Garden Butterfly Survey summary results for Year:

This page shows live results from the Garden Butterfly Survey. The first table shows the levels of participation, while the second shows how frequently different species have been seen and the earliest and latest sightings of them from the Garden Butterfly Survey (for the selected year). Species only appear in the results table if there has been at least one sighting in the selected year. If you are logged in then your own GBS results will also appear in the tables below.

See summaries of the results of:

Garden Butterfly Survey 2019

Garden Butterfly Survey 2018

Garden Butterfly Survey 2017

Garden Butterfly Survey 2016

Survey statistics

Species statistics

	No. Gardens	No. Records	Total abundance	Earliest sighting	Latest sighting
Grayling	4	6	6	30-Jul	11-Aug
Large Blue	1	1	1	29-Jul	29-Jul
Northern Brown Argus	2	3	3	29-Jul	10-Sep
Scotch Argus	4	13	19	23-Jul	01-Sep
Brown Hairstreak	14	42	47	20-Jul	27-Sep
Purple Emperor	1	1	1	26-Jun	26-Jun
Silver-studded Blue	1	3	3	22-Jun	01-Jul
Silver-spotted Skipper	1	1	3	21-Jun	21-Jun
Purple Hairstreak	22	43	71	20-Jun	12-Aug
Lulworth Skipper	1	1	1	20-Jun	20-Jun
Silver-washed Fritillary	79	198	251	13-Jun	29-Aug
White Admiral	6	6	6	13-Jun	04-Aug
Essex Skipper	33	88	175	02-Jun	09-Aug
Swallowtail	3	6	12	30-May	07-Sep
Dark Green Fritillary	37	71	83	30-May	02-Sep
Chalk Hill Blue	6	8	14	20-May	06-Aug
Large Skipper	142	486	634	14-May	12-Sep
Pearl-bordered Fritillary	5	6	6	12-May	02-Aug
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	6	8	9	09-May	19-Aug
Ringlet	320	1133	2153	08-May	21-Sep
Grizzled Skipper	3	3	3	07-May	17-Aug
Small Heath	90	301	430	27-Apr	26-Sep
Marbled White	105	270	537	26-Apr	24-Aug
Small Blue	13	24	28	24-Apr	15-Sep
Green Hairstreak	18	31	42	23-Apr	17-Jul
Dingy Skipper	9	14	17	23-Apr	17-Aug
Wood White	2	6	6	21-Apr	18-Jul
Brown Argus	47	101	156	19-Apr	01-Oct
Small Copper	232	659	893	12-Apr	25-Oct
Small Skipper	192	495	864	12-Apr	15-Sep
Meadow Brown	591	4622	11880	09-Apr	15-Oct
Adonis Blue	4	9	11	09-Apr	05-Sep
Gatekeeper	598	3913	9686	08-Apr	07-Oct
Wall	61	183	229	07-Apr	08-Oct
Clouded Yellow	30	40	42	05-Apr	20-Oct
White-letter Hairstreak	14	21	25	26-Mar	14-Aug
Green-veined White	538	3749	5851	24-Mar	14-Oct
Painted Lady	250	482	567	24-Mar	11-Oct
Holly Blue	795	8113	11081	22-Mar	22-Oct
Speckled Wood	618	4367	5847	22-Mar	25-Oct
Common Blue	255	918	1421	19-Mar	22-Oct
Orange-tip	817	5317	8825	10-Mar	28-Sep
Comma	741	4178	4975	04-Mar	28-Oct
Large White	900	12531	22204	12-Feb	22-Oct
Small White	960	17331	35588	12-Feb	23-Oct
Peacock	1032	9214	18395	11-Jan	29-Oct
Brimstone	733	4315	5367	04-Jan	22-Oct
Red Admiral	866	8891	14119	02-Jan	30-Oct
Small Tortoiseshell	826	7584	15224	01-Jan	25-Oct