Butterflies - 2003

The following tables provide asummary of the butterfly information gathered during 2003 as part of the Garden BirdWatch 'other wildlife' recording and allow you to make comparisons between individual species. The results show the reporting rates across all types of garden, between different types of garden and between the different regions.

Results - all gardens

The following table shows the average reporting rate for each species across all garden types at the national level. Clicking on the species name will take you to the individual species account.

Species		Rate (%)
Red Admiral		74.6
Large White		65.1
Small Tortoiseshell		64.8
Peacock		64.2
Small White		54.0
Comma		41.1
Orange Tip		39.1
Meadow Brown		35.4
Brimstone		33.4
Speckled Wood		32.7
Gatekeeper		30.0
Holly Blue		28.2
Green-veined White		18.9
Wall Brown		8.8

Results - garden types

Species		Rural		Suburban		Urban)
Red Admiral		92.3		87.4		70.8
Large White		79.0		76.9		73.1
Small Tortoiseshell		82.9		74.9		60.8
Peacock		82.0		74.5		60.8
Small White		64.9		65.9		62.3
Comma		51.5		47.8		35.4
Orange Tip		58.7		42.6		23.9
Meadow Brown		54.6		36.2		28.5
Brimstone		44.2		38.5		30.8
Speckled Wood		39.3		38.7		29.2
Gatekeeper		38.7		35.7		25.4
Holly Blue		31.0		35.1		42.3
Green-veined White		30.2		19.4		16.1
Wall Brown		13.3		9.5		12.3

Results - regions

The following table shows the reporting rates for butterflies based on a regional basis. Clicking on the species name in this table will take you to the map rather than the species account. Click here to see what the region codes in the following table mean. Some regions are not shown in this table because of very small sample sizes.

Species		NE		NW		YH		EM		EE		WM		SE		SW		LO		SS		NS		WA		NI
Red Admiral		91		93		88		90		89		86		88		92		71		96		91		92		84
Large White		73		65		78		78		78		78		79		81		71		67		69		80		63
Small Tortoiseshell		79		78		83		82		78		82		84		80		50		73		75		77		89
Peacock		74		75		77		83		81		78		76		82		51		29		79		74		47
Small White		68		63		64		65		66		64		64		64		61		42		63		64		53
Comma		51		33		49		47		59		52		55		50		47		2		2		38		5
Orange Tip		46		26		48		48		55		50		47		47		34		15		31		51		16
Meadow Brown		34		21		30		45		47		44		47		49		33		23		21		46		16
Brimstone		18		5		16		50		51		27		59		50		38		2		2		17		11
Speckled Wood		50		1		15		39		38		49		43		49		40		15		1		46		79
Gatekeeper		19		2		21		35		43		41		46		47		38		2		2		17		11
Holly Blue		19		6		30		40		39		36		40		37		50		2		0		22		0
Green-veined White		20		16		22		24		23		23		19		25		14		33		36		27		42
Wall Brown		10		18		16		12		10		11		9		9		8		0		1		17		5

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