Our First Butterfly' Sightings in the London Borough of Bexley ~ 2016 and 2017

Sightings are as at 31 July 2017 and are updated when/as appropriate.

The Pictures are of 2017 Sightings:

Brimstone ~ first identified last year on 17 March 2016 and first identified this year on 11 March 2017

Brown Argus ~ first identified last year on 24 May 2016 and first identified this year on 10 May 2017

Clouded Yellow ~ first identified last year on 17 August 2016 and first identified this year on 31 july 2017

Comma ~ first identified last year on 17 March 2016 and first identified this year on 11 March 2017

Common Blue ~ first identified last year on 22 May 2016 and first identified this year on 2 May 2017

Essex Skipper ~ first identified last year on 25 June 2016  and first identified this year on 16 June 2017

Gatekeeper ~ first identified last year on 6 July 2016 and first identified this year on 30 June 2017

Green Hairstreak ~ first identified last year on 3 May 2016 and first identified this year on 6 April 2017

Green-Veined White ~ first identified last year on 2 April 2016 and first identified this year on 27 March 2017

Holly Blue ~ first identified last year on 4 May 2016 and first identified this year 8 April 2017

Large Skipper ~ first identified last year on 8 June 2016 and first identified this year on 1 June 2017

Large White ~ first identified last year on 30 April 2016 and first identified this year on 10 July 2017 in the Garden at Home (we had previously seen promising Candidates whooshing past but have lacked the Confidence to formally Identify any as Large Whites)

Marbled White ~ first identified last year on 17 July 2016 and first identified this year on 16 June 2017 (on the Holly Hill Open Space where we saw a single Marbled White Butterfly during 2015)

Meadow Brown ~ first identified last year on 18 June 2016 and first identified this year on 7 June 2017

Orange-Tip ~ first identified last year on 12 April 2016 and first identified this year on 28 March 2017

Painted Lady ~ first identified last year on 5 June 2016 and first identified this year on 20 May 2017

Peacock ~ first identified last year on 30 March 2016 and first identified this year on 9 March 2017

Purple Hairstreak ~ first identified last year on 18 July 2016 ~ not yet seen during 2017

Red Admiral ~ first identified last year on 28 March 2016 and first identified this year on 28 February 2017

Ringlet ~ first identified last year on 24 June 2016 and first identified this year on 14 June 2017

Silver-Washed Fritillary ~ first identified last year on 23 July 2016 ~ not yet seen during 2017

Small Copper ~ first identified last year on 4 June 2016 and first identified this year on 10 May 2017

Small Heath ~ first identified last year on 26 May 2016 and first identified this year in the Upper College Farm area on 20 May 2017 (also seen on the Crayford Marshes and for the first time during 2017, in the Crayford Rough area, on the Southern Erith Marsh and the Holly Hill Open Space),

Small Skipper ~ first identified last year on 24 June 2016 and first identified this year on 10 June 2017

Small Tortoiseshell ~ first identified last year on 28 January 2016 and and first identified this year on 11 March 2017

Small White ~ first identified last year on 25 March 2016 and first identified this year on 11 March 2017

Speckled Wood ~ first identified last year on 6 March 2016 and first identified this year on 28 March 2017

White Admiral ~ first identified last year on 21 July 2016 and first identified this year on 24 June 2017

White Letter Hairstreak ~ not seen last year (2016) ~ not yet seen during 2017