It's well overdue for starting. This is the link to last years thread
Butterflies and Moths 2023
There haven't been a lot of butterflies around here this year so far. The earliest was a fresh Red Admiral on the 3rd of january
Since then I've seen a Speckled Wood & Peacock. There have been Brimstone's about but I haven't seen them. Plenty of time left in the year to go chasing butterflies.
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Thanks PB. This colder weather is not helping the numbers this year.
Thanks William
Thanks SnappyMac.
Not that I’m at all competitive but are you counting male and female separately or as one species?
A few more.
Essex Skipper as per ID from my butterfly app
I'm counting mine serarately. I am up to about 3 this year!
So few about. Not just butterflies. Hardly any moths here, incl scarlet tiger moths which we usually see loads of. Bees likewise. Garden usually has loads. Still quite a few but far fewer than normal, esp bumblebees. Re butterflies, seen one or more ringlets in the garden in recent days, and peacocks a couple of months ago.....hardly anything else. No orange tips at all which is very unusual.