Butterfly First Sightings in 2024 (species this year: 15)

This page shows the earliest sightings of butterflies in the Upper Thames region (per UTB Sightings). The "+- days" column shows the difference from the mean first sighting date in the UTB region since 2004.
# Species Date Recorder Location +- days
15 Grizzled Skipper 21st April Jean-Paul Brouard Hartslock, Oxon +3 days
14 Small Heath 21st April Jean-Paul Brouard Hartslock, Oxon -8 days
13 Duke of Burgundy 14th April Sue Taylor Incombe Hole, Bucks -10 days
12 Green Hairstreak 13th April Sally Japp Incombe Hole, Bucks -1 day
11 Green-veined White 7th April John Clough Marlow, Bucks +5 days
10 Orange-tip 24th March Steve Nixon Wallingford, Oxon -4 days
9 Speckled Wood 24th March Chris Carter Alvescot, Oxon -4 days
8 Holly Blue 18th March Louis Powell Caversham Heights, Berks -9 days
7 Large White 17th March Rikki Harrington College Lake, Bucks -16 days
6 Comma 15th February Mark Jones Aston Upthorpe Downs, Oxon -2 days
5 Small Tortoiseshell 15th February Michael and Diane Hunt Buckingham, Bucks +9 days
4 Small White 15th February David White Jubilee River, Berks -30 days
3 Brimstone 24th January Geoff Sutton Lye Valley, Oxford, Oxon -1 day
2 Peacock 7th January Mark Dodd Crowthorne, Berks -19 days
1 Red Admiral 1st January Paul Gamble Radley, Oxon -21 days