Butterfly year list

2023 butterfly year list so far = 34 species                                                 Same time last year = 32 species

July: 6, total: 34

​Chalk Hill Blue – Folkestone Downs – 21st Jul

Silver-washed Fritillary – Folks’ Wood – 8th Jul

Essex Skipper – Holy Well – 7th Jul

White Admiral – Folks’ Wood – 7th Jul

Dark Green Fritillary – Seabrook – 6th Jul

Ringlet – Shorncliffe Old Redoubt – 1st Jul 

June: 7, total: 28

​Gatekeeper – Stutfall Castle – 24th Jun

Small Skipper – Round Hill – 17th Jun

Marbled White – Crete Road West – 17th Jun

Small Blue – Folkestone Warren – 7th Jun

Meadow Brown – Crete Road West – 4th Jun

Swallowtail – Crete Road West – 3rd Jun

Large Skipper – Castle Hill – 3rd Jun

May 9, total: 21

​Brown Argus – Abbotscliffe – 24th May

Common Blue – Abbotscliffe and Samphire Hoe – 24th May

Adonis Blue – Round Hill – 14th May

Green-veined White – Seabrook – 13th May

Small Copper – Saltwood – 10th May

Painted Lady – Castle Hill – 5th May

Small Heath – Folkestone Downs – 5th May

Green Hairstreak – Folkestone Downs – 5th May

Wall – Lympne – 2nd May

April 8, total: 12

​Dingy Skipper – Folkestone Downs – 30th Apr

Large White – Seabrook – 30th Apr

Holly Blue – Lympne Church – 16th Apr

Red Admiral – Sandy Lane – 15th Apr

Speckled Wood – Folkestone Warren – 7th Apr

Orange-tip – Cheriton – 5th Apr

Clouded Yellow – Samphire Hoe – 4th Apr

Comma – Cheriton – 2nd Apr

March 2, total: 4

​Small White – Seabrook – 27th Mar

Peacock – Cheriton – 23rd Mar

February: 2

​Brimstone – Folkestone Warren – 19th Feb

Small Tortoiseshell – Lympne – 13th Feb

2022 total = 33 species

2021 total = 34 species

2020 total = 35 species

2019 total = 35 species

2018 total = 36 species

2017 total = 35 species

2016 total = 33 species

2015 total = 33 species

2014 total = 32 species

2013 total = 33 species

2012 total = 31 species

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