There is one main brood per year emerging in May and June, with the possibility of a second brood in August. The Butterfly over-winters as a larva in a nest on its food plant. Food plants include Birds Foot Trefoil and Horseshoe Vetch.

There is a colony on The Devil's Dyke on Newmarket Heath opposite to the July Course stands and I have also seen a few individuals on the golf course section near tee No. 15. In both cases on the steep south-facing banks.

12 May 2012. Devils Dyke. Newmarket Heath. 6 Dingy Skippers. By the Golf course near the further Tee (No 15), 2 Dingy Skippers.
25 May 2012. Devils Dyke. Newmarket Heath. 2 Dingy Skippers.
27 May 2012. Totternhoe Quarry. 1 Dingy Skipper.
9 June 2013. Beacon Hill, Ivinghoe. 2 Dingy Skippers.
9 June 2013. Totternhoe Quarry. 2 Dingy Skippers.
9 June 2013. Totternhoe Knolls. 3 Dingy Skippers.
13 May 2014. Twywell Hills and Dales. 2 Dingy Skippers.