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	43	48	20-Jul	28-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	82	201	254	13-Jun	29-Aug
White Admiral	6	6	6	13-Jun	04-Aug
Essex Skipper	34	89	177	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	7	9	15	20-May	15-Aug
Large Skipper	146	499	650	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	326	1170	2211	08-May	21-Sep
Grizzled Skipper	3	3	3	07-May	17-Aug
Small Heath	90	301	430	27-Apr	26-Sep
Marbled White	106	272	539	26-Apr	24-Aug
Small Blue	13	24	28	24-Apr	15-Sep
Dingy Skipper	9	14	17	23-Apr	17-Aug
Green Hairstreak	18	31	42	23-Apr	17-Jul
Wood White	2	6	6	21-Apr	18-Jul
Brown Argus	49	106	178	19-Apr	01-Oct
Small Skipper	197	509	879	12-Apr	15-Sep
Small Copper	238	687	934	12-Apr	25-Oct
Meadow Brown	603	4712	12008	09-Apr	15-Oct
Adonis Blue	4	9	11	09-Apr	05-Sep
Gatekeeper	609	3996	9843	08-Apr	10-Dec
Wall	61	186	233	07-Apr	08-Oct
Clouded Yellow	31	42	44	05-Apr	20-Oct
White-letter Hairstreak	14	21	25	26-Mar	14-Aug
Green-veined White	549	3855	5974	24-Mar	11-Nov
Painted Lady	258	499	587	24-Mar	05-Nov
Speckled Wood	624	4473	5990	22-Mar	05-Nov
Holly Blue	804	8200	11191	22-Mar	13-Nov
Common Blue	261	934	1442	19-Mar	22-Oct
Orange-tip	825	5393	8954	10-Mar	28-Sep
Large White	911	12862	22753	12-Feb	10-Dec
Small White	971	17816	36557	12-Feb	16-Dec
Comma	752	4279	5099	02-Feb	08-Nov
Peacock	1042	9423	18778	11-Jan	19-Dec
Brimstone	739	4389	5456	04-Jan	12-Dec
Red Admiral	878	9355	14736	02-Jan	12-Dec
Small Tortoiseshell	836	7816	15640	01-Jan	20-Dec