Large Skipper

These small, moth-like butterflies emerge in large numbers in late June and July, for a brief season. They prefer the longer grasses and brambles on the woodland edge or beside scrubby hedge lines. The population fluctuates between years, with the peak numbers seen in 2018 making it the third most numerous butterfly that year, and following the crash in 2020 and again in 2021 numbers picked up in the hot summer of 2022.

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63 24 18th June 8th August

22 12 2nd July 23rd July

40 14 22nd June 31st July

145 43 22nd June 29th July

271 100 18th June 24th July

54 22 19th June 24th July

30 9 5th July 7th August

131 44 27th June 22nd August