We are up and away with (Dark-Edged) Bee-Fly sightings for 2024

All Sightings submitted to iRecord.

26 March 2024: one (1) Bee-Fly on Bostall Heath

30 March 2024: one (1) Bee-Fly in the Upper Belvedere area

6 April 2024: sixteen (16) Bee-Flies on the Crossness Nature Reserve and surrounding area, including this one...

7 April 2024: seven (7) Bee-Flies on the Crossness Nature Reserve and surrounding area

12 April 2024: one (1) Bee-Fly on Bostall Heath

13 April 2024: four (4) Bee-Flies on the Erith Southern Marsh 

13 April 2024: one (1) Bee-Fly beside the Ridgeway in the Thamesmead/Belvedere area

13 April 2024: two (2) Bee-Flies in Lesnes Abbey Park

13 April 2024: eight (8) Bee-Flies on the Crossness Nature Reserve and surrounding area

18 April 2024: three (3) Bee-Flies on Bostall Heath

Whilst visiting two horses of our acquaintance yesterday in Kent, we looked for Wild Flowers around the Duck Pond and saw:

Annual Meadow-Grass

Daisy
Buttercup (Bulbous)

Buttercup (Meadow)

Common Field-Speedwell
Common Ragwort
Cow Parsley
Dandelion
Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill
Early Forget-me-Not
Groundsel
Red Dead-Nettle
Spotted Medick
Sticky Mouse-Ear
Thale Cress

Wall Speedwell
and White Dead-Nettle

Additionally, we spotted this Hoverfly (Eupeodes sp.) visiting a Dandelion:

Our First Butterfly Sightings in the London Borough of Bexley: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 (ten years)

Our First Sightings are identified for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 viz.

Brimstone: 7 April 2015 ~ 17 March 2016 ~ 11 March 2017 ~ 26 March 2018 ~ 23 February 2019 ~ 11 March 2020 ~ 9 March 2021 ~ 15 March 2022 ~ 23 March 2023 ~ 30 March 2024

Brown Argus: 4 June 2015 ~ 24 May 2016 ~ 10 May 2017 ~ 18 May 2018 ~ 16 May 2019 ~ 7 May 2020 ~ 28 May 2021 ~ 18 May 2022 ~ 27 May 2023

Clouded Yellow: 18 July 2015 ~ 17 August 2016 ~ 31 July 2017 ~ not seen during 2018 ~ 7 September 2019 ~ 3 August 2020 ~ 26 June 2021 ~ not seen during 2022 ~ not seen during 2023

Comma: 9 April 2015 ~ 17 March 2016 ~ 11 March 2017 ~ 14 March 2018 ~ 25 February 2019 ~ 23 March 2020 ~ 22 March 2021 ~ 10 March 2022 ~ 3 April 2023 ~ 30 March 2024

Common Blue: 11 May 2015 ~ 22 May 2016 ~ 2 May 2017 ~ 22 May 2018 ~ 16 May 2019 ~ 10 May 2020 ~ 5 June 2021 ~ 18 May 2022 ~ 27 May 2023

Essex Skipper: 25 June 2015 ~ 25 June 2016 ~ 16 June 2017 ~ 29 June 2018 ~ 20 June 2019 ~ 13 June 2020 (we had previously seen an Essex Skipper beside The Ridgeway in the Plumstead area, the Royal Borough of Greenwich, on 30 May 2020: confirmed as the first sighting, submitted to Butterfly Conservation, of the species in the United Kingdom during 2020)  ~ 24 June 2021 ~ 18 June 2022 ~ 9 June 2023

Gatekeeper: 3 July 2015 ~ 6 July 2016 ~ 30 June 2017 ~ 29 June 2018 ~ 6 July 2019 ~ 11 July 2020 ~ 16 July 2021 ~ 2 July 2022 ~ 6 July 2023

Green Hairstreak: 28 April 2015 ~ 3 May 2016 ~ 6 April 2017 ~ 19 April 2018 ~ 19 April 2019 ~ 26 April 2020 ~ 19 April 2021 ~ 26 May 2022 ~ 2 June 2023 ~ 13 April 2024

Green-Veined White: 30 March 2015 ... confirmed as the first sighting, submitted to Butterfly Conservation, of the species in the United Kingdom during 2015 ~ 2 April 2016 ~ 27 March 2017 ~ 14 April 2018 ~ 28 March 2019 ~ 5 April 2020 ~ 4 April 2021 ~ 25 March 2022 ~ 3 April 2023 ... confirmed as the first sighting, submitted to Butterfly Conservation, of the species in the United Kingdom during 2023 ~ 6 April 2024

Holly Blue: 22 April 2015 ~ 4 May 2016 ~ 8 April 2017 ~ 22 April 2018 ~ 14 April 2019 ~ 16 April 2020 ~ 7 May 2021 ~ 18 April 2022 ~ 25 April 2023 

Large Skipper: 5 June 2015 ~ 8 June 2016 ~ 1 June 2017 ~ 2 June 2018 ~ 2 June 2019 ~ 26 May 2020 ~ 26 June 2021 ~ 2 June 2022 ~ 21 June 2023

Large White: 1 May 2015 ~ 30 April 2016 ~ 10 July 2017 ~ 4 April 2018 ~ 1 June 2019 ~ 19 April 2020 ~ 26 June 2021 ~ 20 June 2022 ~ 4 June 2023

Long-Tailed Blue: not seen during 2015 ~ not seen during 2016 ~ not seen during 2017 ~ 29 October 2018 (a one off probably) ~ not seen during 2019 ~ not seen during 2020 ~ not seen during 2021 ~ not seen during 2022 ~ not seen during 2023

Marbled White: 24 June 2015 ~ 17 July 2016 ~ 16 June 2017 ~ 20 June 2018 ~ 22 June 2019 ~ 15 June 2020 ~ 24 June 2021 ~ 15 June 2022 ~ 17 June 2023

Meadow Brown: 18 June 2015 ~ 18 June 2016 ~ 7 June 2017 ~ 8 June 2018 ~ 1 June 2019 ~ 13 June 2020 ~ 15 June 2021 ~ 15 June 2022 ~ 21 June 2023

Orange-Tip: 7 April 2015 ~ 12 April 2016 ~ 28 March 2017 ~ 14 April 2018 ~ 28 March 2019 ~ 23 March 2020 ~ 4 April 2021 ~ 26 March 2022 ~ 7 April 2023 ~ 6 April 2024

Painted Lady: 7 June 2015 ~ 5 June 2016 ~ 20 May 2017 ~ 15 June 2018 ~ 24 June 2019 ~ not seen during 2020 ~ 23 April 2021 ~ 17 May 2022 ~ 7 April 2023

Peacock: 30 March 2015 ~ 30 March 2016 ~ 9 March 2017 ~ 21 March 2018 ~ 25 February 2019 ~ 6 March 2020 ~ 26 February 2021  ~ 15 March 2022 ~ 23 March 2023 ~ 4 March 2024

Purple Hairstreak: 5 August 2015 ~ 18 July 2016 ~ not seen during 2017 ~ not seen during 2018 ~ not seen during 2019 ~ 1 July 2020 ~ not seen during 2021 ~ not seen during 2022 ~ not seen during 2023

Red Admiral: 7 March 2015 ~ 28 March 2016 ~ 28 February 2017 ~ 19 May 2018 ~ 19 February 2019 ~ 6 March 2020 ~ 22 June 2021 ~ 19 March 2022 ~ 2 June 2023 ~ 12 February 2024

Ringlet: 25 June 2015 ~ 24 June 2016 ~ 14 June 2017 ~ 20 June 2018 ~ 22 June 2019 ~ 20 June 2020 ~ 24 June 2021 ~ 18 June 2022 ~ 28 June 2023

Silver-Washed Fritillary: not seen during 2015 ~ 23 July 2016 ~ not seen during 2017 ~ not seen during 2018 ~ not seen during 2019 ~ not seen during 2020 ~ not seen during 2021 ~ not seen during 2022 ~ not seen during 2023

Small Copper: 4 May 2015 ~ 4 June 2016 ~ 10 May 2017 ~ 20 May 2018 ~ 21 April 2019 ~ 10 May 2020 ~ 7 June 2021 ~ 18 May 2022 ~ 9 June 2023

Small Heath: not seen during 2015 ~ 26 May 2016 ~ 20 May 2017 ~ 20 May 2018 ~ 16 May 2019 ~ 9 May 2020 ~ 28 May 2021 ~ 29 May 2022 ~ 9 June 2023 

Small Skipper: 16 June 2015 ~ 24 June 2016 ~ 10 June 2017 ~ 15 June 2018 ~ 20 June 2019 ~ 9 June 2020 ~ 24 June 2021 ~ 15 June 2022 ~ 17 June 2023

Small Tortoiseshell: 7 March 2015 ~ 28 January 2016 ~ 11 March 2017 ~ 22 March 2018 ~ 22 February 2019 ~ 21 March 2020 ~ 9 March 2021 ~ 8 March 2022 ~ 4 April 2023

Small White: 7 April 2015 ~ 25 March 2016 ~ 11 March 2017 ~ 5 April 2018 ~ 28 March 2019 ~ 26 March 2020 ~ 22 March 2021 ~ 9 February 2022 ~ 15 February 2023 ... confirmed as the first sighting, submitted to Butterfly Conservation, of the species in the United Kingdom during 2023 ~ 7 April 2024

Speckled Wood: 9 April 2015 ~ 6 March 2016 ~ 28 March 2017 ~ 19 April 2018 ~ 28 March 2019 ~ 9 April 2020 ~ 9 April 2021 ~ 21 March 2022 ~ 3 April 2023 ~ 30 March 2024

White Admiral: not seen during 2015 ~ 21 July 2016 ~ 24 June 2017 ~ 23 June 2018 ~ not seen during 2019 ~ not seen during 2020 ~ not seen during 2021 ~ not seen during 2022 ~ not seen during 2023

White Letter Hairstreak: 22 July 2015 ~ not seen during 2016 ~ not seen during 2017 ~ not seen during 2018 ~ not seen during 2019 ~ not seen during 2020 ~ not seen during 2021 ~ not seen during 2022 ~ not seen during 2023

Wild Flowers growing in our Road (at Home)

A few years go we submitted a list of Wild Flowers seen in our local Monad to the County Recording Group. 

We think it about time to record Wild Flowers seen in/from our Road (a couple of hundred yards long if that), whether on the Pavements, in Road-Side Gutters or in Front Gardens.  The list will grow as the year advances:

Annual Meadow-Grass

Cleavers

Common Chickweed

Common Whitlowgrass

Creeping Thistle

Fairy-Purses (aka Shepherd's-Purse)

Four-Leaved Allseed

Groundsel

Hairy Bittercress

Jersey Cudweed viz.

Lesser Swine-Cress

Pearlwort

Petty Spurge

Red Dead-Nettle

Rue-Leaved Saxifrage

Shining Crane's-Bill

Sticky Mouse-Ear

Thale Cress

and Wall Speedwell

To the New Woolwich Cemetery via the East Wickham Open Space

In the New Woolwich Cemetery, we saw our first Small White Butterfly of the year and a possible Green-Veined White Butterfly. Also a Common Carder (Ginger-Bonce) Bee visiting Green Alkanet viz.

Plant species seen flowering in the Cemetery included:

Comfrey (either Common or White)

Common Field-Speedwell

Common Stork's-Bill

Daisy

Dandelion
Field Wood-Rush

Green Alkanet

Meadow Foxtail

Red Dead-Nettle

and Sweet Vernal Grass viz.

In the nearby Old Woolwich Cemetery there was lots of Spring Beauty: not yet flowering.

And on the East Wickham Open Space, there were a few Hairy-Footed Flower-Bees visiting Red Dead-Nettle and we saw our first Buttercups of the year including this Bulbous Buttercup viz. sepals turned down:

Did I visit the C17? Updated...

I have been Church Watching in the City of London for getting on for two years now: a favourite Church, if I have one, is St Martin-within-Ludgate. It was there I first came across the (wood) carving of William Emmett, on a door-case. Sadly, the carving has been ruined by coats of varnish and stain: probably by the Victorians.

The Church was rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666: but survived World War II, essentially unscathed. Much of the furniture &c. is C17. 

I became better acquainted with Emmett's work in St Mary Abchurch: he carved the Font Cover, the Royal (Stuart) Arms, a Lion and a Unicorn. This is the Lion: 

Super impressive. 

 
As such I have developed an admiration for him but certainly wasn't expecting what was going to happen during my last stint watching at St Martin-within-Ludgate.

Sitting on a pew, I closed my eyes for no particular reason and saw a man working in the area where the door-case is: he was dressed in a voluminous white shirt and a light brown waistcoat type arrangement. The inside of the Church was chaotic: rubble and stone everywhere. Looking outside, Ludgate Hill was crowded with people and carts: the road was a brown colour. Then back to reality: if there is such a thing. So: did I see the Church being rebuilt during the late-C17? And Emmett working on this door-case? 

Or what? The scene was and still is, extremely vivid.  

Update: was speaking to someone yesterday who knows the City' Churches very well and who saw a ghostly Bishop in St Mary Abchurch, a while ago.

Additional Update: the experience has been reported to the 'Society for Psychical Research'.

Wild Flowers seen flowering locally during December 2023, January 2024 and February 2024 (the Winter)

Although we won't be participating in the Wildflower Society', Winter Plant Hunt, we have decided to record Wild Flowers seen in flower locally, as a matter of general curiosity. So here goes (individual species will only be included once viz. in the month they were first seen):

December 2023:

Annual Mercury

Bristly Oxtongue

Campion (a pink version)

Common Chickweed

Daisy viz.

Dandelion

Golden Samphire

Groundsel

Hawkweed Oxtongue

Ivy-Leaved Toadflax

Jersey Cudweed

Narrow-Leaved Ragwort 

Oxford Ragwort

Red Dead-Nettle

Scentless Mayweed

Shepherd's-Purse

Sow-Thistle

White Dead-Nettle

and Yarrow

January 2024:

Hazel (catkins)

Lesser Celandine

and Sweet Violet

February 2024:

Alexanders

Coltsfoot viz.

Common Field Speedwell

Common Fumitory

Common Whitlowgrass viz.

Early Dog-Violet

Goat Willow (aka Pussy Willow) viz. 

Grape Hyacinth

Green Alkanet

Hairy Bitter-Cress

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell

Primrose

Rue-Leaved Saxifrage viz.

Three-Cornered Garlic/Leek

White Ramping-Fumitory viz.

and Wild Daffodil (Lesnes Abbey Woods)

Resulting in a total of thirty-eight (38) species.

Birds: Our 2024 'Year' List

And it starts all over again. Our 2024 Species' Year List (including where first seen):

Avocet (Thames Foreshore, Greenhithe, Kent) viz.

Black-Headed Gull (West Lake, Thamesmead)

Black-Tailed Godwit (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith)

Blackbird (Thamesmead Ecology Study Area)

Blue Tit (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith)

Canada Goose (Southmere Lake and Surrounding Area)

Carrion Crow (Thamesmead Area)

Caspian Gull (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Thamesmead) viz.

Chaffinch (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith)

Chiffchaff (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith)

Collared Dove (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith) 

Common Gull (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith) viz.

Common Sandpiper (beside the Outfall of the Crossness Sewage Works)

Coot (West Lake, Thamesmead)

Cormorant (West Lake, Thamesmead)

Curlew (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Thamesmead)

Dunlin (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Thamesmead)

Dunnock (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Belvedere)

Egyptian Goose (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith)

Goldfinch (Grounds of the Crossness Sewage Works)

Great Black-Backed Gull (West Lake, Thamesmead)

Great Crested Grebe (Southmere Lake and Surrounding Area) viz.

 

Great Tit (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith) 

Grey Heron (Thamesmead Ecology Study Area)

Grey Wagtail (Thamesmead Ecology Study Area)

Greylag Goose (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Thamesmead)

House Sparrow (Southmere Lake and Surrounding Area)

Jackdaw (Betsham, Kent)

Lapwing (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Thamesmead)

Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Thamesmead)

Linnet (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith)

Little Grebe (Southmere Lake and Surrounding Area)

Magpie (Thamesmead Area)

Mallard (West Lake, Thamesmead)

Moorhen (Thamesmead Area)

Oystercatcher (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Belvedere) 

Pied Wagtail (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith)

Pochard (West Lake, Thamesmead)

Redshank (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith)

Rock Pipit (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith)

Ring Necked Parakeet (Thames Path and River Foreshore. Erith)

Ringed Plover (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Belvedere) viz.

Shelduck (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Thamesmead)

Shoveler (West Lake, Thamesmead)

Snipe (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Belvedere)

Starling (Thamesmead Area)

Tufted Duck (West Lake, Thamesmead)

Wigeon (Thames Path and River Foreshore, Erith) viz.

and Wood Pigeon (Thamesmead Area)

Wild Flowers in flower on 1 January 2024

We aren't submitting anything for the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI), New Year Plant Hunt: but wild flowers in flower seen locally on 1 January 2024 included:

Daisy viz.

Groundsel viz.

Red Dead-Nettle

Shepherd's (aka Fairies) Purse viz.

and Yarrow viz.

Birds: Our 2023 'Year' List

Our 2023 Species' Year List (including where first seen):

Avocet (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Bar-Tailed Godwit (Thames' Foreshore, Thamesmead)

Barn Owl (Crossness Nature Reserve)

Blackbird (Crossness Nature Reserve)

Black-Headed Gull (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Black-Tailed Godwit (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Blue Tit (Garden, at Home)

Buzzard (over the Crossness Nature Reserve)

Canada Goose (Southmere Lake)

Carrion Crow (Grounds of St John the Baptist, Erith)

Cetti's Warbler (Crossness Nature Reserve)

Chiffchaff (beside the Thames Path, Belvedere)

Common Gull (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Common Sandpiper (beside the Outfall, the Crossness Sewage Works) viz.

Common Snipe (Crossness Nature Reserve)

Coot (Southmere Lake)

Curlew (Thames Foreshore, Belvedere) viz.

Dunlin (Thames' Foreshore, Thamesmead) viz.

Dunnock (beside the Thames Path, Belvedere)

Egyptian Goose (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Feral Pigeon (Garden, at Home)  

Gadwall (Southmere Lake)

Garganey (Thames' Foreshore, Belvedere) viz.

Goldfinch (Quadrant area) 

Great Black-Backed Gull (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Great Crested Grebe (Southmere Lake)

Great Spotted Woodpecker (beside Corinthian Manorway)

Great Tit (beside the Thames Path, Thamesmead)

Green Woodpecker (Crossness Nature Reserve)

Grey Heron (Heronry, off Templar Drive, Thamesmead) viz.

Greylag Goose (the Crossness Nature Reserve)

Grey Wagtail (the Pool beside Church Manorway, Erith) viz.

Herring Gull (Green Park)

House Marten (Greenhithe, Kent)

House Sparrow (Garden, at Home)

Jackdaw (Betsham, Kent) viz.

Kestrel (the Crossness Nature Reserve) viz.

Lapwing (Southern Erith Marsh)

Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Thames' Foreshore, Belvedere)

Linnet (beside the Thames Path, Erith) viz.

Little Grebe (Southmere Lake) viz.

Long-Tailed Tit (Heronry, off Templar Drive, Thamesmead) 

Magpie (Grounds of St John the Baptist, Erith)

Mallard (Thames' Foreshore, Erith) viz.

Marsh Harrier (over the Crossness Nature Reserve)

Mediterranean Gull (Thames' Foreshore, Erith) viz.

Mistile Thrush (Grounds at Hall Place)

Moorhen (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Mute Swan (Southmere Lake)

Oystercatcher (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Peregrine Falcon (on the side of the Waste Incinerator, Belvedere) viz.

Pied Wagtail (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Pochard (Southmere Lake) viz.

Redshank (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)\

Redstart (Crossness Nature Reserve)

Red-Legged Partridge (Betsham, Kent) viz.

Redwing (beside Corinthian Manorway)

Reed Bunting (Crossness Nature Reserve)

Reed Warbler (in the reeds beside the Pool in Church Manorway)

Ring-Necked Parakeet (beside the Thames Path, Erith)

Ringed Plover (Thames' Foreshore, Belvedere) viz.

Robin (beside New Road)

Rock Pipit (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Ruddy Shelduck (Thames' Forsehore, Thamesmead)

Ruff (beside the Outfall, the Crossness Sewage Works) viz.

Sand Martin (Southwold, Suffolk)

Shelduck (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Shoveler (the Outfall, the Crossness Sewage Works)

Song Thrush (beside Corinthian Manorway)

Starling (Southmere Park)

Stonechat (the Crossness Nature Reserve) viz.

Swallow (Betsham, Kent) viz.

Teal (Thames' Foreshore, Erith)

Tufted Duck (Southmere Lake)

Wheatear (Crossness Nature Reserve)

Wigeon (the Outfall, the Crossness Sewage Works)

Wood Pigeon (Garden, at Home)

and Wren (South Kensington Underground Railway Station)

Our First Butterfly Sightings in the London Borough of Bexley: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023

Our First Sightings are Identified for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 viz.

Brimstone: 7 April 2015 ~ 17 March 2016 ~ 11 March 2017 ~ 26 March 2018 ~ 23 February 2019 ~ 11 March 2020 ~ 9 March 2021 ~ 15 March 2022 ~ 23 March 2023

Brown Argus: 4 June 2015 ~ 24 May 2016 ~ 10 May 2017 ~ 18 May 2018 ~ 16 May 2019 ~ 7 May 2020 ~ 28 May 2021 ~ 18 May 2022 ~ 27 May 2023

Clouded Yellow: 18 July 2015 ~ 17 August 2016 ~ 31 July 2017 ~ not seen during 2018 ~ 7 September 2019 ~ 3 August 2020 ~ 26 June 2021 ~ not seen during 2022

Comma: 9 April 2015 ~ 17 March 2016 ~ 11 March 2017 ~ 14 March 2018 ~ 25 February 2019 ~ 23 March 2020 ~ 22 March 2021 ~ 10 March 2022 ~ 3 April 2023

Common Blue: 11 May 2015 ~ 22 May 2016 ~ 2 May 2017 ~ 22 May 2018 ~ 16 May 2019 ~ 10 May 2020 ~ 5 June 2021 ~ 18 May 2022 ~ 27 May 2023

Essex Skipper: 25 June 2015 ~ 25 June 2016 ~ 16 June 2017 ~ 29 June 2018 ~ 20 June 2019 ~ 13 June 2020 (we had previously seen an Essex Skipper beside The Ridgeway in the Plumstead area, the Royal Borough of Greenwich, on 30 May 2020: confirmed as the first sighting, submitted to Butterfly Conservation, of the species in the United Kingdom during 2020)  ~ 24 June 2021 ~ 18 June 2022 ~ 9 June 2023 viz.

Gatekeeper: 3 July 2015 ~ 6 July 2016 ~ 30 June 2017 ~ 29 June 2018 ~ 6 July 2019 ~ 11 July 2020 ~ 16 July 2021 ~ 2 July 2022

Green Hairstreak: 28 April 2015 ~ 3 May 2016 ~ 6 April 2017 ~ 19 April 2018 ~ 19 April 2019 ~ 26 April 2020 ~ 19 April 2021 ~ 26 May 2022 ~ 2 June 2023

Green-Veined White: 30 March 2015 ~ 2 April 2016 ~ 27 March 2017 ~ 14 April 2018 ~ 28 March 2019 ~ 5 April 2020 ~ 4 April 2021 ~ 25 March 2022 ~ 3 April 2023 ... confirmed as the first sighting, submitted to Butterfly Conservation, of the species in the United Kingdom during 2023 ... viz.

Holly Blue: 22 April 2015 ~ 4 May 2016 ~ 8 April 2017 ~ 22 April 2018 ~ 14 April 2019 ~ 16 April 2020 ~ 7 May 2021 ~ 18 April 2022 ~ 25 April 2023 viz. 

Large Skipper: 5 June 2015 ~ 8 June 2016 ~ 1 June 2017 ~ 2 June 2018 ~ 2 June 2019 ~ 26 May 2020 ~ 26 June 2021 ~ 2 June 2022 ~ 21 June 2023

Large White: 1 May 2015 ~ 30 April 2016 ~ 10 July 2017 ~ 4 April 2018 ~ 1 June 2019 ~ 19 April 2020 ~ 26 June 2021 ~ 20 June 2022 ~ 4 June 2023

Long-Tailed Blue: not seen during 2015 ~ not seen during 2016 ~ not seen during 2017 ~ 29 October 2018 (a one off probably) ~ not seen during 2019 ~ not seen during 2020 ~ not seen during 2021

Marbled White: 24 June 2015 ~ 17 July 2016 ~ 16 June 2017 ~ 20 June 2018 ~ 22 June 2019 ~ 15 June 2020 ~ 24 June 2021 ~ 15 June 2022 ~ 17 June 2023 viz.

Meadow Brown: 18 June 2015 ~ 18 June 2016 ~ 7 June 2017 ~ 8 June 2018 ~ 1 June 2019 ~ 13 June 2020 ~ 15 June 2021 ~ 15 June 2022 ~ 21 June 2023

Orange-Tip: 7 April 2015 ~ 12 April 2016 ~ 28 March 2017 ~ 14 April 2018 ~ 28 March 2019 ~ 23 March 2020 ~ 4 April 2021 ~ 26 March 2022 ~ 7 April 2023

Painted Lady: 7 June 2015 ~ 5 June 2016 ~ 20 May 2017 ~ 15 June 2018 ~ 24 June 2019 ~ not seen during 2020 ~ 23 April 2021 ~ 17 May 2022 ~ 7 April 2023 viz.

Peacock: 30 March 2015 ~ 30 March 2016 ~ 9 March 2017 ~ 21 March 2018 ~ 25 February 2019 ~ 6 March 2020 ~ 26 February 2021  ~ 15 March 2022 ~ 23 March 2023 viz. 

Purple Hairstreak: 5 August 2015 ~ 18 July 2016 ~ not seen during 2017 ~ not seen during 2018 ~ not seen during 2019 ~ 1 July 2020 ~ not seen during 2021 ~ not seen during 2022

Red Admiral: 7 March 2015 ~ 28 March 2016 ~ 28 February 2017 ~ 19 May 2018 ~ 19 February 2019 ~ 6 March 2020 ~ 22 June 2021 ~ 19 March 2022 ~ 2 June 2023

Ringlet: 25 June 2015 ~ 24 June 2016 ~ 14 June 2017 ~ 20 June 2018 ~ 22 June 2019 ~ 20 June 2020 ~ 24 June 2021 ~ 18 June 2022 ~ 28 June 2023

Silver-Washed Fritillary: not seen during 2015 ~ 23 July 2016 ~ not seen during 2017 ~ not seen during 2018 ~ not seen during 2019 ~ not seen during 2020 ~ not seen during 2021 ~ not seen during 2022

Small Copper: 4 May 2015 ~ 4 June 2016 ~ 10 May 2017 ~ 20 May 2018 ~ 21 April 2019 ~ 10 May 2020 ~ 7 June 2021 ~ 18 May 2022 ~ 9 June 2023

Small Heath: not seen during 2015 ~ 26 May 2016 ~ 20 May 2017 ~ 20 May 2018 ~ 16 May 2019 ~ 9 May 2020 ~ 28 May 2021 ~ 29 May 2022 ~ 9 June 2023 viz.

Small Skipper: 16 June 2015 ~ 24 June 2016 ~ 10 June 2017 ~ 15 June 2018 ~ 20 June 2019 ~ 9 June 2020 ~ 24 June 2021 ~ 15 June 2022 ~ 17 June 2023

Small Tortoiseshell: 7 March 2015 ~ 28 January 2016 ~ 11 March 2017 ~ 22 March 2018 ~ 22 February 2019 ~ 21 March 2020 ~ 9 March 2021 ~ 8 March 2022 ~ 4 April 2023 viz.

Small White: 7 April 2015 ~ 25 March 2016 ~ 11 March 2017 ~ 5 April 2018 ~ 28 March 2019 ~ 26 March 2020 ~ 22 March 2021 ~ 9 February 2022 ~ 15 February 2023 ... confirmed as the first sighting, submitted to Butterfly Conservation, of the species in the United Kingdom during 2023... viz.

Speckled Wood: 9 April 2015 ~ 6 March 2016 ~ 28 March 2017 ~ 19 April 2018 ~ 28 March 2019 ~ 9 April 2020 ~ 9 April 2021 ~ 21 March 2022 ~ 3 April 2023

White Admiral: not seen during 2015 ~ 21 July 2016 ~ 24 June 2017 ~ 23 June 2018 ~ not seen during 2019 ~ not seen during 2020 ~ not seen during 2021 ~ not seen during 2022

White Letter Hairstreak: 22 July 2015 ~ not seen during 2016 ~ not seen during 2017 ~ not seen during 2018 ~ not seen during 2019 ~ not seen during 2020 ~ not seen during 2021 ~ not seen during 2022