First Butterfly of the year? (4 Viewers)

[Farnboro John]

Brimstone day locally with two at Pondtail in Fleet and one along Blunden Road in Farnborough this lunchtime.

No garden record yet this year - on alert.....

John

 

[Kits]

First Brimstone in the garden this morning.

 

[Jon Turner]

News from North Devon: a friend saw 2 Red Admirals on the wing at Rosemoor a couple of days ago. Another colleague had a Brimstone through his garden in South Molton today, and as the temperature climbs each day in the last week or so I finally had a Small Tortoiseshell in the bird reserve I look after this morning. (Not the species I was expecting though!)

 

[aeshna5]

At Osterley garden centre a Peacock whizzing past was my first butterfly of the year.

 

[Xenospiza]

Eight Brimstones on a short trip to the town centre were my first butterflies of the year.

A Peacock in the garden a bit later.

 

[aeshna5]

Red Admiral & up to 4 male Brimstones at London Wetland Centre today.

 

[aeshna5]

On Hounslow Heath today my first 2 Comma-one an immaculate specimen while the other had lost most of the scales on one upper forewing. Also 3 male Brimstone, Peacock & Red Admiral.

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Brimstone at Burton Mere my first Butterfly of 2025

 

[Richard D]

Not first butterfly of year, but first Brimstone today.

 

[Owene]

First Red Admiral yesterday was my actual first. Small (I assume) White today, from the car so can’t be totally sure which white.

 

[Xenospiza]

My earliest ever Speckled Wood today.

 

[aeshna5]

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First Red Admiral yesterday was my actual first. Small (I assume) White today, from the car so can’t be totally sure which white.

Was in the same boat today when I spotted a white from the bus. Almost certainly a Small White.

 

[WalterRayle]

My first Peacock today (09/03) in S. Hants after a number of Red Admiral already.

 

[aeshna5]

After a butterfly free week it was good to see 3 Commas yesterday. A very cold easterly but pleasantly warm out of the wind.

 

[dantheman]

Was in the same boat today when I spotted a white from the bus. Almost certainly a Small White.

So which was it? - were you travelling by bus or boat?

(Sorry ;-) )


Yet to see another butterfly this year.

 

[Southern Viking]

2 Peacocks in my coastal Worthing garden this morning. Red Admiral at Arundel WWT last weekend. If I wasn't working tomorrow it looks like good displaying Gos weather at West Dean (and some Brimstones/Comma etc into the bargain), but sadly I am!

 

[Jon Turner]

Rocketing temperatures here in N Devon have brought out several Peacocks to join the Small Tortoise-shells.

 

[Southern Viking]

I had my first 2 Small Whites and first Brimstone today, as well as Peacock and Red Admiral in Littlehampton

 

[Owene]

First brimstone today. 2 from the car on a very hot morning

 

[Richard D]

First Peacock and Comma of year in garden yesterday, and Tortoiseshells along creek.