravel pit Gypsy Lane
2m Brimstone, 6 Green-veined White, 10m, 1f, 10 egg Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1, 20 larva Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - near Lower Stondon
1m Brimstone, 2 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip - near Lower Stondon
2 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip - near Lower Stondon
1 Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue - Back garden in Beeston
1m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Kempston
4 Small Copper - The Lodge RSPB

12th:
1 Small White, 6m, 1f Duke of Burgundy - Totternhoe Old Quarry
2 Brimstone, 2 Large White, 1 Small White, 3 Orange Tip, 5 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe quarry

11th:
1m Brimstone, 4m Orange Tip - Whipsnade Downs
6 Duke of Burgundy - Whipsnade Downs
Small/Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue - Garden in Langford
2 Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Green Hairstreak - Whipsnade Zoo, valence end
1 Holly Blue - Bedford garden

10th:
2 Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper, 3, 2m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2 Green-veined White, 4, 2m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Green Hairstreak, 20 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Dunstable Chiltern Gateway/Bison Hill
2 Large White, 3 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 5m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Wootton, Berry Farm
1 Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Orange Tip, 2 Green Hairstreak, 13 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Totternhoe quarry
1 Holly Blue - footpath from Coach Road to Meadow Walk, Henlow, Beds
1 Orange Tip - Stopsley garden

9th:
1 Small White, 1 Orange Tip - Sandhouse Lane NR
1 Dingy Skipper, 25 Brimstone, 6 Orange Tip, 4 Green Hairstreak, 2 Small Copper, 4 Duke of Burgundy - Whipsnade Downs
2 Small White - Stopsley garden
1 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Kempston

8th:
2 egg Orange Tip - Path on housing estate, Linslade
4m Brimstone, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 3 Green Hairstreak - Sharpenhoe clappers
5 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 5m Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - DENR, Maulden
2 Large White, 4 Small White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - Stopsley garden
4 Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 15 Orange Tip, 2 Peacock - Roxton, beside the Ouse
2 Small White, 3 Orange Tip, 2 Comma - Bromham Lakes NR
5m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Comma - Recreation Ground off Malthouse Lane, Stotfold, Beds
1m Brimstone, 1m Large White, 10 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue - Luton-East Hyde NR
2 Dingy Skipper, 10m, 14f Brimstone, 6 Large White, 4 Small White, 2 Green-veined White, 6m, 2f Orange Tip, 4 Green Hairstreak, 2 Holly Blue, 8m Duke of Burgundy, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Totternhoe old quarry
4 Duke of Burgundy - Totternhoe Quarry
1 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue - Kempston

7th:
1 Grizzled Skipper, 2 Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Orange Tip, 5 Green Hairstreak, 10 Duke of Burgundy - Whipsnade Downs
5m Brimstone, 12m Orange Tip, 7 Green Hairstreak, 1 Holly Blue, 9m Duke of Burgundy, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock - Whipsnade Downs
1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 5 Small Copper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Sandy Heath between quarry and Potton Road
1f Brimstone, 2 Small White, 2 Green-veined White, 1f Orange Tip, 3 Small Copper, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Peacock - The Lodge-Ridge trail and Gatehouse
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 2 Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Speckled Wood - Wadelows NR, Toddington
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Heath and Reach garden
2 Large White - Mowsbury Park
3 Large White, 1f Small White, 2 Green-veined White, 5m, 2f Orange Tip, 2 Speckled Wood - bridleway from Putnoe Wood to Church Lane roundabout
4 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - public footpath alongside Renhold Brook
1 Green-veined White, 6m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - fields around Renhold
1m Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Back garden in Beeston
1 Brimstone, 1 Large White, 3 Small White, 1 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden
1 Grizzled Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 2 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Green Hairstreak - Millenium Country Park
2 Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Flitton Moor
2 Small White, 3 Orange Tip - Upper Drakeloe Pond, Woburn estate
m, f Brimstone, m Orange Tip, 3 Duke of Burgundy - Totternhoe Quarry
1m, 2f Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip - Bison Hill, Whipsnade
1m Brimstone, Small/Green-veined White, 13m Orange Tip - Totternhoe Quarry
Small/Green-veined White, 3m Orange Tip - College Wood, Northill
2 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford garden
1m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Kempston

6th:
1 Grizzled Skipper, 3m, 4f Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 3m Orange Tip, 4 Green Hairstreak, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Peacock - Whipsnade Downs
1m Orange Tip - Newlands Road, Luton.
1m Orange Tip - Flitwick High Street
1 Grizzled Skipper, 6m, 2f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 4+ Small/Green-veined White, 7m, 1f Orange Tip, 15+ Green Hairstreak, 2 Holly Blue, 5 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Whipsnade Downs - Bison Hill end
3m Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Duke of Burgundy - Whipsnade Downs - between pylons
1m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip - Totternhoe - Lime Kiln Road
9m, 2f Brimstone, 4+ Small/Green-veined White, 4m Orange Tip, 7 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Peacock - Totternhoe Quarry
2 Grizzled Skipper, 7m, 1f Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip - Whipsnade Downs
1 Brimstone, 1 Peacock - Stopsley garden
1m Brimstone, 3 Duke of Burgundy - Whipsnade Downs
2 Large White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 4 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1m Orange Tip - Sharpenhoe road, Streatley
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Heath and Reach garden
1 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1m Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Willington - north bank of Elstow Brook
3m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Willington - old station
1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Kempston

5th:
4m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 4 Speckled Wood - footpath SE from TL19263700 near war memorial bus stop, arlesey
5m, 1f Brimstone, 5 Large White, 5 Green-veined White, 13m, 2f Orange Tip, 3, 4m, 1f Holly Blue, 1, 1m, 1f Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 11 Speckled Wood - Clapham Park Wood
1 Large White, 2 Small White, 6 Speckled Wood - The Lodge-Ridge trail and Gatehouse
2 Large White, 2 Small White, 4 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Speckled Wood - The Lodge-Gardens
1 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 6 Green Hairstreak - Stewartby Lake callows
3 Grizzled Skipper - Edge of railway east of Lidlington. Brownfield site
1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - Edge of railway east of Lidlington. Brownfield site
1f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Kempston
8m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 6m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Felmersham NR
5+m, 2+f Orange Tip - Along rides in Linslade Woods
1 Large White, 3 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Back garden in Beeston
1 Large White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip - Upper Caldecote
1 Brimstone, 4 Small White, 1 Green-veined White - Stopsley garden
1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - All Saints Church Leighton Buzzard
10m, 5f Brimstone, 2m, 1f Small White, 2m, 1f Green-veined White, 10m, 2f Orange Tip, 5 Green Hairstreak, 1m Holly Blue, 6 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood - Totternhoe
Large White, Small White, 5 Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - Clifton River
1 Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Woods near Clifton River
30 Brimstone, 1m Large White, 8 Small White, 4m, 2f Green-veined White, 20m, 4f Orange Tip, 23 Green Hairstreak, 2 Holly Blue, 4 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Whipsnade Downs
4m Brimstone, 1m Large White, 3 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 5m Orange Tip, 1m Small Tortoiseshell - Harlington Hill Chalk Pit Sundon
1m Brimstone - Luton
1 Large White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Ampthill garden
1m, 1f Orange Tip - Leighton Buzzard railway.
1 Small White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Heath and Reach garden
2 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip - Ampthill Garden
1 Brimstone, 3 Large White, 4 Small White, 5 Orange Tip, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - City Farm, Colmworth

4th:
2 Brimstone, 4 Green-veined White, 5 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Orange Tip, 3 Small Copper, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - RSPB Sandy The Lodge
1 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - Ampthill garden
1 Small White - Toddington garden
1 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Campton Plantation, Shefford
1m Orange Tip - Luton-East Hyde NR
1 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1 Green-veined White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip - Priory Country Park - NE
1 Large White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Comma - Kempston
1f Large White, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Linslade Woods

3rd:
3 Small White, 2 Orange Tip, 5 Holly Blue - Caldecote garden
2m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1m Small White, 3m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 2 Speckled Wood - wild area edge of Mowsbury Park
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - arable field edges, Cleat Hill
1m Small White, 5m, 2f Orange Tip, 3 Small Tortoiseshell - arable field edges, Graze Hill
1 Brimstone, 1m Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Speckled Wood - overgrown area Kimbolton Road
2 Green-veined White, 3 Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Speckled Wood - Linslade Woods
1 Holly Blue - Alwins Field garden, Linslade
1m Orange Tip, 3 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - All Saints churchyard, Church Street, Clifton
1 Large White, 1 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1m Holly Blue - Kempston

1st:
3m, 3f Brimstone, 3m Orange Tip, 4 Green Hairstreak, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Whipsnade Downs
1m Orange Tip - Slip End.
1m Orange Tip - Priory Country Park CWS
10 Brimstone, 4 Green-veined White, 5 Small/Green-veined White, 5 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 3 Speckled Wood - Willington
2m Orange Tip - Bedford garden
1m Orange Tip - Putnoe Wood
2 Brimstone, 2m, 5f Orange Tip, 7 Speckled Wood - bridleway through Mowsbury Golf Course
2m, 1f Orange Tip, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - bridleway alongside Marsh Wood
1m Brimstone, 1m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Comma - field margins, near Salph End
4m, 1f Orange Tip, 4 Small Tortoiseshell - public footpath alongside Ravensden Brook
1 Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White - land behind Inspire Luton sports centre, Stopsley, Beds
1m Orange Tip - Linslade garden
1 Large White, 2 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 3 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 4 Speckled Wood - DENR, Maulden
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Kempston

April 2018

26th:
2 Large White, 2 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood - Fenlake Meadows
1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral - Dunstable Sewage Treatment Works
2m Orange Tip, 5 Holly Blue - Linslade garden

25th:
1 Holly Blue - Haynes garden
1 Holly Blue - Houghton Regis churchyard
1f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip - Bedford garden
1f Small White - Ampthill garden
50 Orange Tip - Begwary Brook
1 Holly Blue - Linslade garden

23rd:
1 Small White, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Brogborough Lake

22nd:
1 Small White, 1 Speckled Wood - Maulden, Sleaford end
1 pair Speckled Wood - Woodland in garden Stotfold
6m, 2f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Green Hairstreak, 3 Small Tortoiseshell - Whipsnade Downs
1m Orange Tip - M1 Luton
1 Holly Blue - Toddington, Park Hill
3m Brimstone, 1f Green-veined White - Whipsnade Downs
4m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Whipsnade Downs
2 Holly Blue - S facing Bedford garden
3m, 1f Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 3 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood
1 Holly Blue, 2 Speckled Wood - bridleway alongside Marsh Wood
1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - grass verge, Ravensden Rd, Renhold
2m Brimstone, 3 Green-veined White, 3m Orange Tip, 12 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - near Lower Stondon
1m Brimstone, 2m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - overgrown field corner, Renhold
4m Brimstone, 3 Green-veined White, 6 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - near Lower Stondon
1 Small Tortoiseshell - near Lower Stondon
2 Small White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - walkway behind houses, Mowsbury
1 Holly Blue - Lower Stondon, Baptist Church, Station Road
1m Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue - Kempston
1 Comma - Kempston
1m Orange Tip - Back garden in Beeston
1 Green Hairstreak - Dunstable Downs
1 Green Hairstreak - Knocking Hoe
1 Holly Blue - Heath and Reach garden
1 Small White - Garden, Ampthill
2 Small White, 2 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Ickwell Green Cricket ground

21st:
1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Riverside Walk Leighton Buzzard
1 Holly Blue - All Saints Church Leighton Buzzard
2 Orange Tip - Maulden garden
1 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
2m Brimstone, 3m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 3 Speckled Wood - Mowsbury Hill
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Holly Blue - Kempston
1m Orange Tip - Heath and Reach garden
1 Small White, 1 Holly Blue - Garden, Ampthill
3m Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 4m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock - College Wood, Northill
3m Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 4m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock - College Wood, Northill
1 Holly Blue - Garden, Langford
1m Brimstone, 2m Large White, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 1, 1m Holly Blue, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Clapham Park Wood

20th:
1 Holly Blue - Ampthill garden
1 Holly Blue - Dunstable garden
1 Brimstone - St Mary's churchyard, Church Road, Henlow, Beds
1 Large White - St michaels churchyard Aspley heath
1m Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue - Church Road aspley heath
1 Orange Tip, 11 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Bedford
3 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Cleat Hill field margin
1m Brimstone, 1f Orange Tip, 1m, 1f Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford School
1 Brimstone - Stopsley
6m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Warden Hill
1m Orange Tip - Hockliffe road verge
7m, 1f Brimstone, 1m, 1f Orange Tip - Totternhoe Quarry
1m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Kempston
1 Red Admiral - Garden, Langford

19th:
1m Holly Blue - Southill
2m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Clifton garden
1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Linslade Woods
2 Brimstone, 3 Small Tortoiseshell - bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood
3 Brimstone, 5 Small Tortoiseshell - arable field margins Salph End
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - public footpath Salph End
2 Brimstone, 6 Small Tortoiseshell - bridleway behind Mark Rutherford school
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White - Bedford garden
2 Brimstone - Stopsley
1 Large White, 1m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Linslade
12m, 6f Brimstone, 6 Large White, 5 Small/Green-veined White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma - Bison Hill, Whipsnade
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White - Ampthill garden
2m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Cottage Bottom Field
9m, 2f Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Galley and Warden Hills and The Icknield Way CWS
4m Brimstone - The Icknield Way CWS
1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Kempston
3m, 2f Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Speckled Wood - DENR, Maulden
2m Brimstone - Garden, Langford

18th:
1m Orange Tip - MVMCP
1m Orange Tip - Lovell Road, Bedford
1m Brimstone - Kempston, Bedford Road
1m, 1f Brimstone - Marston Mortaine by A421
2m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Small Copper, 1 Comma - The Lodge, Old Heath.
1m Brimstone - Colworth Estate Sharnbrook
1m Brimstone - Colworth Estate, Sharnbrook
1f Brimstone - Edge of Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook
3 Green-veined White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Cranfield, Merchant lane
1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Shocott Spring NR
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip - Southill
1 Brimstone - Mowsbury Park
1 Comma - St Andrews churchyard, Church Street, Langford. Beds
1 Brimstone - Stopsley
1m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Large White, 3 Small White, 2 Green-veined White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock - RSPB The Lodge Sandy
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White - Luton
1f Brimstone - Luton
3m Brimstone - Sundon
1f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1m Peacock - Sundon
1f Brimstone - Sundon
4 Brimstone, 2 Green-veined White, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Upper Alders
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Dunstable garden
2m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Small White, 1 Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Harrold
1m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2 Small White, 1 Peacock - Linslade
1m Orange Tip - Bedford Park
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Kempston
1m Brimstone - Coopers Hill
1 Peacock - Cut Throat Meadow, Ampthill
1 Peacock - Fancott Meadow

17th:
2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - Wigmore, Luton
1 Small Tortoiseshell - St Andrews churchyard, Biggleswade
1 Brimstone - Bedford garden
1 Peacock - Kempston
1 Brimstone - Arlesey Glebe

16th:
1m Brimstone, 1f Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock - Chicksands Wood NE
2 Comma - Chicksands Wood SW
2 Small White - Linslade garden
1 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Ampthill garden
1 Holly Blue - Stotfold Garden
3 Small Tortoiseshell - Houghton Hall Park, Houghton Regis

15th:
1 Small White - Clifton garden
1 Peacock - Millennium Country Park, Marston Moretaine
1 Green-veined White, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Near Henlow Lakes,

14th:
5m, 2f Brimstone, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Galley and Warden Hills
11m Brimstone, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 7 Peacock, 3 Comma - Clapham Park Wood
1m, 1f Brimstone, 12 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock - near Lower Stondon
1m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - near Lower Stondon
1f Brimstone - Lower Stondon garden
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Stopsley
2 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral - Stopsley
2m Brimstone, 3 Peacock, 1 Comma - The Lodge-Gardens
1m Brimstone, 2 Peacock - The Lodge-Ridge trail
3 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock, 1 Comma - Sandcast Wood and Ivel Meadows, Sandy
3 Peacock - The Baulk, Beeston
1m Brimstone, 2 Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 7 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - Fenlake Meadows
2 Brimstone - Lower Stondon Garden
1m Brimstone - Bedford
2m Brimstone, 5 Peacock - Park Lane (green lane) TL1145
2m Brimstone, 1 Comma - Park Lane (green lane) TL1045
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Park Lane (green lane) TL1046
1m, 1f Brimstone, 4 Small White, 3 Small Tortoiseshell - Linslade garden
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Heath and Reach
3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - arable field margin, near Brickhill
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Mowsbury Hill
1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - Bedford
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White - near Riseley
3 Small Tortoiseshell - Toddington, Griffin Farm
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - River Ivel at Biggleswade
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White - Luton
1 Brimstone - Barton Hills
1 Brimstone - Barton Hills
1 Brimstone - Pegsdon
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Pegsdon, Knocking Hoe
1 Brimstone - Pegsdon
2m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Maulden garden
1m Brimstone - Wootton Garage
2m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Clifton garden
2m Brimstone, 2m Small White - Wallis Way, off Cardington Road, Bedford
1 Orange Tip - John O'Gaunt Golf Course

10th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Blows downs Downside slope

7th:
1m Brimstone, 1 Comma - Kempston
1 Peacock - Kempston
1 Brimstone - Mile Road, Bedford
1m Brimstone - Path between houses, Linslade
1 Brimstone - Stopsley
1m Large White - The Lodge-Gardens
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Heath and Reach
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 4 Small Tortoiseshell - Fenlake Meadows
1f Brimstone - Lovell Road, Bedford

6th:
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Willington old railway station
1 Peacock - Willington behind playing fields
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Kempston
1 Small White - Heath and Reach

5th:
2m Brimstone - Dunstable Downs
1m Brimstone - Houghton Regis
1m Brimstone - Luton, New Bedford road
1m Brimstone - Luton, Barton road
1m Brimstone - Luton, Barton road
2m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Myers Farm, Potton
2m Brimstone, 1 Peacock - Everton Heath
1m Brimstone - Storey Farm, Everton
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock, 1 Comma - Sandy
1 Brimstone - Bedford grass verge residential street
1m Brimstone, 9 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - Arable field margins with South facing hedgerow on Cleat Hill
2 Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Whipsnade Zoo - near Cheetah enclosure
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Heath and Reach
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma - Bedford
1m Brimstone, 1 Peacock - Back garden in Beeston
2m Brimstone - Dunstable
2m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Blows Downs paddocks, Dunstable
2m Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock - Dunstable Sewage Treatment Works
1 Brimstone, 1 Peacock - Back garden in Stopsley.
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Peacock - Shillington
1m Brimstone - Pegsdon Common Farm
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - northern part of field south of Pedley Lane, between Clifton and Shefford, Beds
1m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Blows Downs Downside slope
5m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma - RSPB The Lodge Sandy
1 Brimstone, 1 Comma - Ampthill
1m Brimstone - Kempston
2 Comma - Fancott Woods and Meadows
3 Brimstone - Fancott Woods and Meadows
2m Brimstone, 4 Small Tortoiseshell - greensand ridge near Eversholt

4th:
1m Brimstone - Deepdale Quarry, Carthagena Road, Potton

3rd:
1m Brimstone - Bromham
1m Brimstone - Priory Country Park CWS
1m Brimstone - Priory Country Park CWS
1m Brimstone - Sutton - Eyworth Road
1m Brimstone - edge of plantation Wrestlingworth
1 Brimstone - Wootton
1 Peacock - St. Swithuns Churchyard, Sandy
1 Comma - Sandcroft Wood, Sandy
1 Comma - Sandcroft Wood, Sandy
1 Red Admiral - Stopsley garden
2m Brimstone - Linslade garden

March 2018

27th:
1 Comma - Barton-Le-Clay

26th:
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Lovell Road, Bedford
1m Brimstone - Public footpath with hawthorn scrub both sides adjacent to Stewartby Lake
1m Brimstone - Stopsley
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Linslade
2m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Linslade garden
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Flitwick moor, soay field
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Potton Wood
1 Brimstone, 1 Comma - Clifton garden
1 Small Tortoiseshell - RSPB Sandy
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Leighton Buzzard

25th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - arable field margin, Salph End
1 Red Admiral - Fenlake Meadows
1m Brimstone - Linslade garden
1 Brimstone - Riseley
1 Peacock - Clifton garden
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Kempston
1m Brimstone - Stotfold Garden
1 Brimstone - Back garden in Stopsley, Luton
1m Brimstone - Stopsley
1 Brimstone - Barton-Le-Clay
1 Brimstone - Biggleswade

23rd:
1 Red Admiral - Oak Farm, Deepdale, Potton
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Cowslip Meadow , Luton

21st:
1 Peacock - Stopsley

16th:
1m Brimstone - Caldecote garden
2m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Fenlake Meadows, Bedford
2 Brimstone - Lower Stondon garden
1m Brimstone - Wootton
1 Brimstone - grass verge by Bedford Park
1 Brimstone - Bedford garden
1 Comma - Cooper's Hill NR
1 Brimstone - Luton
1 Brimstone - Luton
1 Brimstone - Barton-Le-Clay
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford
1m Brimstone - Back garden in Heath and Reach
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Totternhoe Quarry
1 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral - Kempston
1m Brimstone - Stotfold Garden
1m Brimstone - Stotfold Crossroads

15th:
1 Brimstone - Sewell cutting

13th:
1m Brimstone, 1 Comma - Harrold

11th:
3 Red Admiral - Maulden Wood east
1m Brimstone - Renhold
1 Red Admiral - Pegsdon Hills NR
2m Brimstone - Cotefield Drive, Leighton Buzzard
2 Brimstone - Kempston

6th:
1m Brimstone - Rokum Hole

5th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Kempston

February 2018

17th:
1 Red Admiral - outside Bedford FC's clubhouse at Meadow Lane, Cardington

16th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Old Linslade church cemetery
1 Red Admiral - Garden, stotfold

15th:
1 Red Admiral - Garden in Stotfold
1 Red Admiral - ASDA near Luton Airport
1 Brimstone - Bradgers Hill

January 2018

26th:
1 Red Admiral - Stotfold Co-op car park

25th:
1 Red Admiral - Bromham
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Near Clophill

18th:
1 Red Admiral - Wootton

2nd:
5 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - Meppershall. Found over-wintering in newly converted house. Once the heating was turned on they became very active

Recent years

If you'd like to read the summaries of recent years they can still be accessed via the following links: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008.