First Sightings 2022 - Somerset & Bristol
This page shows the first confirmed sighting of butterflies in Somerset and Bristol sent to the Branch Butterfly Records Coordinator.
If you think you have seen a butterfly which could be a first sighting of that species for the current year (outside & active), please send your record with the species name, date seen & site name/location to the Branch Butterfly Records Coordinator. Click here to send email
Click here to view last year's (2021) first sightings page.
Species | 1st Sighting date | Location | |
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Skippers | |||
Dingy Skipper | 14th April | Mendip Hills | |
Essex Skipper | 16th June | Shute Shelve, Axbridge | |
Grizzled Skipper | 3rd April | Mendip Hills | |
Large Skipper |
19th May |
Stockwood Open Space, Bristol | |
Small Skipper | 11th June | multiple locations | |
Whites & Yellows | |||
Brimstone | 1st Jan | Shapwick Heath NNR | |
Clouded Yellow | 24th April | Catsford Common | |
Green-veined White | 19th March | Glastonbury | |
Large White | 11th April | Wookey | |
Orange-Tip | 4th March | Bleadon | |
Small White | 27th Feb | Taunton | |
Hairstreaks | |||
Brown Hairstreak | 27th July | Netherclay LNR, Taunton | |
Green Hairstreak | 15th April | Nr Faulkland | |
Purple Hairstreak | 20th June | Shapwick Heath (Sweet Track) & East Woodlands, Frome | |
White-letter Hairstreak | 26th June | Lords Wood | |
Blues & Coppers | |||
Adonis Blue | |||
Brown Argus | 30th April | Mendip Hills & Hatch Hill | |
Chalk Hill Blue | 11th July | Draycott Sleights | |
Common Blue | 18th April | Axbridge | |
Holly Blue | 22nd March | Bath | |
Large Blue | 28th May | Green Down | |
Small Blue | 14th May | Draycott Sleights | |
Small Copper | 27th March | Shute Shelve | |
Vanessids | |||
Comma | 2nd February | Nailsea | |
Painted Lady | 26th March | Taunton area | |
Peacock | 1st January | Somerset | |
Red Admiral | 1st January | Somerset | |
Small Tortoiseshell | 12th January | ||
White Admiral | 16th June | Shapwick | |
Fritillaries | |||
Dark Green Fritillary | 10th June | Bossington | |
Heath Fritillary | 28th May | Haddon Hill | |
Marsh Fritillary | 22nd May | Somerset | |
Silver-washed Fritillary | 11th June | Hellenge Hill | |
Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary | 14th May | Mendip Hills | |
Browns | |||
Gatekeeper | 30th May | Frome | |
Grayling | 27th June | Nr Bossington | |
Marbled White | 1st June | several reports - Somerset & Bristol | |
Meadow Brown |
21st May |
Ashton Court, Bristol | |
Ringlet | 6th June | Woodspring Bay | |
Small Heath | 20th April | Mendip Hills | |
Speckled Wood | 17th March | Cotford St Luke & Combe St Nicholas | |
Wall | 19th April | Crook Peak | |
Others |