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