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Figure 4.1: Trends for the abundance of butterflies of the wider countryside in woodland in England, 1990 to 2022

Updated 2 February 2024
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Trends for the abundance of butterflies of the wider countryside in woodland in England, 1990 to 2022
Year Unsmoothed index (1990 = 100) Smoothed index Smoothed index lower 95% confidence interval Smoothed index upper 95% confidence interval
1990 100 93.78 81.83 105.72
1991 90.78 90.33 80.12 100.53
1992 110.66 86.89 78.03 95.76
1993 55.72 83.5 75.59 91.4
1994 65.01 80.22 72.94 87.5
1995 86.9 77.07 70.14 83.99
1996 85.31 74.01 67.27 80.75
1997 94.62 71.03 64.37 77.7
1998 58.08 68.17 61.52 74.81
1999 49.89 65.5 58.86 72.14
2000 49.89 63.08 56.44 69.72
2001 48.19 60.95 54.31 67.58
2002 56.49 59.06 52.43 65.7
2003 70.79 57.38 50.76 64.01
2004 73.62 55.85 49.23 62.46
2005 55.85 54.43 47.83 61.04
2006 56.1 53.16 46.56 59.77
2007 36.73 52.06 45.46 58.67
2008 34.99 51.18 44.56 57.79
2009 55.08 50.49 43.87 57.12
2010 62.81 49.97 43.34 56.6
2011 55.46 49.56 42.92 56.2
2012 29.24 49.28 42.63 55.92
2013 57.41 49.12 42.48 55.76
2014 50.93 49.06 42.42 55.7
2015 49.09 49.07 42.4 55.74
2016 35.48 49.15 42.4 55.89
2017 46.67 49.27 42.34 56.2
2018 66.83 49.4 42.1 56.69
2019 58.08 49.46 41.54 57.39
2020 58.48 49.47 40.57 58.36
2021 39.63 49.42 39.17 59.67
2022 44.87 49.36 37.37 61.35