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	2012			2011*	2010
Small Skipper				01/06/11	14/06/10
Essex Skipper				19/06/11	22/06/10
Large Skipper				19/05/11	02/06/10
Dingy Skipper				20/04/11	01/05/10
Grizzled Skipper				10/04/11	18/04/10
Clouded Yellow				02/09/11	02/06/10
Brimstone				08/02/11	02/03/10
Large White				06/04/11	10/04/10
Small White				23/03/11	10/04/10
Green-veined White				25/03/11	10/04/10
Orange-tip				01/04/11	11/04/10
Green Hairstreak				06/04/11	18/04/10
Purple Hairstreak				13/06/11	06/07/10
White Letter Hairstreak				14/06/11	26/06/10
Black Hairstreak				11/06/11	16/06/10
Small Copper				19/04/11	17/04/10
Small Blue				29/04/11	13/05/10
Brown Argus				27/04/11	15/05/10
Common Blue				20/04/11	16/05/10
Chalkhill Blue				29/06/11	08/07/10
Holly Blue				24/03/11	17/04/10
Duke of Burgundy				17/04/11	27/04/10
White Admiral				20/06/11	30/06/10
Purple Emperor				26/06/11	06/07/10
Red Admiral	Bedford, The Lodge, Sutton	A.M. W.G. M.P.	11/01/12	09/02/11	27/02/10
Painted Lady				12/04/11	15/05/10
Small Tortoiseshell	Barton	I.K.	11/01/12	08/02/11	10/01/10
Peacock				14/03/11	22/01/10
Comma				24/02/11	02/03/10
Dark Green Fritillary				07/06/11	21/06/10
Silver-washed Fritillary				20/06/11	04/07/10
Speckled Wood				06/04/11	13/04/10
Wall				Not seen	18/05/10
Marbled White				11/06/11	21/06/10
Gatekeeper				14/06/11	30/06/10
Meadow Brown				31/05/11	13/06/10
Ringlet				02/06/11	20/06/10
Small Heath				27/04/11	15/05/10

* As indicated by the 9651 records analysed on 31/12/11