Butterfly Conservation - Bedfordshire & Northants

Beds & Northants
BUTTERFLY OF THE MONTH

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Beds & Northants
MOTH OF THE MONTH
Courtesy of UKMoths

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Upper Thames
Hertfordshire and Middlesex
Warwickshire
Cambridgeshire and Essex
East Midlands

Welcome to the
Bedfordshire & Northants branch
of Butterfly Conservation

Black Hairstreak

Green Hairstreak

Wood White

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	Latest updates
New! Photos from the AGM and Photographic Competition on April 26th 2008
New! Have you seen a Painted Lady or a Hummingbird hawk moth? Butterfly Conservation would like to know about it. ... click here to record your sighting
Northants Report 2007
"Bedfordshire Atlas" - Bedfordshire's butterflies

	Number of species so far this year : 20 Past years
(Red Admiral, Peacock, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Orange Tip, Small White, Green-veined White, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood, Large White, Grizzled Skipper, Green Hairstreak, Dingy Skipper, Small Heath, Wall Brown, Brown Argus, Small Copper, Common Blue, Painted Lady)

What you can see at this time of year...

    May

Often the first sightings for
Clouded Yellow - a mirgrant
Duke of Burgundy - Whipsnade Downs and Totternhoe
Dingy Skipper - Twywell Hills and Dales, Northants
Green Hairstreak - Twywell Hills and Dales, Northants
Grizzled Skipper - Beds: Tempsford, Brogborough. Northants: Twywell Hills and Dales & Fermyn
Wood White - 1st brood Northants: Salcey Forest
Want to see some of these less common species? - come to one of our field trips

Brown Argus Large Skipper Wall Brown Green-veined White  Small Tortoiseshell   Brimstone Comma    Speckled Wood Small Copper Small Blue Common Blue Holly Blue    Orange Tip
Large White    Painted Lady   Peacock
Red Admiral   Small Heath   Small White

Last updated: Tuesday 13th May 2008



Bedfordshire & Northants Branch