Data from: Trends in butterfly populations in UK gardens – new evidence from citizen science monitoring

This data package describes the annual abundance indices and trend estimates for 22 butterfly species in UK gardens for the period 2007-2020.

These data form the basis of the results presented in: Plummer, K.E., Dadam, D., Brereton, T., Dennis, E.B., Massimino, D., Risely, K. et al. (2023) Trends in butterfly populations in UK gardens—New evidence from citizen science monitoring. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 1– 13. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12645

Please refer to the paper for an explanation of the underlying BTO Garden BirdWatch (GBW) data and modelling protocols used to produce the datasets included here.

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