First Sightings 2024 - 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 (2023) first sightings page.
Click here to view 2022 first sightings page.
Click here to view 2021 first sightings page.
| Species | 1st Sighting date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skippers | |||
| Dingy Skipper | 4th May | Axbridge & Sandford | |
| Essex Skipper | 25th June | Lords Wood | |
| Grizzled Skipper | 20th April | Shute Shelve | |
| Large Skipper | 25th May | Carymoor | |
| Small Skipper | First date TBC | Been seen | |
| Whites & Yellows | |||
| Brimstone | 15th Feb | Several locations | |
| Clouded Yellow | 19th July | Coleford | |
| Green-veined White | 5th April | Lords Wood | |
| Large White | 28th March | Portishead | |
| Orange-Tip | 17th March | Seavington St Michael | |
| Small White | 24th March | Stoke-sub-Hamdon | |
| Hairstreaks | |||
| Brown Hairstreak | 14th July | Monkton Heathfield | |
| Green Hairstreak | 20th April | Charterhouse | |
| Purple Hairstreak | 28th June | Chard Reservoir | |
| White-letter Hairstreak | 1st July 2nd July | Snuff Mills (Bristol) Huckers Bow (Sand Point) | |
| Blues & Coppers | |||
| Adonis Blue | 16th June | Somerset | |
| Brown Argus | 10th May | Shute Shelve | |
| Chalk Hill Blue | 28th July | Draycott Sleights | |
| Common Blue | 9th May | Hallatrow & Taunton | |
| Holly Blue | 8th March | Westbury-sub-Mendip | |
| Large Blue | 24th May | Green Down | |
| Small Blue | 18th May | Bruton | |
| Small Copper | 24th April | Bossington | |
| Vanessids | |||
| Comma | 10th Feb | Gold Corner | |
| Painted Lady | 12th May (Somerset) 15th May (Bristol) |
Bishopwood Bristol Botanic Gardens | |
| Peacock | 22nd Jan | Norton-sub-Hamdon | |
| Red Admiral | 6th Jan | Bristol & Taunton area | |
| Small Tortoiseshell | 10th Feb | Langport | |
| White Admiral | 21st June | Shapwick Heath | |
| Fritillaries | |||
| Dark Green Fritillary | 12th June | Bossington | |
| Heath Fritillary | 28th May | Bossington area | |
| Marsh Fritillary | 11th May | (Reported) | |
| Silver-washed Fritillary | 29th June | Lords Wood | |
| Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary | 25th May | Axbridge | |
| Browns | |||
| Gatekeeper | 19th June | Goblin Combe | |
| Grayling | 11th July | Quantock Hills | |
| Marbled White | 9th June | Green Down | |
| Meadow Brown | 19th May | Dundon Beacon | |
| Ringlet | 2nd June | Crook Peak | |
| Small Heath | 12th May | Lympsham | |
| Speckled Wood | 19th March | Stretcholt | |
| Wall | 9th May | Brean Down, Crook Peak & Westbury Beacon | |
| Others | |||
| Long-tailed Blue | 20th May | Brislington | |