Leicestershire and Rutland

First Sightings 2025
SPECIESDATERECORDER
SMALL SKIPPER 20th May Roger West, Osyth Dolton
ESSEX SKIPPER 17th June Lynne Swift
LARGE SKIPPER May 10th Graham Childs
DINGY SKIPPER 17th April Richard Jeffery, Ian Surman
GRIZZLED SKIPPER 17th April Martin Russell
CLOUDED YELLOW
BRIMSTONE15th JanuarySally Cunningham
LARGE WHITE 3rd April Oliver Tyson
SMALL WHITE 31st March Kevin Harris
GREEN VEINED WHITE 27th March Sara Botterell
ORANGE TIP 25th March Christine Pochin
GREEN HAIRSTREAK 30th March Peter Fulford
PURPLE HAIRSTREAK 12th June Jean Ramsell
WHITE LETTER HAIRSTREAK 16th June Sophie Attwood Clarke, Ian Surman
BLACK HAIRSTREAK 12th June Jonathan Pitt
BROWN HAIRSTREAK
SMALL COPPER 2nd April Colin New
BROWN ARGUS 27th April Simon Hargreave
COMMON BLUE 22nd April Sheila Allen
HOLLY BLUE 4th April Stephen Harrison
RED ADMIRAL 29th January Andy Middleton
PAINTED LADY 7th April Fiona Proudlove
SMALL TORTOISESHELL 27th February Marian Markham
PEACOCK 29th January 360M
COMMA 3rd March Diane Underwood
PURPLE EMPEROR 19th June Rebecca Pooley
WHITE ADMIRAL
SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY 17th June Nick Webster, Roger West
DARK-GREEN FRITILLARY 26th May Rosie Simmons
SPECKLED WOOD 30th March Dylan Pugh
WALL BROWN 17th April Richard Jeffery
MARBLED WHITE 1st June Jonathan Pitt
GATEKEEPER 27th June Tim Aggas
MEADOW BROWN 16th May P Fisher
RINGLET 31st May Phil Jones
SMALL HEATH 11th April Kate Scott