A rather disappointing year 5% down on th 5 year average with only Brimstone and Green Viened white up  and the rest of the whites down although this is following county trend . However Dingy Skipper made a spectacular return and has been doing well in a few locations where Birds foot trefoil flourishs, All the blues were  down but  Holy Blue stands out as on the majority of sites are way up.  Common Blue in particular  had another really bad year and  the trend since since 2019 has been unusually rapidly downwards  which could indicate site conditions.  All the Vanessids were  well down and, unusually, so was Comma but less so than the others down 15%.  In contrast Small Torts  were only an eighth of their 2021 boom count.  Speckled woods who were almost universally up barely held  ground. As with county trends all the browns did well particularly the Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown having record years.  Only Small Heath fell back as on most sites.  The real reason for the fall in numbers  overall is being woodlands  contains a large population of Vannessids which did particularly badly as they  did not produce a second generation, partly due to the heat but also due to poor nettle quality and higher than normal parasite  (Sturmia Tachinid Fly) It was simply a perfect storm!