PHOTOS 2025

Welcome to the Cambridgeshire & Essex Photo page for butterfly (and moth) images sent in to our Sightings page.
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Grizzled Skipper Swaddywell Pit Nature Reserve 17/04/25 © Matthew Webb Grizzled Skipper Swaddywell Pit Nature Reserve 17/04/25 © Matthew Webb	Dingy Skipper Swaddywell Pit Nature Reserve 25/04/25 © Matthew Webb Dingy Skipper Swaddywell Pit Nature Reserve 25/04/25 © Matthew Webb	DingySkipper Swaddywell Pit Nature Reserve 25/04/25 © Matthew Webb DingySkipper Swaddywell Pit Nature Reserve 25/04/25 © Matthew Webb	Small Heath Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ693785) 22/04/25 © David Lazarus Small Heath Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ693785) 22/04/25 © David Lazarus
Brown Argus Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ693785) 22/04/25 © David Lazarus Brown Argus Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ693785) 22/04/25 © David Lazarus	Painted Lady Earls Colne 16/04/25 © Mike Grealy Painted Lady Earls Colne 16/04/25 © Mike Grealy	Grizzled Skipper Holme Fen (TL1989) 18/04/25 © Rosalyn Payne & Phil Bromley Grizzled Skipper Holme Fen (TL1989) 18/04/25 © Rosalyn Payne & Phil Bromley	Latticed Heath Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ691873) 17/04/25 © David Lazarus Latticed Heath Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ691873) 17/04/25 © David Lazarus
Small Heath Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ691873) 17/04/25 © David Lazarus Small Heath Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ691873) 17/04/25 © David Lazarus	Small Copper Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ691873) 17/04/25 © David Lazarus Small Copper Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ691873) 17/04/25 © David Lazarus	Painted Lady Wanstead Flats (TQ406868) 12/04/25 © Ian Watts Painted Lady Wanstead Flats (TQ406868) 12/04/25 © Ian Watts	Green Hairstreak Devils Dyke Newmarket Racecourse (TL6062) 08/04/25 © Richard Berry Green Hairstreak Devils Dyke Newmarket Racecourse (TL6062) 08/04/25 © Richard Berry
Small Copper Holme Fen (TL1989) 08/04/25 © Phil Bromley & Rosalyn Payne Small Copper Holme Fen (TL1989) 08/04/25 © Phil Bromley & Rosalyn Payne	Green Hairstreak Barnack hills &Holes (TF077044) 07/04/25 © Steve Binding + Paul Fisher Green Hairstreak Barnack hills &Holes (TF077044) 07/04/25 © Steve Binding + Paul Fisher	[Holly Blue] Houghton (TL284723) 06/04/25 © John Winterbottom [Holly Blue] Houghton (TL284723) 06/04/25 © John Winterbottom	Grizzled Skipper Paxton Pits (TL198628) 06/04/25 © Iain Whitaker Grizzled Skipper Paxton Pits (TL198628) 06/04/25 © Iain Whitaker
Green-veined White Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 06/04/25 © Phillip Hastings Green-veined White Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 06/04/25 © Phillip Hastings	female Wall Two Tree Island (TQ830852) 04/04/25 © Kathy Hunter female Wall Two Tree Island (TQ830852) 04/04/25 © Kathy Hunter	Speckled Wood Perry Lagoons (TL157669) 31/03/25 © Steve Binding + Paul Fisher Speckled Wood Perry Lagoons (TL157669) 31/03/25 © Steve Binding + Paul Fisher	Orange Tip Great Oakley (TM201280) 30/03/25 © Julian Sidney Orange Tip Great Oakley (TM201280) 30/03/25 © Julian Sidney
Large White Great Oakley (TM201280) 29/03/25 © Julian Sidney Large White Great Oakley (TM201280) 29/03/25 © Julian Sidney	Comma Hadleigh Castle Country Park (TL792861) 26/03/25 © David Lazarus Comma Hadleigh Castle Country Park (TL792861) 26/03/25 © David Lazarus	Peacock Hadleigh Castle Country Park (TL792861) 26/03/25 © David Lazarus Peacock Hadleigh Castle Country Park (TL792861) 26/03/25 © David Lazarus	Brimstone Hadleigh Castle Country Park (TL792861) 26/03/25 © David Lazarus Brimstone Hadleigh Castle Country Park (TL792861) 26/03/25 © David Lazarus
Small Tortoiseshell Baddow Meads (TL718062) 24/03/25 © David Lazarus Small Tortoiseshell Baddow Meads (TL718062) 24/03/25 © David Lazarus	Red Admiral Baddow Meads (TL718062) 24/03/25 © David Lazarus Red Admiral Baddow Meads (TL718062) 24/03/25 © David Lazarus	Green-veined White male Baddow Meads (TL718062) 24/03/25 © David Lazarus Green-veined White male Baddow Meads (TL718062) 24/03/25 © David Lazarus	Peacock Lyonshall Wood, S of Great Leighs (TL7314) 20/03/25 © George Brown Peacock Lyonshall Wood, S of Great Leighs (TL7314) 20/03/25 © George Brown
Comma Lyonshall Wood, S of Great Leighs (TL7314) 20/03/25 © George Brown Comma Lyonshall Wood, S of Great Leighs (TL7314) 20/03/25 © George Brown	Comma Lyonshall Wood, S of Great Leighs (TL7314) 20/03/25 © George Brown Comma Lyonshall Wood, S of Great Leighs (TL7314) 20/03/25 © George Brown	Brimstone male Hatfield Forest (TL540208) 20/03/25 © David Lazarus Brimstone male Hatfield Forest (TL540208) 20/03/25 © David Lazarus	Peacock Hatfield Forest (TL540208) 20/03/25 © David Lazarus Peacock Hatfield Forest (TL540208) 20/03/25 © David Lazarus
Comma Hatfield Forest (TL540208) 20/03/25 © David Lazarus Comma Hatfield Forest (TL540208) 20/03/25 © David Lazarus	Peacock Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 20/03/25 © Phillip Hastings Peacock Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 20/03/25 © Phillip Hastings	Red Admiral Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 09/03/25 © Phillip Hastings Red Admiral Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 09/03/25 © Phillip Hastings	Comma Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 09/03/25 © Phillip Hastings Comma Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 09/03/25 © Phillip Hastings
Brimstone Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 09/03/25 © Phillip Hastings Brimstone Litlington, South Cambs (TL311428) 09/03/25 © Phillip Hastings	Brimstone pair in cop Hatfield Forest (TL532206) 06/03/25 © David Lazarus Brimstone pair in cop Hatfield Forest (TL532206) 06/03/25 © David Lazarus	Comma Hatfield Forest (TL532206) 06/03/25 © David Lazarus Comma Hatfield Forest (TL532206) 06/03/25 © David Lazarus	Small Tortoiseshell Freshfield, Cardinal's Green (TL616584) 02/03/25 © Rosemarie Parks Small Tortoiseshell Freshfield, Cardinal's Green (TL616584) 02/03/25 © Rosemarie Parks
Peacock Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ686876) 05/03/25 © David Lazarus Peacock Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ686876) 05/03/25 © David Lazarus	Comma Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ686876) 05/03/25 © David Lazarus Comma Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ686876) 05/03/25 © David Lazarus	Peacock Meadgate Fields Open Space (TL729056) 04/03/25 © David Lazarus Peacock Meadgate Fields Open Space (TL729056) 04/03/25 © David Lazarus	Brown Hairstreak ova RSPB Rainham Marshes (TQ547788) 14/02/25 © David Lazarus Brown Hairstreak ova RSPB Rainham Marshes (TQ547788) 14/02/25 © David Lazarus
Brown Hairstreak ova Claybury Park (TQ428911) 05/02/25 © David Lazarus Brown Hairstreak ova Claybury Park (TQ428911) 05/02/25 © David Lazarus