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
Small White	708	11371	24132	15-Mar	25-Oct
Large White	674	8207	14931	16-Mar	23-Oct
Red Admiral	665	8042	16916	10-Jan	27-Oct
Small Tortoiseshell	602	6013	15051	02-Jan	26-Oct
Peacock	682	5474	11779	11-Jan	25-Oct
Holly Blue	509	4061	4999	29-Mar	24-Oct
Meadow Brown	472	3305	9158	22-Apr	12-Oct
Gatekeeper	481	3141	8033	22-Apr	20-Oct
Speckled Wood	418	2963	4200	24-Mar	25-Oct
Brimstone	477	2849	3666	06-Feb	25-Oct
Comma	508	2556	3122	21-Feb	25-Oct
Orange-tip	487	2495	3578	02-Mar	25-Sep
Green-veined White	368	2296	3350	30-Mar	23-Oct
Painted Lady	393	1597	1959	04-Apr	25-Oct
Ringlet	257	914	1607	22-Apr	12-Sep
Common Blue	158	516	776	17-Apr	13-Oct
Small Copper	177	493	601	18-Apr	26-Oct
Large Skipper	109	412	525	08-Jun	26-Sep
Small Skipper	154	408	645	31-May	29-Sep
Marbled White	93	250	612	26-Feb	07-Aug
Silver-washed Fritillary	49	161	225	14-Jun	14-Sep
Wall	41	115	129	07-May	16-Sep
Small Heath	44	114	195	22-Apr	18-Sep
Essex Skipper	22	97	304	06-Jul	22-Aug
Brown Argus	27	80	94	27-May	18-Sep
Brown Hairstreak	13	32	38	17-Jul	07-Oct
Dark Green Fritillary	19	28	37	30-Jun	19-Aug
Clouded Yellow	17	23	24	07-Jun	13-Oct
Purple Hairstreak	15	23	31	15-Jul	28-Aug
Green Hairstreak	9	20	24	30-Apr	15-Jun
Small Blue	8	17	20	27-May	20-Sep
White-letter Hairstreak	11	13	15	28-Jun	09-Aug
Chalk Hill Blue	5	11	27	07-Jun	05-Sep
Dingy Skipper	8	11	12	16-May	26-Jul
White Admiral	7	9	9	24-Jun	10-Aug
Scotch Argus	2	6	9	27-Jul	24-Aug
Wood White	2	5	5	07-Jun	31-Aug
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	3	4	4	19-Jul	08-Sep
Grizzled Skipper	4	4	4	31-May	18-Aug
Duke of Burgundy	1	3	3	23-May	07-Jun
Large Heath	2	3	3	23-Jul	14-Sep
Grayling	2	2	3	23-Jul	24-Jul
Cryptic Wood White	1	1	1	24-Jul	24-Jul
Silver-spotted Skipper	1	1	3	16-Jul	16-Jul
Northern Brown Argus	1	1	1	18-Jul	18-Jul
Silver-studded Blue	1	1	1	26-Jul	26-Jul
Purple Emperor	1	1	1	25-Jul	25-Jul
Adonis Blue	1	1	1	16-Apr	16-Apr
Marsh Fritillary	1	1	1	08-Jun	08-Jun
Heath Fritillary	1	1	1	26-Jul	26-Jul
High Brown Fritillary	1	1	2	24-Jul	24-Jul
Pearl-bordered Fritillary	1	1	1	21-Jul	21-Jul