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.
Click here to view last year's (2021) first sightings page.
| Species | 1st Sighting date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |