Garden Butterfly Review 2023

12 Species were recorded in the garden during 2023, which is below the average of 13.05 taken from the last 21 years. 

 The Red Admiral had a particularly good year and was recorded in 7 of the 12 months, the first being 27th March and the last 4th November. 

 The shock of the year was a sighting over a couple of days of a Brown Hairstreak. This was seen on the 28th July and is a first for the garden. See the photograph above. 

 On a more negative note, there were no sightings of a Small Tortoishell. 

 As expected July was the busiest month with 9 species seen. The first species of the year was a Brimstone on the 15th February and the last species of the year was a Red Admiral on the 4th November.