Welcome to the Cambridgeshire & Essex Photo page for butterfly (and moth) images sent in to our Sightings page.
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 Small heath as taken Sea wall just beyond North Fambridge marina, Essex (TQ842973) 29/05/25 © Julia Osborne Small heath as taken Sea wall just beyond North Fambridge marina, Essex (TQ842973) 29/05/25 © Julia Osborne |  Small heath zoomed in Sea wall just beyond North Fambridge marina, Essex (TQ842973) 29/05/25 © Julia Osborne Small heath zoomed in Sea wall just beyond North Fambridge marina, Essex (TQ842973) 29/05/25 © Julia Osborne |  painted lady Fingringhoe Wick 28/05/25 © Liz Huxley painted lady Fingringhoe Wick 28/05/25 © Liz Huxley |  Large Skipper male Great Staughton river walk (TL135642) 28/05/25 © Stephen Binding Large Skipper male Great Staughton river walk (TL135642) 28/05/25 © Stephen Binding |
 Small White Great Staughton river walk (TL135642) 28/05/25 © Stephen Binding Small White Great Staughton river walk (TL135642) 28/05/25 © Stephen Binding |  Meadow Brown Meadgate & Baddow Meads (TL722058) 26/05/25 © David Lazarus Meadow Brown Meadgate & Baddow Meads (TL722058) 26/05/25 © David Lazarus |  Black hairstreak female Monks Wood (TL2080) 25/05/25 © Phil Bromley & Rosalyn Payne Black hairstreak female Monks Wood (TL2080) 25/05/25 © Phil Bromley & Rosalyn Payne |  Common Blue Highwoods Country Park, Southern Fields (Colcheste (TM0027) 23/05/25 © Ole Wiedenmann Common Blue Highwoods Country Park, Southern Fields (Colcheste (TM0027) 23/05/25 © Ole Wiedenmann |
 Green Hairstreak, Fleam Dyke Fleam Dyke, Fulbourn (TL543546) 23/05/25 © Keith Edkins Green Hairstreak, Fleam Dyke Fleam Dyke, Fulbourn (TL543546) 23/05/25 © Keith Edkins |  Small Blue, Roman Road Roman Road, Babraham (TL526520) 23/05/25 © Keith Edkins Small Blue, Roman Road Roman Road, Babraham (TL526520) 23/05/25 © Keith Edkins |  Heath Fritillary male Hadleigh Great Wood (TQ818878) 23/05/25 © David Lazarus Heath Fritillary male Hadleigh Great Wood (TQ818878) 23/05/25 © David Lazarus |  Heath Fritillary male Hadleigh Great Wood (TQ818878) 23/05/25 © David Lazarus Heath Fritillary male Hadleigh Great Wood (TQ818878) 23/05/25 © David Lazarus |
 Common Blue Hatfield Forest (TL533187) 20/05/25 © David Lazarus Common Blue Hatfield Forest (TL533187) 20/05/25 © David Lazarus |  Painted Lady Hatfield Forest (TL533187) 20/05/25 © David Lazarus Painted Lady Hatfield Forest (TL533187) 20/05/25 © David Lazarus |  Small Tortoiseshell Baddow Meads (TL718062) 19/05/25 © David Lazarus Small Tortoiseshell Baddow Meads (TL718062) 19/05/25 © David Lazarus | .jpg) Grizzled Skipper Woodwalton Marsh Woodwalton Marsh (TL211812) 17/05/25 © Diana Spencer Grizzled Skipper Woodwalton Marsh Woodwalton Marsh (TL211812) 17/05/25 © Diana Spencer |
.jpg) Green Hairstreak Woodwalton Marsh Woodwalton Marsh (TL211812) 17/05/25 © Diana Spencer Green Hairstreak Woodwalton Marsh Woodwalton Marsh (TL211812) 17/05/25 © Diana Spencer |  [Small Blue MAGOG DOWN (TL486532) 18/05/25 © Howard Butler [Small Blue MAGOG DOWN (TL486532) 18/05/25 © Howard Butler |  Common Blue Fordham (TL922281) 17/05/25 © Ole Wiedenmann Common Blue Fordham (TL922281) 17/05/25 © Ole Wiedenmann |  Brown Argus Fordham (TL922281) 17/05/25 © Ole Wiedenmann Brown Argus Fordham (TL922281) 17/05/25 © Ole Wiedenmann |