Garden Butterfly Review 2021

Over the last 19 years I have recorded the different species of butterflies seen in the garden each month. I do this by noting the first day of each month a species appears.

This year 14 species were seen which is just above the average of 13.

A notable sighting and a first for the garden was a Brown Argus (see photographs above) seen on the 6th August. The other uncommon species was a Small/Essex Skipper seen on the 18th July. On a negative note Small Tortoiseshell did not appear this year.

Small White was recorded in 5 and Peacock in 4 of the months.

As expected July and August were the busiest months with 8 species each seen. However, in June there were no butterflies noted.

The first species of the year was a Peacock seen on the 22nd March.