The small tortoiseshell suffered its worst summer in the history of the butterfly count

Number of butterflies seen during the three-week count

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1 Small white 273,650

2 Large white 210,665

3 Gatekeeper 72,877

4 Peacock 54,287

5 Meadow brown 51,899

6 Common blue 50,118

7 Green-veined white 49,515

8 Speckled wood 35,294

9 Red admiral 33,508

10 Small tortoiseshell 23,210