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	589	4584	8262	15-Mar	03-Aug
Large White	538	3376	5765	16-Mar	03-Aug
Holly Blue	422	2585	3251	29-Mar	03-Aug
Red Admiral	485	2544	3391	10-Jan	03-Aug
Peacock	547	2540	3525	11-Jan	03-Aug
Small Tortoiseshell	481	2404	3563	02-Jan	03-Aug
Orange-tip	456	2339	3350	02-Mar	01-Aug
Meadow Brown	386	1958	5485	22-Apr	03-Aug
Brimstone	415	1957	2400	06-Feb	03-Aug
Gatekeeper	333	1278	3122	22-Apr	03-Aug
Speckled Wood	283	1252	1639	24-Mar	03-Aug
Green-veined White	294	1184	1567	30-Mar	03-Aug
Comma	360	1087	1243	21-Feb	03-Aug
Ringlet	203	644	1166	22-Apr	03-Aug
Painted Lady	207	453	507	04-Apr	03-Aug
Large Skipper	90	327	430	08-Jun	03-Aug
Small Skipper	116	288	472	31-May	03-Aug
Common Blue	95	223	308	17-Apr	03-Aug
Marbled White	79	213	549	26-Feb	03-Aug
Small Copper	92	173	211	18-Apr	03-Aug
Small Heath	36	82	159	22-Apr	31-Jul
Essex Skipper	15	58	227	06-Jul	03-Aug
Silver-washed Fritillary	20	47	57	14-Jun	03-Aug
Wall	14	36	43	07-May	03-Aug
Brown Argus	12	30	34	27-May	03-Aug
Green Hairstreak	9	20	24	30-Apr	15-Jun
Dark Green Fritillary	12	15	24	30-Jun	02-Aug
Small Blue	5	14	16	27-May	03-Aug
White-letter Hairstreak	9	11	13	28-Jun	26-Jul
Dingy Skipper	7	10	10	16-May	26-Jul
Purple Hairstreak	6	10	13	16-Jul	26-Jul
Clouded Yellow	6	7	8	07-Jun	26-Jul
White Admiral	6	6	6	24-Jun	29-Jul
Chalk Hill Blue	2	3	9	07-Jun	03-Aug
Duke of Burgundy	1	3	3	23-May	07-Jun
Wood White	2	3	3	07-Jun	22-Jul
Grizzled Skipper	2	2	2	31-May	12-Jun
Grayling	2	2	3	23-Jul	24-Jul
Brown Hairstreak	2	2	7	17-Jul	29-Jul
Northern Brown Argus	1	1	1	18-Jul	18-Jul
Adonis Blue	1	1	1	16-Apr	16-Apr
Silver-studded Blue	1	1	1	26-Jul	26-Jul
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	1	1	1	19-Jul	19-Jul
Large Heath	1	1	1	23-Jul	23-Jul
Cryptic Wood White	1	1	1	24-Jul	24-Jul
Silver-spotted Skipper	1	1	3	16-Jul	16-Jul
Heath Fritillary	1	1	1	26-Jul	26-Jul
Pearl-bordered Fritillary	1	1	1	21-Jul	21-Jul
Marsh Fritillary	1	1	1	08-Jun	08-Jun
Purple Emperor	1	1	1	25-Jul	25-Jul
High Brown Fritillary	1	1	2	24-Jul	24-Jul