Brimstone is one of the first butterflies species to appear in the UK and this year we had our first in the garden on 2 March. A couple of weeks later we had a brief view of a white in Trumpington. But the first UK butterfly we photographed was a Peacock on 23 March in Trumpington Meadows wood.

European Peacock. Trumpington 23 March 2026
Small White. Cambridge 5 April 2026

A walk along the disused railway line south of Great Abington allow us to get our photograph of the year of an Orange-tip. With a Specked Wood being photographed on 22 April.

Male Orange-tip. Great Abington, Cambs 16 April 2026
Speckled Wood. Great Abington, Cambridge 22 April 2026