Bedfordshire Butterfly Recording & Sightings
Bedfordshire Butterfly Report for 2018
NEW. Draft 2018 butterfly report to be published in the BNHS Bedfordshire Naturalist 2018.
Bedfordshire Atlas 1990-2017
Read more about Bedfordshire's butterflies at www.bedsbutterflies.org.uk.
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:
The cut-off date for records to be included in the annual report in Bedfordshire Naturalist is 31st January, but please don't leave them all until then! Get them in a soon as you can please.
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.
Records are not normally marked as accepted or rejected within iRecord itself but all valid records will be used.
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 2019 first-flight table.
Monthly totals
To see monthly species totals thoughout the year click HERE May's totals added
Weekly reports
Weekly reports for every week of the year are being posted on Yahoo and Facebook.
Bedfordshire's 2019 Sightings
Reports (mostly gleaned via Adnoto) are summarized below.
First flights are marked in red.
June 2019
15th:
1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady - Clifton garden
1 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close
1 Dark Green Fritillary - Knocking Hoe
14th:
1 Painted Lady - Shillington garden
5 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Meppershall village hall garden
1 Red Admiral, 5 Speckled Wood, 1 Marbled White, 1 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - Maulden Wood
1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady - Bedford garden
2 Painted Lady - Ridgeway path south of flitwick STW
13th:
1 Speckled Wood - Maulden Wood SSSI, main ride
12th:
1m Painted Lady - Biggleswade garden
2 larva Orange Tip - Maulden Wood SSSI
9th:
1 Painted Lady - Grovebury Sand Pit
2 Large Skipper, 2 Small White, 4 Brown Argus, 10+ Common Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Speckled Wood, 10+ Meadow Brown, 5 Small Heath - Open grassland with an area the looks like an old quarry, east of Holme
4 larva Orange Tip, 5 Speckled Wood - bridleway Putnoe Wood to Marsh Wood
2m Common Blue, 1 Meadow Brown, 3 Small Heath - Grassy field near Marsh Wood
1f Brimstone, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Meadow Brown - The Lodge gardens
2 larva Brimstone, 1 Speckled Wood - Access track to Totternhoe Quarry NR
1 Speckled Wood - Access track to Totternhoe Quarry NR
5 Dingy Skipper, 1f, 1 larva Brimstone, 6 Small Blue, 3 Common Blue, 2 Meadow Brown, 3 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry NR
2 Small Blue - Totternhoe Quarry NR
60 Small Blue, 1 Common Blue, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry NR
1 Large Skipper, 16 Small Blue, 2 Common Blue, 1 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry NR
2 larva Brimstone, 4 Red Admiral, 3 Speckled Wood - footpath above Totternhoe Quarry NR
1 Speckled Wood - footpath above Totternhoe Quarry NR
1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood - footpath above Totternhoe Quarry NR
4 Common Blue - Totternhoe Knolls NR
5 Brown Argus, 1 Red Admiral, 4 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - Scrubland near Clophill
1m Common Blue, 2 Meadow Brown, 1 Small Heath - Shillington fields
2 Speckled Wood - Sandhouse Lane NR
13 larva Orange Tip, 4 Red Admiral, 5 Speckled Wood, 1m Meadow Brown - Chicksands Wood ride.
1m Brimstone, 1m Common Blue, 1m Speckled Wood, 2 Small Heath - Cowslip Meadow Luton.
1 Brown Argus, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Marbled White, 6 Meadow Brown - Broom Pits Main Lake
1 Large Skipper, 1 Brown Argus, 1m Common Blue, 1 Meadow Brown - Edge of farmland alongside hedgerow, near Meppershall
1 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close
8th:
7 larva Orange Tip - bridleway near Putnoe Wood
3 larva Orange Tip - A6 bypass northbound verge near Barton le Clay
6th:
2 larva Orange Tip - The Higgins gardens, Bedford
1 Green Hairstreak, 2 Common Blue, 2 Peacock - Millennium Country Park Callow Mounds
1 Large Skipper, 1 Speckled Wood - Linslade Woods
1 Large Skipper, 1 Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Meadow Brown, 3 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe Clappers
Brimstone, Small White, Common Blue, Holly Blue, 3 Meadow Brown - A6 Barton Cutting North of Streatley
3 Meadow Brown - Maulden Heath
1 Comma - Maulden Wood SSSI
1 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
5th:
2 larva Orange Tip - All Saints churchyard Leighton Buzzard
1 larva Orange Tip - Duck End NR
3rd:
3m Common Blue - Astral Lake Park, Leighton Buzzard
1 Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Small White, 2m, f Green-veined White, 1 Small Copper, Small Blue, m, f Common Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - A6 Barton slip road RNR
1 Dingy Skipper, 1 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills
2 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills
1 Small White, 3 Brown Argus, 12m, 3f Common Blue, 1m Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - Around Stratton levelling lake, Biggleswade
1m Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1f Small Copper, 10 Brown Argus, 15m, 4f Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Small Heath - Around Stratton levelling lake, Biggleswade
3 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 4 Brown Argus, 2 Common Blue, 1 Peacock, 5 Speckled Wood, 3 Small Heath - Fields and Woodland north of Sharnbrook
1 Grizzled Skipper, 2 Small Heath - South of Souldrop, extreme southwest of 1km square
2 larva Brimstone - Lower Stondon fields
1 Small Heath - Carthagena golf course
1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Speckled Wood - john o gaunt golf course
2nd:
2m, 1f Brimstone, 4m, 1f Common Blue, 1 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe clappers
3 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Flitton moor
21 Brown Argus - The Lodge - Ridge Trail
1 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus, 1 Small Heath - The Lodge Old Heath
1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue - The Lodge gardens
1m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Small Heath - Kempston West, North bank of main river
3 Brown Argus, 3 Small Heath - Kempston West, North bank of main river
2, 2 Holly Blue, 2, 2 Red Admiral - Bedford, Salcombe Close
1st:
9 Dingy Skipper, 2f Brimstone, 41 Small Blue, 8m Common Blue, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry
1 Holly Blue - Ampthill Garden
3 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford garden
1 Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue, 1 larva Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood
1 Red Admiral - Flitton moor
4m, 1f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1m Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue - Felmersham NR East
1 Holly Blue - Lower Stondon, Long Close garden
1 Large Skipper, 1 Dingy Skipper, 2 egg, 1 larva Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2m Common Blue - Barton Gravel Pit NR
1 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden
1m Brimstone, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 2m, 2f Orange Tip, 4 Brown Argus, 1 Common Blue, 1f Holly Blue, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Mowsbury Hill
1 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close
2 Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, 2 Common Blue, 1 Small Heath - Millennium Country Park Callow Mounds
May 2019
31st:
1 Small Copper, 1 Small Heath - small field off Little Lane, Clophill
1 Brown Argus, 1 Holly Blue - Bury Walk, Goldington
1 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
3+ Dingy Skipper, 1m, 2f Brimstone, Small White, f Small/Green-veined White, 7+ Small Blue, 1m, 2f Common Blue, Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - A6 Slip Road embankment S of Barton, Roadverge reserve
1 Holly Blue - Ampthill Garden
30th:
1 Holly Blue - Sandy station
4 larva Orange Tip - The Higgins gardens, Bedford
1f Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood, 12+ Small Heath - field edge bridleway near Renhold
12 Dingy Skipper, 3 Grizzled Skipper, 8 Brimstone, 3 Green Hairstreak, 1 Small Copper, 4 Small Blue, 10 Brown Argus, 6 Common Blue, 1f Duke of Burgundy, 1 Peacock, 5 Small Heath - Whipsnade Downs
29th:
3 larva Orange Tip, 1m Speckled Wood - Potton wood
28th:
3 Small Tortoiseshell - Heath and Reach Garden
2 Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Green Hairstreak, 2 Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue - Marston Vale CP
1m, 2 larva Brimstone, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Marston Vale CP
1 Small White - Stopsley garden
27th:
3m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Large White, 2 Small Copper, 2 Common Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Lower Stondon fields
1 Brimstone, 1 Large White - Lower Stondon fields
5 Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper, 2 Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 4 Green Hairstreak, 8 Brown Argus, 4 Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 4 Small Heath - Dunstable Downs
1 Dingy Skipper, 2 Brimstone, 1 Green Hairstreak, 31 Small Blue, 3 Common Blue, 1 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry
1m, 5 larva Orange Tip, 3 Holly Blue, 1m Speckled Wood - Biggleswade garden
1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Stotfold Mill Nature Reserve
2 Small Heath - Baulk Wood
25th:
3m, 2f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 15 Small Blue, 1m Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry, carpark corner
8 Dingy Skipper, 15m, 3f Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 35+ Small Blue, 1 Brown Argus, 17m Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 8 Duke of Burgundy - Totternhoe Quarry
1 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden
Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Brown Argus, Peacock, Small Heath - Ridge between Wrestlingworth and Sutton, grass headland
1 Green Hairstreak, 1 Small Copper, 4 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Holly Blue - heathland area of Aspley Woods
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Brown Argus, 2 Common Blue - Stratton Park Balancing Lake Biggleswade
2m, 2f, 1 egg Brimstone, 1 Brown Argus, 4 Common Blue, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Small Heath - Sharpenhoe NR
1 Dingy Skipper - Sharpenhoe NR
2 Dingy Skipper, 2m Brimstone, 1 larva Orange Tip, 1 Small Blue, 1 Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral - Sharpenhoe NR
1 Brown Argus, 2 Common Blue - Broom Gravel Pits
2m Orange Tip, 1 Common Blue - Near Millbrook Station
2 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Brown Argus, 3 Common Blue, 5 Speckled Wood, 1 Small Heath - stotfold water mill NR
24th:
5m Dingy Skipper, 2m Grizzled Skipper, 2m Brimstone, 1 Small Blue, 1 Brown Argus, 1m Common Blue, 5 Duke of Burgundy - Whipsnade Downs
1 Large White, 3m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Speckled Wood - bridleway Putnoe Wood to Church Lane
1 Red Admiral - overgrown footpath off Church Lane roundabout
2 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Small Heath - fields near Salph End
2 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1 Green-veined White, 2 Speckled Wood - Hockliffe
1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Hockliffe
2 Small Heath - Meadow near wootton wood
1 Speckled Wood - Wootton wood
23rd:
1m Orange Tip, 1m Common Blue - Ledburn Pit, Linslade
3 Speckled Wood - wild corner of Mowsbury Park
1 Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Brown Argus, 1 Holly Blue - field edge Cleat Hill
1 Large White, 4m, 1f Orange Tip, 2f Brown Argus, 3m, 1f Common Blue, 15+ Small Heath - N. Brickhill Country Park generally
1 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden
5m Brimstone, 1f Orange Tip, 1m Green Hairstreak, 1m Brown Argus - Barton Hills NR
22nd:
1 Small Blue - Warden Hill nature reserve
3m Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral, 4 Speckled Wood - Priory CP
3 Dingy Skipper, 6m, 2f Brimstone, 1m, 1f, 3 egg Orange Tip, 3m Common Blue, 5 Small Heath - Pesdon Hills
1 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills
5 Dingy Skipper - Pegsdon Hills
1 Dingy Skipper, 1 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills
21st:
1 Brimstone, 2 Speckled Wood - King's Wood, Heath and Reach
3 Small Copper, 1f Brown Argus, 1m Common Blue, 1 Peacock, 2 Small Heath - Sandy Ridge, The Lodge
3m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 3 Speckled Wood - Flitton Moor
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus, 3 Common Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Jordan's mill meadow
1 Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden
1m Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Brown Argus, 3m Holly Blue - Biggleswade garden
4 Green Hairstreak, 2 Small Copper, 1 Peacock - Wavendon and Aspley Heaths
20th:
1m Orange Tip, 4 Speckled Wood - Maulden wood SSSI
1 Dingy Skipper, 2m, 1f Brimstone - Sharpenhoe clappers
1 Green Hairstreak - Wavendon Heath
3 egg, 4 larva Orange Tip - Working Woodland Centre
1 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden
6 Dingy Skipper, 1m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Green Hairstreak, 1 Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue - Marston Vale CP
1 larva Brimstone - Marston Vale CP
19th:
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip - Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs
1 Grizzled Skipper, 1m Brimstone - Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs
2m Brimstone, 2 Duke of Burgundy - Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Copper, 3 Duke of Burgundy - Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs
2 Dingy Skipper, 2 Duke of Burgundy - Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs
1 Grizzled Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 3 Duke of Burgundy - Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs
2 Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, 3 Duke of Burgundy - Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs
2 Grizzled Skipper - Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs
1 Brown Argus - Whipsnade Downs
2 Holly Blue - Linslade
8 Small Heath - Tetworth Hall Estate
18th:
egg Orange Tip - West Wood
1m Brimstone - Stopsley garden
17th:
4 egg, 2 larva Orange Tip - Duck End NR
16th:
9 Dingy Skipper, 2 Green Hairstreak, 2 Holly Blue - Millennium Country Park Callow Mounds
3 Small Heath - Kempston West, North bank of main river
1m Orange Tip - Colworth estate, Sharnbrook
2 Peacock - Colworth estate, Sharnbrook
3 Small Tortoiseshell - Colworth estate, Sharnbrook
1 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden
1 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill
1m Brimstone, 1f, egg Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Astwick area
2 Green Hairstreak - Wavendon and Aspley Heaths
15th:
1 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Holly Blue - Back garden in Beeston
1m Brimstone - Astwick
1m, 1f Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1 egg, 2 larva Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - gardens of The Higgins Bedford
2+ Dingy Skipper, m, f Brimstone, m, pair Orange Tip, 2 Green Hairstreak, 1 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus - Barton Hills NNR
1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill
2 Dingy Skipper, 2 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills
1 Green Hairstreak, 2 Brown Argus - Pegsdon Hills
2 Dingy Skipper - Pegsdon Hills
3 Green Hairstreak - Pegsdon Hills
2 Dingy Skipper - Pegsdon Hills
1 Green Hairstreak - Shire Oak Heath
14th:
3 Dingy Skipper, 1 Green Hairstreak, 1m Brown Argus - Sharpenhoe Clappers
1m, 1f Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Green Hairstreak, 1 Brown Argus, 1m Common Blue, 1 Small Heath - Stewartby Lake
2m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, m, f Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - bridleways around Putnoe Wood
2 Holly Blue - Toddington, Park Hill
1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry
2 Dingy Skipper, m, 1f, 1 pair Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Green Hairstreak, 1 Small Blue, 3 Holly Blue, 7 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry
1 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Green Hairstreak, 1 Common Blue - Totternhoe Quarry
2 Holly Blue - Bedford, Eastcott Rd
1m Brimstone, 2 Green Hairstreak, 1 Small Blue - Totternhoe Limeworks
1f Holly Blue - Priory country park, car park
1 pair Large White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Speckled Wood - Heath and Reach garden
6m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock, 6 Small Heath - Kempston, near river
1 Dingy Skipper, 4m, 1f Brimstone, 1m Large White, 3 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 6m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 3 Speckled Wood - Common Lane Sundon to the chalk pits
1 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill
2 Small/Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Duck End NR
13th:
1m Orange Tip - Priory Country Park CWS
1m Orange Tip - Priory Country Park CWS
1 Holly Blue - Priory Country Park CWS
1m Orange Tip - Priory Country Park CWS
1f Brimstone - Priory Country Park CWS
1 Small White, 1m Orange Tip - Linslade wood
1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Heath and Reach garden
1 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Back garden, Stopsley
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Tiddenfoot WP
1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden
1m Orange Tip, 1f Common Blue - Priory CP
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - Kempston garden
2+m, 5+f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 5+m, 3+f Orange Tip, 2 Green Hairstreak, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Barton Hills NNR
2m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1m Small White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral - Leagrave Park, Luton
1m Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue - Sundon Park Luton
1 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill
12th:
1m Brimstone, 3 Small Copper - The Lodge, old heath.
1 Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper, 1m, 1f Common Blue, 4 Speckled Wood - near Center Parcs
2m, 1f Orange Tip, 3 Speckled Wood - Flitton Moor
3 Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper - Callow area by Stewartby Lake
1 Green Hairstreak - Stewartby Lake area on the Callow
1 Holly Blue - By Stewartby Lake on the callow
1 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 4 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
15 Dingy Skipper, 6 Grizzled Skipper, 30+ Brimstone, 6 Orange Tip, 4 Green Hairstreak, 10 Brown Argus, 12 Duke of Burgundy - Bison Hill, Whipsnade
1 Brimstone - Stopsley garden
3m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 10m, 1f Orange Tip, 4 Small Copper, 3 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Small Heath - Felmersham Gravel Pits
1m Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Felmersham Gravel Pits
2 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close
2 Orange Tip, 3 Holly Blue - Garden In Upper Caldecote
2 Small White, 3 Holly Blue - Kempston garden
1m Orange Tip, 5 Speckled Wood - Southill Park
1m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Ampthill Garden
11th:
1f Brimstone - Stopsley garden
5m,3f Orange Tip, 20m,3f Brimstone, 15 Duke of Burgundy, 4 Dingy Skipper, 5 Grizzled Skipper, 5 Green Hairstreak, 1 Speckled Wood, 3m Holly Blue, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Copper, 1m Green-veined White - Whipsnade Downs
10m,3f Orange Tip, 9m,1f Brimstone, 8 Duke of Burgundy, 7 Dingy Skipper, 5 Grizzled Skipper, 5 Green Hairstreak, 2 Speckled Wood, 2m Holly Blue, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Small Copper, 1 Painted Lady, 3 Small Blue - Totternhoe Nature Reserve
2 Small White, 2 Holly Blue - Kempston garden
10th:
1 Small Blue - Totternhoe Quarry
11 Brimstone, 2 Small White, 6 Orange Tip, 4 Green Hairstreak, 1 Holly Blue, 22 Duke of Burgundy, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry
5 Dingy Skipper - Totternhoe Quarry
2m Brimstone, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - North bank of River Ouse above Kempston weir
1 Small Heath - Shillington meadow
2 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1 Dingy Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 4 Duke of Burgundy - Totternhoe Quarry
1 Peacock - Totternhoe Quarry
1f Orange Tip - Stopsley garden
2 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close
2 Holly Blue - Kempston garden
5 Dingy Skipper, 1 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Small Copper, 1 Holly Blue - Millennium Country Park Callow Mounds
8th:
1 Small Copper - Fancott Woods and meadows
7th:
7 Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, 3m Brimstone, 1f Orange Tip, 5 Green Hairstreak, 4 Duke of Burgundy - Whipsnade Downs
1f Brimstone, 1f Small White, 5+m, 3f Orange Tip, 5+ Speckled Wood - path through Warden Little and Great Woods
1 Holly Blue - Kempston garden
1 Large White, 3 Green-veined White, 6m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 5 Speckled Wood - Duck End NR
6th:
2 egg Orange Tip - Bridleway leading to Linslade Woods
1 Small Copper - Fancott woods and meadows NR
5th:
2m, 1 egg Orange Tip - Millennium CP - TL0141
1f, 4 egg Orange Tip - Millennium CP - TL0142
4th:
2 Small Heath - Totternhoe Quarry
3rd:
1 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill
3 egg Brimstone, 3 egg Orange Tip - Clapham Park area
egg Orange Tip - Bedford, Mowsbury Park car park
2nd:
2 Small Copper, 1 Speckled Wood - Stockgrove CP
1 Small White, 2m Orange Tip, 1f Brown Argus, 2 Speckled Wood - Sharnbrook Summit
1 Green-veined White, 2 Orange Tip, 3 Speckled Wood - Rowney Warren
1 Small/Green-veined White - Stopsley garden
1 Large White, 1 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill
1st:
1 Speckled Wood - The Lodge RSPB
1m Orange Tip - Hill Lane, Upper Caldecote.
2 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - Meppershall garden
April 2019
30th:
3m Orange Tip - Stewartby Lake
1f Large White, 5+m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood - area around Clapham Wood
3 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
3 Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 2m, 3f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Felmersham Gravel Pits Nature Reserve
2 egg Orange Tip - Church Lane, Odell
1f, 2 egg Orange Tip, 1m, 1f Holly Blue - Clifton garden
1 Holly Blue - Linslade Garden
1f Brimstone, 1m Small White, 2m, 1f Orange Tip, 6m Holly Blue - Church Walk, Harrold
1 Dingy Skipper, 1 Green Hairstreak - Knocking hoe NNR
29th:
1m Orange Tip - Totternhoe Quarry
1m, 1 egg Orange Tip - Totternhoe Quarry
2 Small White, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Fields around Willington
28th:
3 Holly Blue - Back garden in Beeston
2 Holly Blue - Sandy garden
27th:
2 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close
26th:
1 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Meppershall garden
2 Brimstone, 1 Small White, m, f Green-veined White, m, f Orange Tip, m, f Holly Blue, 4 Speckled Wood - bridleway Wentworth Drive to Renhold
1 Small Copper - Linslade Woods
2 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden
25th:
1m Orange Tip - Stopsley garden
24th:
1 Small Copper - Maulden Heath
1m Brimstone, 3 Green Hairstreak - Whipsnade Downs
3m Orange Tip, 3 Speckled Wood - Flitton moor
1 Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1m Orange Tip - Oakley, riverside meadow
2m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Stevington Country Walk
1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Heath and Reach
23rd:
1m Green-veined White - Sandy garden
1m Brimstone, 2m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Stewartby lake
1 Brimstone, 1 Large White - Stopsley garden
1 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Sundon Park Luton
2 Orange Tip - Luton, East Hyde NR
1 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue Ampthill
22nd:
3 Small Copper, 1 Holly Blue - Ampthill grassland
1 Orange Tip, 4 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Ampthill garden
2 Small/Green-veined White, 5m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Peacock - Broom Gravel Pits, Gypsy Lane
1m Orange Tip, 3 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - Back garden in Beeston
1m Orange Tip - Stopsley garden
1m Brimstone, 2 Large White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Flitwick Wood
12 Brimstone, 2 Large White, 3 Small White, 2 Green-veined White, 5 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 5 Speckled Wood - Sewell Cutting
2 Orange Tip, 6 Holly Blue, 2 Speckled Wood - Haynes Church
1 Small White, 5m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Peacock - Shocott Spring between Shortstown and Cotton End
3 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close
2m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - Rookery Pit North track by railway
1f Brimstone, 5m, 1f, 1 pair Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - West of B530 at Stewartby
2m, 1f Brimstone, 2m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Peacock - Rookery Pit, around junction between north and south
3 Holly Blue - Sandy garden
1m, 1f Orange Tip, 3 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
1 Brimstone, 1 Large White, 10 Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 12 Speckled Wood, 2 Small Heath - Bridleway near Center parcs
1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Toddington, Park Hill
1 Dingy Skipper - Pegsdon Hills
1 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue Ampthill
21st:
1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Gypsy lane east, Broom gravel pits.
3 Grizzled Skipper, 7m, 4f Brimstone, 3m, 1f Orange Tip, 8 Green Hairstreak, 3 Peacock - Whipsnade Downs - Bison Hill
2m, 2f Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Whipsnade Downs - between pylons
2m, 2f Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - Totternhoe - Knolls View road
14m, 5f Brimstone, 1 Small White, 3m Orange Tip, 1 Duke of Burgundy, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Totternhoe Quarry
1m, 1f Orange Tip - Greenfield
2m Brimstone, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 3 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Millennium CP
3m, 1f Orange Tip - Wigmore Park CWS Luton
1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Wigmore Park CWS Luton
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Wigmore Park CWS Luton
1 Brimstone, 2m, 2f Orange Tip, 20+ Speckled Wood - Wigmore Park CWS Luton
1 Holly Blue - Wigmore, Luton.
1 Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue - Stopsley garden
1 Speckled Wood - Willington, footpath south of church
1 Green-veined White, 3m Orange Tip - Willington, next to Elstow Brook
1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Willington, next to Elstow Brook
2 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close
1 Small Heath - Totternhoe
4m, 2f Brimstone, 4 Large White, 2 Small White, 3m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Sundon Chalk Pits NE
3m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Speckled Wood - Sundon Chalk Pits SW
1 Brimstone, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Heath and Reach
2m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 5m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - Stotfold Mill Meadow NR
2m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - Etonbury Wood Stotfold
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Speckled Wood - Fancott woods and meadows
1f Brimstone, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Kempston, garden
1 Brimstone, 2 Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Meppershall garden
2m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2 Small White, 9 Orange Tip, 7 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Broom Gravel Pits
1m Orange Tip, 2 Speckled Wood - Opposite Tempsford Airfield
20th:
8m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2 Green-veined White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 12m, 2f Orange Tip, 1m Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 3 Comma, 13 Speckled Wood - Clapham Park
2m, 1f Holly Blue - River Ouzel
1 Duke of Burgundy - Whipsnade Downs
4m, 1f Orange Tip, 3 Small Copper, 2 Peacock, 3 Speckled Wood - The Lodge gatehouse and Ridge Trail
1m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Small Copper, 4 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - The Lodge Old Heath
2 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close
1 Holly Blue - Bedford, Brixham Close
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Bedford, Haylands Way
2m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 5 Peacock, 4 Speckled Wood - Chicksands Wood NE
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 5 Peacock, 1 Comma, 11 Speckled Wood - Chicksands Wood SW
4m, 1f Brimstone, 3m, 1f Orange Tip, 1m Peacock - Sharpenhoe NR
1, 1m Orange Tip, 2, 1m Holly Blue - Cotefield Drive, Leighton Buzzard
1 Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1 Holly Blue - Lower Stondon, Long Close garden
1 Brimstone, 2m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood - Heath and Reach
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Shillington
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Kempston, garden
19th:
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip - Tiddenfoot Waterside park
3m Brimstone, 4 Small/Green-veined White, 4m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - DENR, Maulden
1 Holly Blue - Ampthill Garden
1 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Stewartby Green Lane
1m Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 2m Orange Tip, 3 Peacock - Stewartby Lake
2m Brimstone, 1 Large White, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 5 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Marston Vale Milennium Country Park
4m Brimstone, 5m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock, 4 Speckled Wood - Lower Stondon fields
1m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 3m Orange Tip, 1 Speckled Wood - Lower Stondon fields
3m Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Lower Stondon fields
1m Orange Tip, 2, 1 pair Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close
1 Grizzled Skipper, 1m Brimstone, 4m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 7 Peacock - Sandy Smith NR
1m Brimstone, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Bedford garden
1m Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1 Holly Blue, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Toddington
6 Brimstone, 2 Small White, 2 Orange Tip, 3 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Potton Wood outside track
7 Brimstone, 6 Small White, 1m Green-veined White, 4 Orange Tip, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma - Leagrave Park
1m Brimstone - Sundon Park Luton
2m Brimstone - Sundon Churchyard
1m Brimstone - Harlington Road Sundon
2 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill
1m Brimstone, 1m, 2f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Kempston, garden
1m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Waterloo Road, Bedford
1 Peacock - Centenary Wood
1f Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Centenary Wood
1 Peacock - Centenary Wood
2 Green Hairstreak - Pegsdon Hills
18th:
1m Orange Tip - Linslade garden
1m, 1f Brimstone - Danish Camp, Willington
1m Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 3 Peacock, 2 Comma, 5 Speckled Wood - Linslade Woods
9 Holly Blue - Rothsay Road Bedford
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Ivel Meadows, Sandy
1m Orange Tip, 4 Holly Blue, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Peacock - The Baulk, Beeston
4m, 2f Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 8m, 2f Orange Tip, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Priory Park
6m, 1f Brimstone, 11m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Route 51 Bedford to Willington
1 Brimstone, 2 Small White, 2 Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Sharnbrook, garden
1m Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 3m Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - Church Walk, Harrold
2m Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Kempston, garden
17th:
2 Green-veined White, 3m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 6 Speckled Wood - Flitton moor
1m Orange Tip - Silsoe Road, Silsoe.
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip - Lilley, Barton-Le-Cley.
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1m Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - Garden, Riseley
1 Comma - Heath and Reach
2m Brimstone, 1m, 1f Orange Tip - Stewartby lake
1m Orange Tip - Station lane, Millbrook
2m, 2f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock - Warden Hill SSSI
1f Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Bedford garden
3 Small/Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - The Baulk, Beeston
1m Brimstone - A507 near Stotfold
3m, 1f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 2 Comma - Potton Wood ride
1 Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Heath and Reach
4 Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 5m Orange Tip, 1 Small Copper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock - John Bunyan trail near Chicksands
1 Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill
1f Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Holly Blue - Kempston, garden
16th:
1 Holly Blue - Leighton Buzzard
1 Holly Blue - Toddington, Park Hill
2 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - King's Wood, Heath and Reach
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Blows Downs nature reserve
1m Brimstone - Blows Downs nature reserve
2 Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Field edges Cleat Hill
3 Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Field edges Graze Hill
1f Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 4m Orange Tip, 2 Speckled Wood - DENR, Maulden
1f Brimstone - Ampthill Garden
1 Holly Blue - Fallowfields, Sandy
15th:
1 Small Copper - RSPB Lodge, Sandy
2 Peacock - Bower Street, Bedford and by boating lake
1 Holly Blue - York Street, Bedford
1 Small White, 1 Peacock - 5th fairway on john o gaunt golf course
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 2m Orange Tip, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma - Dunstable Sewage Treatment Works
1 Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1 Small Copper - RSPB Lodge, Sandy
1m Orange Tip - Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill
3m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Track to Knocking Hoe NNR
14th:
1m Orange Tip - Sports field, Heath and Reach
1 Peacock - Back garden in Beeston
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Ditch on the track to Sheerhatch Wood
1 Holly Blue, 1 Speckled Wood - Broom Gravel Pits
13th:
1m Orange Tip - Great Denham
1 Small White - Millennium CP
11th:
5m Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - path between Barwick Spinney and Barwick Wood, Colworth, Sharnbrook
1m Brimstone, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 6 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Clapham Park Wood
1m Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue - Caldecote Garden
1 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Comma, 3 Speckled Wood - Upper Alders, SSNR
1m Brimstone, 1 Peacock - Barton Hills
3 Brimstone, 1m Green-veined White, 1 Small/Green-veined White, 2f Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - front of and bridleway alongside Putnoe Wood
1 Holly Blue - gardens of The Higgins Bedford
2m Brimstone, 3m, 1f Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 4 Comma - Marston Thrift
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Marston Thrift
1 Peacock - back garden, Heath and Reach
1 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue Ampthill
1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip - King William Close, Kempston
1 Speckled Wood - Kempston West, South bank of Ouse
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 3 Speckled Wood - Kempston West
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Kempston West
1 Speckled Wood - John o Gaunt golf course
10th:
1 Green-veined White, 1 Speckled Wood - The Lodge RSPB.
1 Peacock - Broom Gravel Pits
1m Brimstone - Wigmore, Luton.
1 Speckled Wood - Landpark wood
2 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Dropshort Marsh
4 Brimstone, 2 Small/Green-veined White, 5m Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, 4 Speckled Wood - Willington
3m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Maulden Wood and Heath
1 Small/Green-veined White, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma - Maulden Wood, main ride
1 Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Flitton Moor
2 Small White, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 3 Peacock, 5+ Comma, 3 Speckled Wood - bridleway near Putnoe Wood
4 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Dunstable Sewage Treatment Works
1m Orange Tip - Stanbridgeford
1m Orange Tip - Leighton Buzzard
1m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock - Church Walk, Harrold
1 Speckled Wood - near Center parcs
1m Orange Tip - near Center parcs
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Ruxox bridleway
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Sandy
1m Brimstone, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Blows Downs nature reserve
1 Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1 Holly Blue - Tavistock Avenue Ampthill
8th:
1m, 1f Brimstone, 1m Green-veined White, 1m Orange Tip - Church Walk, Harrold
1m Brimstone - Caves Lane, Bedford
3rd:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Blow's down, Dunstable.
1st:
1 Green Hairstreak - Knocking Hoe Transect
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Whipsnade Downs
1m Brimstone, 1m, 1f Orange Tip, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock - Maulden Wood
1m Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Peacock, 3 Comma - Maulden Wood
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Peacock - Common Lane Sundon to the Chalk Pits
1m Brimstone, 1m Small Tortoiseshell - Common Lane Sundon to the Chalk Pits
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Peacock - walkway behind houses, Bedford
3 Peacock - front of Putnoe Wood
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 8 Peacock, 3 Comma - bridleway from Putnoe Wood to Renhold
1 Peacock - Alwins Field garden, Linslade
1m Brimstone, 1m Orange Tip - Leighton Buzzard
2m Orange Tip, 6 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood - Octagon Farm
1 Peacock - Sandy garden
1 Orange Tip - On riverside walk from Danish Camp, just by entry to Bulge Wood
March 2019
31st:
1 Peacock - Broom Gravel Pits, Gypsy Lane
1 Green-veined White - Biggleswade Common
1 Painted Lady, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Meadow Lane GP, Bedford
March 2019
30th:
1m Orange Tip - Bedford Park
1 Orange Tip - Marston vale country park
1 Speckled Wood - Milbrook pillinge, mvcp
4m, 1f Brimstone, 5 Peacock, 8 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood - Clapham Park Wood
4 Peacock, 1 Comma - Pegnut Wood, Potton
1 Holly Blue - Bedford, Salcombe Close
1 Brimstone - Bedford garden
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock - The Baulk, Beeston and The Riddy N.R
3 Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Peacock - Ivel Meadows, Sandy
1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Peacock - The Lodge gatehouse
3 Peacock - The Lodge gardens
1 Brimstone, 2 Peacock - Waterloo Road, Bedford
1 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock - West Road, Sandy
3 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip - Bedford Road, Barton-Le-Clay
29th:
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White - Ampthill garden
1m Brimstone, 1 Small White - Sundon Park Luton
6m Brimstone, 2 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Leagrave Park, Luton
5m Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Wauluds Bank, Luton
5 Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Orange Tip - Fairfield cemetery and surrounds, near Stotfold, Beds
1m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Large White, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Dunstable Sewage Treatment Works
4 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - West Drive, Arlesey, Beds
1m Brimstone - Bedford garden
1 Brimstone, 1 Comma - Mowsbury Park wild edge
2 Brimstone, 2 Small White, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock, 7 Comma - North Brickhill CP
1 Holly Blue - Castle Rd, Bedford
4m, 2f Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Peacock - Linslade garden
1m Brimstone - Castle Rd, Bedford
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Priory Country Park - NE
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock - Millennium Country Park
2m Brimstone - Roadside nr Kings Wood Heath and Reach
1 Brimstone, 5+, 3m, 3f Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 2 Comma - Cleat Hill field edges
1 Comma - The Rally, Arlesey
10m, 5f Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Icknield Way green lane.
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Swifts Green Close, Stopsley
1m Brimstone - St johns methodist church grounds. Luton
1m, 1f Brimstone - Shillington
1 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Comma - Tavistock Avenue Ampthill
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve
1 Comma - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve
1 Peacock - Sandy Smith Nature Reserve
2 Peacock - Hill farm Ampthill
2 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 4 Peacock - Maulden Wood rides
28th:
5m, 2f Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1m Orange Tip, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 3 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood - Myers Farm, Potton
4 Brimstone - Begwary Brook
2 Peacock - Begwary Brook
1 Peacock - Rothsay Road Bedford
2 Holly Blue - Rothsay Road Bedford
3 Brimstone, 1 Orange Tip - Everton to Tempsford road
1m Brimstone, 2, 1m, 1f Small Tortoiseshell - Leighton Buzzard
1m, 1f Peacock - The Rally, Arlesey
2 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 1 Comma - on track from House Lane, Arlesey across to the A507
2m Brimstone, 1 Peacock - Barton recreation ground
2m Brimstone, 2 Comma - King's Wood, Heath and Reach
4m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Peacock - Linslade garden
1m Brimstone - Swifts Green Close, Stopsley
1 Peacock - Knocking hoe NNR
4 Small Tortoiseshell - The Riddy NR, Sandy
26th:
1m Small White - Bedford, on North side of A5141 shortly before Kingsway junction
1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Maulden wood
1m Brimstone - Upper Alders, SSNR
1 Peacock - Back garden in Beeston
1 Peacock - King William Close, Kempston
25th:
2 Red Admiral, 2 Comma - Maulden and Pennyfather's Hills SSSI
3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 4 Comma - Fenlake Meadows
1 Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Suburban garden, Stopsley, Luton
1m Holly Blue - garden in fallowfield road Ampthill
1 Comma - Footpath near Maulden Road, Flitwick
1 Comma - Castle Gardens, Bedford
3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 3 Comma - Fenlake Meadows, Bedford
24th:
Several Brimstone, 2m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock - Roxton
1 Holly Blue - Meppershall
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Myers Farm, Potton
1 Brimstone - Stopsley
1f Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - gardens, Linslade
3m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Linslade Woods
2m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Blow's Downs
2m Brimstone - Blow's Downs
2 Small Tortoiseshell - Blow's Downs
2m Brimstone - Blow's Downs
1m Brimstone - Blow's Downs
1m Brimstone - Riseley
1m Brimstone - Riseley
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Riseley
2m Brimstone, 1 Peacock - Riseley
1m Brimstone - Riseley
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Riseley
2 Peacock - Riseley
1m Brimstone - Wigmore, Luton.
1 Brimstone - Bedford garden
2m Brimstone - Marston Vale CP
3m Brimstone - Linslade garden
1m Brimstone - Moggerhanger
1m Brimstone - Woburn Safari Park
1m Brimstone - Junction of A603 with A421
1m Brimstone - Back garden in Sandy
1m Brimstone - Moggerhanger
2m Brimstone - Sheerhatch Wood
1m Brimstone - Cople
1m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Comma - Lovell Toad, Bedford
1 Small White, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Fenlake Meadows, Bedford
1m Brimstone - Priory Fishponds, Bedford
2m Brimstone, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Priory CP, Bedford
1m Brimstone, 1 Peacock - Meadow Lane GP, Bedford
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma - Bedford STW
1m Brimstone - Stevington Church marsh
2 Small Tortoiseshell - Nettle bed in field next to Wood Craft
1 Red Admiral - Rothsay Road Bedford
1 Small Tortoiseshell - bank of the R. Ivel
2m Brimstone, 3 Small Tortoiseshell - Church Walk, Harrold
2m Brimstone - Station road Lower Stondon
1m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock, 1m Comma - Biggleswade garden
2m, 1f Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell - Wigmore CP
2m Brimstone, 1m Holly Blue - Meppershall
1 Brimstone, 2 Peacock, 1 Speckled Wood - Old Warden Tunnel
4m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Priory Country Park
23rd:
1m Brimstone - Luton, Icknield Way
1m Brimstone - Luton, Barton road
3m Brimstone - Luton, Barton road
1m Brimstone - Streatley, Luton Road A6
1m Brimstone - Barton-le-Clay, Luton Road A6 northbound slip
1m Brimstone - Barton-le-Clay, Hexton Road by school
1m Brimstone - Barton-le-Clay, Hexton Road
2m Brimstone - Shillington, Aspley End
1 Brimstone - Suburban back garden in Stopsley, Luton
2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Suburban garden, Stopsley Luton
1m Brimstone - Chute Farm
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Bison Hill
2 Brimstone - Back Garden at Harlington Road Sundon
1 Comma - Pegnut Wood, Potton
1 Brimstone - Clifton garden
1m Brimstone - Leighton Buzzard
1m Brimstone - Leighton Buzzard
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Priory Country Park
21st:
1 Comma - Old Railway station at Willington
1m Brimstone - Home Farm, Cockayne Hatley
2 Small Tortoiseshell - Myers Farm, Potton
18th:
1m Brimstone - Linslade garden
14th:
1 Brimstone - Meppershall garden
1m Small White - The Embankment, Bedford
5th:
1 Comma - Sandy garden
1 Comma - Near Barton-le-Clay
4th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Eyeworth
2nd:
1 Red Admiral - Stopsley garden
1 Comma - Kempston garden
February 2019
27th:
1m Brimstone - A6 Barton road Luton
1m Brimstone - A6 Barton Road near Streatley
2 Brimstone - Yelnow Lane sharnbrook
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Tetworth Hall Estate
1m Brimstone, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Comma - Myers Farm, Potton
1 Comma - Maulden wood
4m Brimstone - Wigmore, Luton.
1m Brimstone - Wigmore lane, Ramridge End.
2m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Blows Down
1m Brimstone - Blows Down
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Dunstable
2 Comma - Wigmore Valley Park , Luton
1m Brimstone - Bedford garden
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Ampthill fields
1f Brimstone - Ampthill carpark
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Astral Lake Park, Leighton Buzzard
1m Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1m Brimstone - Pegsdon Hills
2m, 1f Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - St Thomas Parish Church, Stopsley
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Dunstable Downs Visitor centre
26th:
1m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Griffin Farm Toddington
3m Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Pegnut Wood, Potton
3m Brimstone - Village Farm, Sutton
1 Comma - Pegnut Wood, Potton
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Northill
2m Brimstone - A600 roadside N of Lower stondon
1m Brimstone - Luton, Vauxhall Way
1m Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1m Brimstone - Rothschild Road Linslade
6m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Leagrave Park, Luton
2m Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral - Suncote Pit
1 Brimstone, 1 Comma - Flitwick
1m Brimstone - Priory Country Park
3m Brimstone, 1 Comma - Sewell Cutting nature reserve
25th:
2 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Reach Lane, Heath and Reach
1 Brimstone - Totternhoe Quarry
1 Brimstone - Totternhoe Quarry
1 Brimstone - Suncote Pit Nature Reserve
2 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Suburban back garden, Stopsley, Luton
1 Comma - Maulden Heath SSSI, western SSSI
3 Comma - Maulden Wood SSSI, main ride
2 Comma - Clifton garden
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock - Priory Country Park - NE
2m, 1f Brimstone - Suburban back garden, Stopsley, Luton
1 Brimstone - The Thorns, Bromham
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Field path near Arlesey
4m Brimstone - Sharpenhoe Clappers
1 Comma - Barton garden
2m Brimstone - Dunstall Road Barton
2 Comma - Sandy Smith NR
1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Sandy Smith NR
1, 1m Brimstone - Sandy Smith NR
1 Small White - Colmworth
2 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Castle Gardens, Bedford
1m Brimstone - Kempston garden
2 Brimstone - Stotfold Mill Meadows
24th:
4 Brimstone - Stotfold garden
1m Brimstone - Bedford garden
1 Brimstone - Ampthill garden
1m Brimstone - Sandy garden
3 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma - Mowsbury Hill
1 Brimstone, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Sandy garden
1m Brimstone, 1 Comma - Back garden in Beeston
1 Comma - Stotfold Mill Nature Reserve
3m Brimstone - River Ouse riverside, Kempston
1 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral - Blow's Downs nature reserve
2m Brimstone, 3+ Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Comma - Stopsley garden
3m Brimstone, 1 Comma - Stotfold garden
1 Brimstone, 1 Comma - nr Sandy Smith NR
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White - Shillington Church
1 Small White - Biggleswade
1 Brimstone - Gravenhurst
2 Brimstone - Bedford garden
1 Brimstone - Kingbrook Road Bedford
1m Brimstone - Entrance to Potton Wood.
1f Comma - Biggleswade garden
1 Brimstone - Sun Street, Biggleswade
1 Comma - Flitwick Moor
12 eggs Purple Hairstreak - Flitwick Moor
1 Brimstone - Meppershall airfield
1m Brimstone - Kempston garden
4m, 1f Brimstone, 1, 1m, 1f Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma - Priory Park
23rd:
1 Brimstone - Suburban back garden, Stopsley, Luton
2 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Suburban back garden, Stopsley, Luton
1 Brimstone - Ampthill garden
1m Brimstone - Footbridge to the east of Great Barford bridge
2m Brimstone - Common Lane Sundon to the Chalk Pits
1m Small Tortoiseshell - Common Lane Sundon to the Chalk Pits
1 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoiseshell - Clophill shrubland
1m Brimstone - Linslade woods
3m Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1m Brimstone - Linslade Woods
1m Brimstone - Holme
1m Brimstone - Kempston garden
22nd:
1 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma - Bedford
1 Red Admiral - Sandy Heath Quarry
1m Brimstone - Green End, Maulden
1m Brimstone - Garden, Luton
3 Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral - Lower Stondon garden
1m Brimstone - Platform of the old Willington train station
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Greenfield garden
1 Peacock - Holme
1m Brimstone - Kempston garden
21st:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Myers Farm, Potton
1 Brimstone - Sandy garden
1, 1m Brimstone - Heathland creation compartment in Maulden Wood
17th:
1 Red Admiral - Suburban back garden in Stopsley, Luton
1f Brimstone - Ampthill Garden
1 Peacock - Keysoe Row West
3m Brimstone - In newly planted area north of main ride of Marston Thrift
1 Peacock - Waitrose car park, Ampthill
1m Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral - Caldecote Garden
1 Red Admiral - Greensand Ridge Millbrook to Lidlington
16th:
1m Brimstone - Garden in Upper Caldecote
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Woburn Street, Ampthill
15th:
1m Brimstone - Garden in Studham
1m Brimstone - Linslade
14th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell - Garden, Heath and Reach
1 Brimstone - Sharnbrook
2 Brimstone - Lancott Meadow NR, Dunstable
1m Brimstone - Stopsley garden
1 Brimstone - Suburban back garden
1f Brimstone - Whipsnade Tree Cathedral and Whipsnade Heath.
1m Brimstone - Whipsnade Heath
7th:
2 Purple Hairstreak eggs found on Sandy pinnacle.
5th:
1 Small Tortoiseshell flew out of a workshop at John O'Gaunt golf course.
4th:
1 Peacock found hibernating in a workshop at John O'Gaunt golf course.
January 2019
25th:
2 Purple Hairstreak eggs found near Bedford in approx 15 minutes of looking at buds on oak with a magnifying glass.
8th:
1 Red Admiral - Working Woodland Centre (Maulden Wood)
Recent years
If you'd like to read the summaries of recent years they can still be accessed via the following links:
2018,
2017,
2016,
2015,
2014,
2013,
2012,
2011,
2010,
2009,
2008.
|