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

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13-Nov-2025
From Geoff Dymott : "Single Brimstone in hedgerow along the path across the open access land between Letcombe Bassett, Oxon (SU370845) and Warren Farm."
Brimstone, Letcombe Bassett, Oxon, 13-Nov-2025 (© Geoff Dymott)
From Paul Bowyer & Karen Roberts : "A Holly Blue unexpectedly in our garden today in Flackwell Heath, Bucks (SU895895)."
From David Hastings : "I found eight Red Admirals and a Comma taking advantage of late sunshine in Buckland Warren, Oxon (SU339962) this morning."
Red Admiral, Buckland Warren, Oxon, 13-Nov-2025 (© David Hastings)
08-Nov-2025
From Geoff Dymott : "A single Clouded Yellow in the field margins alongside Letcombe Bassett Field, Oxon (SU373858) today. "
Clouded Yellow, Letcombe Bassett Field, Oxon, 08-Nov-2025 (© Geoff Dymott)
04-Nov-2025
From David Hastings : "I saw a Red Admiral and a Holly Blue in my garden in Aston, Oxon (SP338032) this afternoon. "
Holly Blue, Aston, Oxon, 04-Nov-2025 (© David Hastings)
From Paul Bowyer & Karen Roberts : "There was a Red Admiral in our garden in Flackwell Heath, Bucks (SU895895) today."
02-Nov-2025
From Geoff Dymott : "In the same location (South Fawley, Berks (SU377808)) as the two Small Copper a few days back, one Clouded Yellow today. A good number of flowering plants in a sheltered set aside field corner seems to make it a good refuge for butterflies. No picture unfortunately."
01-Nov-2025
From Peter Kendall : "In good sunshine today at New Workings, Moor Green Lakes, Berks (SU797623), one Clouded Yellow seen flying over rough grassland. Seen at this site since late September, numbers now reduced to perhaps just one."