Butterfly First Sightings : Small Tortoiseshell

This page shows the earliest sightings of the Small Tortoiseshell in the Upper Thames region since 2004 (per UTB Recent Sightings data). The mean first sighting date of this species in the UTB region is 7th February. The "+- days" column shows the difference from the mean.
Date Recorder Location +- days
02-Mar-2025 Geoff Dymott Letcombe Regis, Oxon +23 days
15-Feb-2024 Michael and Diane Hunt Buckingham, Bucks +8 days
05-Feb-2023 Nick Suckling Yarnton, Oxon -2 days
12-Jan-2022 Adrian Buckel Over Norton, Oxon -26 days
17-Feb-2021 Nick Barber Churchill, Oxon +10 days
06-Mar-2020 Chris Carter Alvescot, Oxon +27 days
30-Jan-2019 John Gibbings Cookham, Berks -8 days
25-Jan-2018 Tony Rayner Cholsey, Oxon -13 days
07-Feb-2017 Terry & Judy Wood Little Chalfont, Bucks 0 days
16-Jan-2016 Pete Thompson Wyfold, Oxon -22 days
18-Jan-2015 Tony Rayner Cholsey, Oxon -20 days
11-Jan-2014 Philip & Frances Skinner East Hendred, Oxon -27 days
01-Feb-2013 Tony Rayner Cholsey, Oxon -6 days
23-Feb-2012 Tony Rayner Cholsey, Oxon +16 days
08-Feb-2011 Gillian Taylor Childrey, Oxon +1 day
02-Mar-2010 Steve Croxford Westcott, Bucks +23 days
27-Feb-2009 Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks +20 days
09-Feb-2008 Martin Townsend Oxford, Oxon +2 days
14-Jan-2007 John Harris Frieth, Bucks -24 days
15-Feb-2006 Ali Latham Reading, Berks +8 days
17-Mar-2005 Dave Wilton Finemere Wood, Bucks +38 days
21-Jan-2004 Tom Dunbar Hazlemere, Bucks -17 days