Welcome to the Cambridgeshire & Essex Photo page for butterfly (and moth) images sent in to our Sightings page.
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Purple Emperor Rowney Woods (TL5733) 06/07/22 © Richard Berry Purple Emperor Rowney Woods (TL5733) 06/07/22 © Richard Berry | Purple Emperor Rowney Woods (TL5733) 06/07/22 © Richard Berry Purple Emperor Rowney Woods (TL5733) 06/07/22 © Richard Berry | Purple hairstreak Rowney Wood, Debden (TL572338) 06/07/22 © Ian Watts Purple hairstreak Rowney Wood, Debden (TL572338) 06/07/22 © Ian Watts | Male Purple Emperor purple sheen not visible Hadleigh Great Wood (TQ823876) 29/06/22 © Mary Britton Male Purple Emperor purple sheen not visible Hadleigh Great Wood (TQ823876) 29/06/22 © Mary Britton |
Male Purple Emperor probing Hadleigh Great Wood (TQ823876) 29/06/22 © Mary Britton Male Purple Emperor probing Hadleigh Great Wood (TQ823876) 29/06/22 © Mary Britton | Male Purple Emperor butterfly Hadleigh Great Wood (TQ823876) 29/06/22 © Mary Britton Male Purple Emperor butterfly Hadleigh Great Wood (TQ823876) 29/06/22 © Mary Britton | Marbled White Great Staughton Old Cemetery (TL123647) 05/07/22 © Steve Binding Marbled White Great Staughton Old Cemetery (TL123647) 05/07/22 © Steve Binding | Gatekeeper male Great Staughton Old Cemetery (TL123647) 05/07/22 © Steve Binding Gatekeeper male Great Staughton Old Cemetery (TL123647) 05/07/22 © Steve Binding |
Meadow Brown feeding on Buddleia Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 05/07/22 © Phillip Hastings Meadow Brown feeding on Buddleia Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 05/07/22 © Phillip Hastings | Holly Blue feedng on Wild Marjoram Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 05/07/22 © Phillip Hastings Holly Blue feedng on Wild Marjoram Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 05/07/22 © Phillip Hastings | Small Skipper feeding on Buddleia Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 05/07/22 © Phillip Hastings Small Skipper feeding on Buddleia Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 05/07/22 © Phillip Hastings | [TITLE NEEDED] Stour Wood (TM189310) 04/07/22 © Liz Huxley [TITLE NEEDED] Stour Wood (TM189310) 04/07/22 © Liz Huxley |
Purple Emperor at close range Camps End (TL6142) 04/07/22 © Yali Xue, Chris Tyler-Smith Purple Emperor at close range Camps End (TL6142) 04/07/22 © Yali Xue, Chris Tyler-Smith | [TITLE NEEDED] Manor Park Wood, Rampton (TL4368) 04/07/22 © David Bradley [TITLE NEEDED] Manor Park Wood, Rampton (TL4368) 04/07/22 © David Bradley | Purple Emperor Woodwalton Fen (TL230849) 04/07/22 © Phil Bromley & Rosalyn Payne Purple Emperor Woodwalton Fen (TL230849) 04/07/22 © Phil Bromley & Rosalyn Payne | Purple Emperor Woodwalton Fen (TL230849) 04/07/22 © Phil Bromley & Rosalyn Payne Purple Emperor Woodwalton Fen (TL230849) 04/07/22 © Phil Bromley & Rosalyn Payne |
Purple Emperor in swan's nest. Woodwalton Fen (TL230849) 04/07/22 © Phil Bromley & Rosalyn Payne Purple Emperor in swan's nest. Woodwalton Fen (TL230849) 04/07/22 © Phil Bromley & Rosalyn Payne | Essex Skipper Great Staughton Meadow (TL127646) 03/07/22 © Steve Binding Essex Skipper Great Staughton Meadow (TL127646) 03/07/22 © Steve Binding | Meadow Brown abb Great Staughton Meadow (TL127646) 03/07/22 © Steve Binding Meadow Brown abb Great Staughton Meadow (TL127646) 03/07/22 © Steve Binding | Meadow Brown feeding on Privet flowers Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 03/07/22 © Phillip Hastings Meadow Brown feeding on Privet flowers Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 03/07/22 © Phillip Hastings |