Butterfly Sightings for October 2025 (Species seen this year: 45)

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24-Oct-2025
From David Ferguson : "Pristine female Holly Blue at Little Marlow, Bucks (SU883875) today."
Holly Blue, Little Marlow, Bucks, 24-Oct-2025 (© David Ferguson)
22-Oct-2025
From Chris Carter : "A Comma was alternately basking in strong sunshine and nectaring on Buddleja 'Lochinch' in our garden at Alvescot, Oxon (SP271040) around midday today. A Red Admiral has been around in recent days, but not seen today; Whites seem to have vanished quite suddenly."
Comma, Alvescot, Oxon, 22-Oct-2025 (© Chris Carter)
11-Oct-2025
From Stephen Harley : "4 Clouded Yellows, 1 Painted Lady, 2 Red Admirals seen in Buckler's Forest, Berks (SU848653) today."
Clouded Yellow, Buckler's Forest, Berks, 11-Oct-2025 (© Stephen Harley)
06-Oct-2025
From Tom Dunbar : "Glorious 20°C weather at Grangelands, Bucks (SP827048) this afternoon. 5 species seen on the chalk downland: 1 Brimstone, 1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Small Copper, 1 Brown Argus, 4 Meadow Brown. Clouded Yellow clearly recorded nectaring at ground level but photograph not possible."
From David Hastings : "I saw a Clouded Yellow on the grassy bank on the west side of Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon (SP440065) this morning. Also a Speckled Wood and four Red Admirals at various places on the site."
Clouded Yellow, Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon, 06-Oct-2025 (© David Hastings)
05-Oct-2025
From David Hastings : "I found five Speckled Wood at Standlake Common, Oxon (SP391019) this morning, including a female in good condition. "
Speckled Wood, Standlake Common, Oxon, 05-Oct-2025 (© David Hastings)
From Chris Carter : "In our garden at Alvescot, Oxon (SP271040) this has perhaps been the year of the Speckled Wood. I can't remember a single day since early April when one, or half a dozen or more could not be found here; their curious overlapping generations seem to have become continuous. Today's photo must surely represent the end of the line for 2025. I remember my father in about 1948, when my interest in butterflies was just starting, pointing out a Speckled Wood which caught his eye (in Pembrokeshire) because it was then beginning to reappear after its slump in the 19th and early 20th centuries. By contrast I have only seen two Small Tortoiseshells here this year, both soon after hibernation. Since then - nothing."
Speckled Wood, Alvescot, Oxon, 05-Oct-2025 (© Chris Carter)