Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch
Saving butterflies, moths and our environment
Brimstone, Comma, Common Carpet, Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock & Speckled Wood at Enfield & Trent Park. 1 male Brimstone at a private site near Trent Park & 1 male Brimstone edge of Shaws Wd/Trent Park, 2 Green-veined White, male Orange-tip & Peacock at a private site near Trent Park, 1 Comma settled on Bramble edge of Shaws Wd/Trent Park, 1 Common Carpet edge of Shaws Wd/Trent Park, 2 Green-veined White at Trent Park [1 at Rough Lot & female edge of Moat Wd], male Orange-tip at a private site near Trent Park & 3 male Orange-tip at Trent Park [1 edge of Ride Wd, 1 edge of Williams Wd & 1 edge of Shaws Wd], 6 Peacock [1 at a private site near Trent Park & 5 at Trent Park - 2 at 'Old Golf Course', 1 near Water Garden & 2 together edge of Shaws Wd], 1 Speckled Wood at a private site near Trent Park. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Grizzled Skipper at Waterford Heath. Went up to Waterford Heath this morning. Starting at 11:25 (edited); I walked around the north pit first trying to find sheltered sunny locations and at 12:00 I saw something move and it was my first 2024 Grizzled Skipper (just north of the pond). I continued around the north pit, then onto the south pit, finishing just before 15:00 with no further sightings. I did have to wait for the cloud cover to move through at times but the conditions were good. There were a few fast flying whites, Orange-tips and Peacocks but little else! Photo is a record shot! [Posted by Liz Goodyear]
Early morning Orange-tip. The female Orange-tip is still roosting in my Ware garden this morning on Garlic Mustard! [Posted by Liz Goodyear]
Butterflies on Therfield Heath. Orange Tip (5), Large White (2), Green-veined White (4), Speckled Wood (1), Peacock (2), Small Tortoiseshell (1), Comma (1). Most seen in sheltered locations in Jubilee Wood, the rest on Church Hill. Daytime temperature 12C but sunny. [Posted by Martin Johnson]
Garden butterflies. In my Ware garden, during a moment of sunshine and warmth, 1 female Orange-tip and 2 Small Whites were active. Edited to say that later the Orange-tip was now roosting on Garlic Mustard whilst it rains! [Posted by Liz Goodyear]
Green-veined White, Small White & Speckled Wood at Enfield & Trent Park. 3 Green-veined White, 5 Small White & 1 Speckled Wood at private sites near Trent Park, 2 Green-veined White pr copulating near Ride Wd/Trent Park. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
White Letter Hairstreak larva. 23 White Letter Hairstreak larvae found on Hampstead Heath using a uv torch. [Posted by Rohan Harris]
Orange-tip, Peacock, Small White & Speckled Wood at Enfield & Trent Park. Male Orange-tip edge of Williams Wd/Trent Park, 1 Peacock edge of Rough Lot/Trent Park, 5 Small White [3, 2 males & 1 female at a private site near Trent Park & a pair edge of Williams Wd/Trent Park], 2 Speckled Wood [1 at a private site near Trent Park & 1 at Shaws Wd/Trent Park]. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Green-veined White, Peacock & Small White at Enfield & Trent Park. 1 Green-veined White & 1 Small White at a private site near Trent Park, 1 Green-veined White at Hadley Rd/Enfield, 1 Peacock edge of Rough Lot/Trent Park. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Silver Y and a variety of butterflies in Pirton nr Hitchin. 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (video capture), 1 Silver Y, 10+ Peacock, 10+ Green-veined White, 4 Speckled Wood, 3 Orange-tip (male), 3 Holly Blue (male) & 1 Small Tortoiseshell [Posted by Julia Hawkins]
Garden Capet, Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood & Tawny-barred Angle at Enfield & Trent Park. 1 Garden Carpet at a private site near Trent Park [FOY], 3 Green-veined White [1 at Hadley Road, 1 near Water Garden/Trent Park & 1 at a private site near Trent Park], 2 male Orange-tip at Trent Park [1 near Obelisk, 1 along Leeging Beech Gutter near 'Three Bridges'], 5 Peacock [2 at a private site near Trent Park, 2 at two private sites near Trent Park, 1 near Ride Wd/Trent Park], 1 Red Admiral near Ride Wd/Trent Park, 3 Speckled Wood [1 at a private site near Trent Park & another one at a different private site near Trent Park, 1 at Rough Lot/Trent Park], 1 Tawny-barred Angle settled in grass at a private site near Trent Park - my first record of this species. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock, Small White & Speckled Wood at Enfield. 4 Speckled Wood [1 at a private site near Trent Park & 3 at another private site near Trent Park], 3+ Green-veined White[1 at private site near Trent Park, 2 along 'Jubilee Path' near Little Beechill Wd/Enfield Chase], 1 Peacock along 'Jubilee Path' near Little Beechill Wd/Enfield Chase, also here, male Orange-tip & 1 Small White. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Speckled Wood at Southgate. 1 Speckled Wood settled with wings closed on wall near outside light at ASDA Southgate this afternoon. I have seen this species in this situation before. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Brown Hairstreak larva. Larva of one of the six hatched Brown Hairstreak eggs found on Hampstead Heath fluorescing under black light. [Posted by Rohan Harris]
Cassiobury Park and Whippendell Woods. Rick and myself had a long walk through Cassiobury Park and Whippendell Woods. A speckled Wood was sighted on route along Merton Road. Walking through Cassiobury Park we spotted 5 Orange-tip, 2 Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue, 6 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood with another along the perimeter of the golf course, 3 Comma and 3 unidentified Whites. Whippendell Woods 1Green-Veined White, 9 Orange-tip, 13 Peacock, 2 Comma, 2 Brimstone. We didn't reach Whippendell Woods until 3pm and suspect we would of seen much more if we had. [Posted by Peter Fewell]
Angle Shades, Brimstone, Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock & Small Tortoiseshell at Trent Park. 2 male Brimstone, 6 Green-veined White including a pair mating at Water Garden, 4 Orange-tip [3 males & 1 female], 2 Peacock & 1 Small Tortoiseshell along Leeging Beech Gutter near Water Garden/Trent Park, 1 Angle Shades along Leeging Beech Gutter near 'Three Bridges' Trent Park [FOY]. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Brimstone, Green-veined White, Holly Blue, Orange-tip, Peacock & Speckled Wood at Enfield. Male Brimstone, 6 Green-veined White, male Holly Blue, male Orange-tip, 3 Peacock & 1 Speckled Wood at private sites near Trent Park. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Green Hairstreak sighting at Stanwell Moor. Whilst out on my usual local walk near Stanwell Moor Village, I spotted a Holly Blue in a tussle with another small butterfly. when the latter had seen the former off, it came down and settled in front of me. This is the first Green Hairstreak I have seen in this area, and I've been looking for around sixteen years... Plenty of other butterflies seen during the walk, including this female Holly Blue and an increasingly rare sight here, a Small Tortoiseshell. [Posted by Dave Miller]
River Colne by Radlet Road Playing Fields and Fishers Field, Watford. Sunny but windy day, first stop River Colne by Radlet Road Playing Fields, Orange tip 1, Peacock 5, Green veined white 1, Comma 1, Small tortoiseshell 1. Then to Fishers Field, Peacock 4, Holly blue 1, Brimstone 1, Speckled wood 3, Comma 1. [Posted by Rick Vickers]
Green Longhorn Moth [Adela reaumurella] at Trent Park. 16 male Green Longhorn Moth settled on hornbeam leaves, Rough Lot/Trent Park at 1005 BST. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]