Welcome to the Cambridgeshire & Essex Photo page for butterfly (and moth) images sent in to our Sightings page.
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 Brown Argus Great Staughton Meadow (TL127646) 05/08/25 © Steve Binding Brown Argus Great Staughton Meadow (TL127646) 05/08/25 © Steve Binding |  Female Clouded Yellow - Trumpington Meadows Trumpington Meadows (TL438545) 02/08/25 © Trevor Sawyer Female Clouded Yellow - Trumpington Meadows Trumpington Meadows (TL438545) 02/08/25 © Trevor Sawyer |  Silver-washed Fritillary Lingwood Common (TL775059) 01/08/25 © David Lazarus Silver-washed Fritillary Lingwood Common (TL775059) 01/08/25 © David Lazarus |  Painted Lady Lingwood Common (TL775059) 01/08/25 © David Lazarus Painted Lady Lingwood Common (TL775059) 01/08/25 © David Lazarus |
 Clouded Yellow Lingwood Common (TL775059) 01/08/25 © David Lazarus Clouded Yellow Lingwood Common (TL775059) 01/08/25 © David Lazarus |  Painted Lady Claybury Park (TQ431910) 28/07/25 © David Lazarus Painted Lady Claybury Park (TQ431910) 28/07/25 © David Lazarus |  Brown Argus Hatfield Forest (TL533210) 25/07/25 © David Lazarus Brown Argus Hatfield Forest (TL533210) 25/07/25 © David Lazarus |  Silver-washed Fritillary Hatfield Forest (TL533210) 25/07/25 © David Lazarus Silver-washed Fritillary Hatfield Forest (TL533210) 25/07/25 © David Lazarus |
 Painted Lady Hatfield Forest (TL533210) 25/07/25 © David Lazarus Painted Lady Hatfield Forest (TL533210) 25/07/25 © David Lazarus |  SWF Cottenham Garden CB24 8QZ 23/07/25 © Marilyn Peterkin SWF Cottenham Garden CB24 8QZ 23/07/25 © Marilyn Peterkin |  Wall Brown at Honeypot Lane allotments Honeypot Lane Allotments, Brentwood (TQ583935) 20/07/25 © Barbara Beckett Wall Brown at Honeypot Lane allotments Honeypot Lane Allotments, Brentwood (TQ583935) 20/07/25 © Barbara Beckett |  Common Blue Grants Meadow Allotments, Colchester (TM0124) 17/07/25 © Ole Wiedenmann Common Blue Grants Meadow Allotments, Colchester (TM0124) 17/07/25 © Ole Wiedenmann |
 the Oregano patch Grants Meadow Allotments, Colchester (TM0124) 17/07/25 © Ole Wiedenmann the Oregano patch Grants Meadow Allotments, Colchester (TM0124) 17/07/25 © Ole Wiedenmann |  Common Blue Grants Meadow Allotments, Colchester (TM0124) 17/07/25 © Ole Wiedenmann Common Blue Grants Meadow Allotments, Colchester (TM0124) 17/07/25 © Ole Wiedenmann |  Common Blue Tanholt Farm, Peterborough (TF242015) 16/07/25 © Alan Owers Common Blue Tanholt Farm, Peterborough (TF242015) 16/07/25 © Alan Owers |  Brown Argus Tanholt Farm, Peterborough (TF242015) 16/07/25 © Alan Owers Brown Argus Tanholt Farm, Peterborough (TF242015) 16/07/25 © Alan Owers |
 Wall Browns Tanholt Farm, Peterborough (TF242015) 16/07/25 © Alan Owers Wall Browns Tanholt Farm, Peterborough (TF242015) 16/07/25 © Alan Owers |  [TITLE NEEDED] Betts Wood (TQ832928) 16/07/25 © David Glover [TITLE NEEDED] Betts Wood (TQ832928) 16/07/25 © David Glover |  Brown Hairstreak Claybury Park, Woodford (TQ430910) 16/07/25 © Ian Watts Brown Hairstreak Claybury Park, Woodford (TQ430910) 16/07/25 © Ian Watts |  Gatekeeper One Tree Hill - Johnson's Meadows (TQ699864) 16/07/25 © David Lazarus Gatekeeper One Tree Hill - Johnson's Meadows (TQ699864) 16/07/25 © David Lazarus |