Welcome to the Cambridgeshire & Essex Photo page for butterfly (and moth) images sent in to our Sightings page.
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 Wall (first butterfly) Coates, Whittlesey (TL301981) 12/05/25 © Andrew Gardener Wall (first butterfly) Coates, Whittlesey (TL301981) 12/05/25 © Andrew Gardener |  Large Skipper Highwoods Country Park, Squirrels' Field (Colchest (TM0028) 06/06/25 © Ole Wiedenmann Large Skipper Highwoods Country Park, Squirrels' Field (Colchest (TM0028) 06/06/25 © Ole Wiedenmann |  Grizzled Skipper Woodwalton Marsh 04/06/25 © Steve Binding Grizzled Skipper Woodwalton Marsh 04/06/25 © Steve Binding |  Painted Lady Baddow Meads & Meadgate (TL721060) 04/06/25 © David Lazarus Painted Lady Baddow Meads & Meadgate (TL721060) 04/06/25 © David Lazarus |
 Meadow Brown Baddow Meads & Meadgate (TL721060) 04/06/25 © David Lazarus Meadow Brown Baddow Meads & Meadgate (TL721060) 04/06/25 © David Lazarus |  Small Tortoiseshell Baddow Meads & Meadgate (TL721060) 04/06/25 © David Lazarus Small Tortoiseshell Baddow Meads & Meadgate (TL721060) 04/06/25 © David Lazarus |  [TITLE NEEDED] Magog Down (TL846532) 30/05/25 © John Murray [TITLE NEEDED] Magog Down (TL846532) 30/05/25 © John Murray |  Dark green fritillary Devil's Dyke July Racecourse (TL617616) 02/06/25 © John Murray Dark green fritillary Devil's Dyke July Racecourse (TL617616) 02/06/25 © John Murray |
 Green Hairstreak Thames Chase Forest Centre (TQ584864) 02/06/25 © Rob Smith Green Hairstreak Thames Chase Forest Centre (TQ584864) 02/06/25 © Rob Smith |  Small Skipper One Tree Hill, Johnsons East (TQ702864) 30/05/25 © Rob Smith Small Skipper One Tree Hill, Johnsons East (TQ702864) 30/05/25 © Rob Smith |  Black Hairstreak Castor Hanglands NNR 31/05/25 © Matthew Webb Black Hairstreak Castor Hanglands NNR 31/05/25 © Matthew Webb |  Small Tortoiseshell Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ699864) 31/05/25 © David Lazarus Small Tortoiseshell Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ699864) 31/05/25 © David Lazarus |
 Meadow Brown Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ699864) 31/05/25 © David Lazarus Meadow Brown Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ699864) 31/05/25 © David Lazarus |  Large Skipper Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ699864) 31/05/25 © David Lazarus Large Skipper Langdon Hills Country Park (TQ699864) 31/05/25 © David Lazarus |  Essex Skipper Burnham-on-Crouch (TQ975953) 30/05/25 © David Lazarus Essex Skipper Burnham-on-Crouch (TQ975953) 30/05/25 © David Lazarus |  Small Heath Burnham-on-Crouch (TQ975953) 30/05/25 © David Lazarus Small Heath Burnham-on-Crouch (TQ975953) 30/05/25 © David Lazarus |
 Common Blue female ovipositing Burnham-on-Crouch (TQ975953) 30/05/25 © David Lazarus Common Blue female ovipositing Burnham-on-Crouch (TQ975953) 30/05/25 © David Lazarus |  Marbled White Devils Dyke Race course end (TL617616) 30/05/25 © Steve Binding/ Paul Fisher Marbled White Devils Dyke Race course end (TL617616) 30/05/25 © Steve Binding/ Paul Fisher |  Dark Green Fritillary Devils Dyke Race course end (TL617616) 30/05/25 © Steve Binding/ Paul Fisher Dark Green Fritillary Devils Dyke Race course end (TL617616) 30/05/25 © Steve Binding/ Paul Fisher |  Speckled wood Mundon, Essex (TL872013) 24/05/25 © Julia Osborne Speckled wood Mundon, Essex (TL872013) 24/05/25 © Julia Osborne |