Although I'd already seen three species of butterflies this year (brimstone, comma and peacock), we'd not yet gone out to butterfly specifically. A beautiful sunny day in the easter break seemed perfect to go to Hillier Gardens (where we had our final day of proper butterflying last year) and do just that!
A calm day, the warmest day of the year so far, perfect for butterflies. We saw seven species in total, including many brimstones and orange-tips (most orange-tips I'd ever seen in a single day).
Of course, we did keep an eye out at the different water bodies for the first large red damsels of the year, but, alas, no luck ...
So here's the first table of 2022 (one = 1; few = 2-4; several = 5-9; many = 10+):
