Please report all butterfly observations to either Peter Glenister or Keith Balmer, the joint Bedfordshire Butterfly Recorders.

You can report butterflies online.

The season is being summarized HERE.

This table is really just for fun...

Species	2009			2008*	2007
Small Skipper	Bromham Lake LNR	C.R.	15/06/09	26/06/08	16/06/07
Essex Skipper	Elstow	K.B.	21/06/09	01/07/08	09/07/07
Large Skipper	Marston Vale Country Park	V.E. & B.E.	24/05/09	07/06/08	20/05/07
Dingy Skipper	Marston Vale Country Park	K.B.	21/04/09	09/05/08	21/04/07
Grizzled Skipper	Marston Vale Country Park	K.B.	19/04/09	26/04/08	18/04/07
Clouded Yellow				15/08/08	21/04/07
Brimstone	Biggleswade	R.L.	21/02/09	09/01/08	19/01/07
Large White	Claphampark Wood	A.M.	04/04/09	13/04/08	05/04/07
Small White	Stopsley	J.F.	20/03/09	10/04/08	11/03/07
Green-veined White	Pegsdon	S.W.	02/04/09	30/03/08	05/04/07
Orange-tip	Lowe's Wood	A.W.	07/04/09	30/03/08	08/04/07
Green Hairstreak	Pegsdon	WT Staff	15/04/09	26/04/08	15/04/07
Purple Hairstreak	Marston Thrift	C.H. & M.H.	28/06/09	16/07/08	01/07/07
White-letter Hairstreak	Northill	K.B.	30/06/09	29/06/08	24/06/07
Black Hairstreak	Marston Thrift	R.N.?	14/06/09?	22/06/08	Not seen
Small Copper	The Lodge	N.W.	15/04/09	08/05/08	06/04/07
Small Blue	Totternhoe	J.M.	14/05/09	13/05/08	02/05/07
Brown Argus	Whipsnade Downs W. of Cooper's Hill	S.B. K.B.	10/05/09	10/05/08	28/04/07
Common Blue	Marston Vale Country Park	T.S. and family	09/05/09	13/05/08	12/05/07
Chalkhill Blue				19/07/08	09/07/07
Holly Blue	Priory Country Park	J.B.	05/04/09	12/04/08	08/04/07
Duke of Burgundy	Whipsnade Downs	P.G.	21/04/09	05/05/08	22/04/07
White Admiral	King's Wood, Heath and Reach	A.W.	27/06/09	29/06/08	04/07/07
Purple Emperor	Chicksands Wood	J.A. & others	30/06/09	04/07/08	10/07/07
Red Admiral	The Lodge	L.G.	27/02/09	20/01/08	04/01/07
Painted Lady	Studham Common	C.B. & P.B.	20/04/09	11/06/08	12/04/07
Small Tortoiseshell	Linslade	J.K.	19/02/09	09/02/08	01/01/07
Peacock	The Avenue, Sandy	M.T.	17/01/09	25/01/08	02/01/07
Comma	The Lodge	C.C. & L.C.	27/02/09	08/02/08	06/03/07
Dark Green Fritillary	Sharpenhoe Clappers	P.G.	07/06/09	28/06/08	17/06/07
Silver-washed Fritillary				01/08/08	04/07/07
Speckled Wood	Shillington	G.B.	04/04/09	15/04/08	06/04/07
Wall				06/05/08	28/04/07
Marbled White	Bromham Lake LNR	A.M.	13/06/09	04/06/08	10/06/07
Gatekeeper	Sandy	J.A.	14/06/09	28/06/08	08/06/07
Meadow Brown	The Lodge	E.D.	02/06/09	29/05/08	22/05/07
Ringlet	Linslade New Woods Old Warden Tunnel Coronation Pit	B.H. K.B. N.W.	14/06/09	09/06/08	16/06/07
Small Heath	Marston Vale Country Park	T.S. and family	09/05/09	10/05/08	17/04/07

* As indicated by the 6569 records analysed on 31/12/08