Record numbers!

28/6/2019

Summer has arrived. The warm, sunny but breezy weather brought out butterflies in hordes. We had huge numbers of Meadow Browns, Small Heaths and Marbled Whites, plus a handful of Common Blues and Fritillaries but, sadly, no Small Blues this time.

Details as follows:-

299 Meadow Brown
166 Small Heath
120 Marbled White
14 Common Blue
4 Small/Essex Skipper
4 Large Skipper
3 Brimstone
3 Dark Green Fritillary
2 Red Admiral
2 Large White
2 Speckled Wood
1 Silver-washed Fritillary
1 Small Copper

So that's 621 butterflies across 13 species.
Click on butterfly names for more info.

As we're now at the halfway point through the transect season there is a spreadsheet (viewable here) showing what we've recorded so far. Look at last year's count for the end of June for an interesting comparison.

Survey by Brian G, Graham K and Graham H,
submitted to Butterfly Conservation (UKBMS).
Info by Brian G.
Hover over pics for captions. Click on pics to enlarge.
All pics © Graham Kenward 2019.