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| One of last year's Comma butterflies. I love the proboscis! |
I noticed on Twitter that early butterfly sightings are being recorded so it seemed the right moment to post my complete Garden Butterfly Survey (Butterfly Conservation) list of 371 butterflies for 2022.
The list shows my total number of sightings (18 species in total) and the chart below it shows the top ten species seen each month:
It comes as little surprise that Small Whites were my most frequently recorded butterfly. The three Graylings and a single Clouded Yellow were garden firsts.
I tend to jot down 'bonus' sightings as well in my notebook, and note that in addition to the butterflies listed, I saw several Hummingbird hawk-moths and a couple of Silver Ys. A passing shimmer of red could have been either a Cinnabar or a Burnet moth.
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“Garden Butterfly Survey (2022) by Butterfly Conservation supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, licensed under CC BY 4.0”.
You had a great year for butterflies Caroline. I used to do that survey then they switched I think to irecord and I stopped doing it. But belatedly reading a Butterfly Conservation magazine from last year and it seems they have re-set up their own site so I will add records again this year.
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