Northants Sightings 2026

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Northants first sightings 2026 table

April
3rd: Brampton Valley Way
Comma X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1

Kinewell Lake, Ringstead
Orange-tip X 1

Merry Tom Lane, Brixworth
Orange-tip X 1

Moulton
Green-veined White X 1

Titchmarsh Nature Reserve
Comma X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 5

Whiston Lock
Peacock X 2
Small White X 1

2nd: The 1st Green-veined White of the year was recorded today at Titchmarsh Nature Reserve

Abington Park
Holly Blue X 1

Barton Seagrave
Brimstone X 1

Brackmills
Orange-tip X 1

Brampton Valley
Orange-tip X 3
Small White X 1

Canons Ashby House
Peacock X 1

Chapel Brampton
Orange-tip X 1

Denford Ash
Comma X 1

Finedon
Speckled Wood X 1

Harpole
Peacock X 1
Small White X 1

Irthlingborough
Peacock X 2

Ise Brook, Kettering
Brimstone X 7
Comma X 9
Holly Blue X 1
Orange-tip X 2
Peacock X 29
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Small White X 5
Speckled Wood X 5

Merry Tom Lane, Brixworth
Holly Blue X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Ring Haw
Brimstone X 2
Comma X 1
Peacock X 9
Speckled Wood X 1

Stanford Reservoir
Peacock X 6

Summer Leys
Orange-tip X 1

Titchmarsh Nature Reserve
Comma X 1

Green-veined White X 1
Peacock X 1

Wicksteed Park
Comma X 8
Orange-tip X 3
Peacock X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Wollaston
Brimstone X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1
Small White X 1

1st: Great Oxendon
Comma X 1
Peacock X 1

March
31st: The 1st Holly Blues of the year were recorded today in Kettering and Wollaston

Bozeat
Brimstone X 2
Comma X 1
Small White X 1
Briar Hill Meadows
Small Tortoiseshell X 2

Cogenhoe
Brimstone X 5
Comma X 3
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 12

Cransley Wood
Brimstone X 2
Comma X 1
Peacock X 3

Ise Brook, Kettering
Brimstone X 2

Holly Blue X 1
Peacock X 2
Red Admiral X 1

Kettering
Brimstone X 2

Middleton Cheney
Brimstone X 1
Orange-tip X 1

Moulton
Brimstone X 1

New Duston
Brimstone X 6
Comma X 2
Peacock X 3

Old
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Oundle
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Polebrook
Brimstone X 2
Orange-tip X 1

Stanwick Lakes
Brimstone X 1
Orange-tip X 2

Twywell Hills and Dales
Brimstone X 5
Comma X 1
Peacock X 8

Upton
Brimstone X 4
Peacock X 1

Venture Park, Kettering
Brimstone X 1
Orange-tip X 1

Wellingborough
Brimstone X 3
Small White X 1

Westone Estate, Northampton
Comma X 1
Peacock X 1

Wilby
Brimstone X 1
Orange-tip X 1

Wollaston
Brimstone X 2
Holly Blue X 1
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1
Small White X 1

Wollaston Baptist Church
Brimstone X 1
Holly Blue X 1

30th: Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Orange-tip X 1

28th: Duston
Red Admiral X 1

Middleton Cheney
Speckled Wood X 1

Stanford Reservoir
Peacock X 1

26th: Delapre Abbey
Orange-tip X 1

Fermyn Woods
Peacock X 3

Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Peacock X 1

Summer Leys
Orange-tip X 2

Wilby
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

23rd: Brackmills
Peacock X 1

Denford Ash
Peacock X 1

21st: Adstone
Brimstone X 3

Barton Seagrave
Comma X 1
Peacock X 1

Bozeat
Brimstone X 2
Orange-tip X 1
Peacock X 1

Bozeat Quarry
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 5
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Brixworth Country Park
Brimstone X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Cosgrove
Orange-tip X 1

Cranford
Peacock X 1

Fermyn Woods
Comma X 1

Harrington Airfield
Peacock X 6

Harry's Park Wood
Comma X 2
Peacock X 9

Irthlingborough
Peacock X 1
Red Admiral X 1

Kettering
Comma X 2

Lilbourne Meadows
Small Tortoiseshell X 3

Middleton Cheney
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 2

Moreton Pinkney
Peacock X 1

New Duston
Peacock X 5

Northampton
Peacock X 1

Pitsford Reservoir
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 4

Rothwell
Peacock X 1

Rushden
Peacock X 1

Thenford
Peacock X 2

Titchmarsh
Peacock X 2
Red Admiral X 1

Wollaston
Orange-tip X 1

Yelvertoft
Peacock X 1

20th: Bradlaugh Fields
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Greens Norton
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Peacock X 9
Red Admiral X 1

19th: The 1st Speckled Wood of the year was recorded today along the rive Ise in Kettering Burton Latimer
Peacock X 3
Desborough
Brimstone X 2

Duston
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 4
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Hollowell Reservoir
Brimstone X 1
Comma X 1
Peacock X 8

Irchester
Brimstone X 1

Kettering, River Ise
Brimstone X 4
Comma X 13
Peacock X 44
Small Tortoiseshell X 4
Small White X 1
Speckled Wood X 1

Middleton Cheney
Brimstone X 2

Moulton
Peacock X 5

New Duston
Brimstone X 1
Comma X 5
Peacock X 12
Small Tortoiseshell X 1
Small White X 1

Titchmarsh
Peacock X 1

Wootton
Peacock X 2

18th: The 1st Small White of the year was recorded today at Wellingborough Embankment
Abington Park
Peacock X 1

Barton Seagrave
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Brixworth Country Park
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Chester House
Brimstone X 2
Peacock X 1

Corby
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Delapre Lake
Brimstone X 6

Desborough
Brimstone X 3

Duston
Brimstone X 2
Comma X 1
Peacock X 1

Evenley
Peacock X 4

Fermyn Woods
Brimstone X 16
Comma X 3
Peacock X 13
Red Admiral X 1

Hanwood Park, Kettering
Brimstone X 2
Peacock X 1

Long Buckby
Peacock X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Middleton Cheney
Brimstone X 4
Comma X 1
Peacock X 1

New Duston
Brimstone X 3
Comma X 1
Peacock X 3

Old Sulehay
Brimstone X 1

Pitsford Resevoir
Brimstone X 4
Comma X 1
Peacock X 5
Small Tortoiseshell X 2

Ring Haw
Brimstone X 9
Comma X 2
Peacock X 3

Rothwell
Brimstone X 2

Silverstone
Peacock X 1

Sudborough
Brimstone X 1

Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Thorpe Malsor
Brimstone X 2
Peacock X 1

Thrapston
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Towcester
Brimstone X 1

Twywell Hills And Dales
Brimstone X 9
Peacock X 4

Upton
Brimstone X 3
Peacock X 6

Venture Park, Kettering
Brimstone X 1

Wellingborough Embankment
Peacock X 10
Small Tortoiseshell X 4
Small White X 1

Yelvertoft
Brimstone X 1
Comma X 1

17th: Barton Seagrave
Brimstone X 2

Brampton Wood
Brimstone X 3
Comma X 5
Peacock X 12

Burton Latimer
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Harlestone Firs
Brimstone X 2
Peacock X 1

Higham Ferrers
Brimstone X 3

Irthlingborough Lakes And Meadows
Brimstone X 4
Comma X 1
Peacock X 2
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Kettering
Brimstone X 1

Lilbourne Meadows
Brimstone X 1

Loddington
Brimstone X 1

Middleton Cheney
Brimstone X 3
Peacock X 1

New Duston
Peacock X 1

Titchmarsh
Comma X 1

14th: Bradlaugh Fields
Comma X 3

New Duston
Comma X 1

10th: Cogenhoe
Peacock X 1

Irthlingborough Lakes And Meadows
Comma X 1
Peacock X 3

Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Comma X 1
Peacock X 5

6th: Sywell Country Park
Peacock X 2

Wellingborough
Brimstone X 2
Peacock X 1

5th: Bozeat
Brimstone X 5
Comma X 1
Peacock X 1

Brackley
Brimstone X 3
Peacock X 2

Broughton
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Chapel Brampton
Brimstone X 1

Fermyn Woods
Brimstone X 11
Comma X 4
Peacock X 4

Grange Park
Brimstone X 1

Higham Ferrers
Brimstone X 1

Leisure Village Lake, Kettering
Brimstone X 2

Long Buckby
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Mears Ashby
Peacock X 1

Middleton Cheney
Brimstone X 4
Comma X 2

New Duston
Brimstone X 2

Northampton
Brimstone X 1

Old
Brimstone X 3

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Brimstone X 6
Peacock X 2

Salcey Forest
Brimstone X 19
Comma X 8
Peacock X 8

Stanford Reservoir
Brimstone X 2
Comma X 1
Peacock X 3
Small Tortoiseshell X 2

Stortons Gravel Pit
Brimstone X 7
Peacock X 2

Summer Leys
Brimstone X 1
Comma X 1
Peacock X 1

Thrapston
Brimstone X 1

Towcester Racecourse
Brimstone X 6

Wellingborough
Peacock X 1

Yelvertoft
Brimstone X 2

3rd: Brackley
Brimstone X 2
Peacock X 2

Sixfields, Northampton
Comma X 1

2nd: Abington Vale Park
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Abthorpe
Peacock X 1

Bozeat
Comma X 1

Bozeat
Brimstone X 2

Bradlaugh Fields
Brimstone X 10
Comma X 8
Peacock X 14

Brampton Wood
Comma X 1

Brixworth
Brimstone X 1

Bucknell Woods
Brimstone X 13
Comma X 3
Peacock X 2

Desborough
Brimstone X 2

Far Cotton
Brimstone X 1
Comma X 1

Fermyn Woods Country Park
Peacock X 1

Great Addington
Brimstone X 1

Hanging Houghton
Brimstone X 7
Peacock X 1

Hargrave
Brimstone X 1

Harlestone Firs
Brimstone X 21
Peacock X 2

Hartwell
Brimstone X 1

Hazelborough Wood
Brimstone X 2
Comma X 2
Peacock X 1

Higham Ferrers
Brimstone X 1

Holdenby House
Brimstone X 4
Comma X 1

Irthlingborough Lakes And Meadows
Brimstone X 3
Peacock X 2

Kettering
Brimstone X 2

Little Harrowden
Brimstone X 1

Little Stanion
Brimstone X 1

Middleton Cheney
Brimstone X 5

New Duston
Brimstone X 2

Newton
Peacock X 1

Newton Rd, Rushden
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Northampton
Brimstone X 1

Old Stratford
Brimstone X 1

Pitsford Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 1

Ravensthorpe
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Ringstead, Kinewell Lake
Brimstone X 2

Rothwell
Brimstone X 2
Peacock X 1

Summer Leys
Brimstone X 8
Comma X 4
Peacock X 8
Small Tortoiseshell X 4

Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 3
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Sywell Country Park
Brimstone X 1
Comma X 1
Peacock X 3

Thrapston
Brimstone X 2
Peacock X 1

Towcester
Brimstone X 3
Peacock X 1

Wellingborough
Brimstone X 2

West Hunsbury
Peacock X 1

Wicksteed Park
Peacock X 1

Wootton
Brimstone X 1
Comma X 1
Peacock X 1


February
25th: Bozeat
Brimstone X 2

Brackley
Brimstone X 1

Brampton Woods
Brimstone X 2

Braunston
Brimstone X 2
Peacock X 1

Burton Latimer
Brimstone X 1

Cogenhoe
Brimstone X 3

Delapre Lake
Brimstone X 1

Denton
Brimstone X 2

Desborough
Brimstone X 2
Red Admiral X 2

Everdon Stubbs
Brimstone X 7

Great Doddington
Brimstone X 1

Harlestone Firs
Brimstone X 1

Higham Ferrers
Brimstone X 2

Hunsbury, Northampton
Brimstone X 2

Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows
Comma X 1

Thrapston
Brimstone X 2

Middleton Cheney
Brimstone X 5

Northampton
Brimstone X 1

Oundle
Brimstone X 2
Red Admiral X 1

Rushden
Brimstone X 1
Small Tortoiseshell X 1

Salcey Forest
Brimstone X 8

Short Wood
Brimstone X 8

Stanwick Lakes
Brimstone X 2

Summer Leys Nature Reserve
Brimstone X 11
Comma X 2
Peacock X 4

Sywell
Brimstone X 1

Twywell Hills & Dales
Brimstone X 8
Peacock X 3

Upton
Brimstone X 1

Venture Park, Kettering
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Wappenham
Brimstone X 1

Wellingborough
Brimstone X 1
Peacock X 1

Whiston
Peacock X 1

Whittlebury
Brimstone X 1

Wollaston
Brimstone X 1

24th: Barton Seagrave
Red Admiral X 1

Flore
Brimstone X 1

Higham Ferrers
Peacock X 1

Ringstead, Kinewell Lake
Red Admiral X 1

Stanwick Lakes
Brimstone X 1

Wilson's Pits
Brimstone X 2

Wollaston
Brimstone X 2
Red Admiral X 1

22nd: Borough Hill
Brimstone X 1

Nassington
Peacock X 1

Summer Leys
Peacock X 1

14th: Little Billing
Peacock X 1

Little Houghton
Peacock X 1

January
31st: Mears Ashby
Brimstone X 1

Pitsford Reservoir
Peacock X 1

24th: Cottesbrooke
Red Admiral x 1

Old Village
Small Tortoiseshell x 1

Rothwell
Peacock x 1



2025

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

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2019

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2018

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2017

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2016

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2015

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2014

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2013

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2012

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2011

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2010

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2009

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2008

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