Butterfly First Sightings : Purple Hairstreak

This page shows the earliest sightings of the Purple Hairstreak in the Upper Thames region since 2004 (per UTB Recent Sightings data). The mean first sighting date of this species in the UTB region is 19th June. The "+- days" column shows the difference from the mean.
Date Recorder Location +- days
05-Jun-2024 Esmond Brown Little Chalfont, Bucks -14 days
26-Jun-2023 Trevor Lea Bernwood Forest, Bucks +6 days
19-Jun-2022 Geoff Sutton Brasenose Wood, Oxon -1 day
19-Jun-2021 Geoff Farrell Maidenhead, Berks -1 day
04-Jun-2020 Margery Slatter Westridge Green, Berks -15 days
22-Jun-2019 Ellen Stickland Bernwood Forest, Bucks +2 days
09-Jun-2018 John Marshall Whitecross Green Wood, Oxon -11 days
18-Jun-2017 Judith Barnard Rushbeds Wood, Bucks -2 days
30-Jun-2016 Dominic Mackenzie Warfield, Berks +11 days
27-Jun-2015 Tim Watts Calvert Jubilee, Bucks +7 days
24-Jun-2014 Stuart Hodges Steeple Claydon, Bucks +4 days
08-Jul-2013 Mick & Wendy Campbell Little Wood, Oxon +18 days
05-Jul-2012 Dave Miller Black Park, Bucks +16 days
31-May-2011 Roger Haywood Finchampstead, Bucks -20 days
24-Jun-2010 Steve Croxford Stanton Great Wood, Oxon +4 days
28-Jun-2009 Martin Kincaid Little Linford Wood, Bucks +8 days
24-Jun-2008 Maureen Cross Sulhamstead, Berks +5 days
19-Jun-2007 Dave Ferguson Black Park, Bucks -1 day
15-Jun-2006 David & Wendy Redhead Oxon -5 days
26-Jun-2005 Paul Bowyer Waterperry Wood, Oxon +6 days
15-Jun-2004 Mark Calway Shinfield, Berks -4 days