In Photos: Big Butterfly Count 2018

‘An orange tip seen in Treskilling, Cornwall, that, for some reason, decided my hand was preferable to a plant!’ This is a male, told by the orange tip, which females of the species don’t have.

Photograph: Alec Carpenter

‘A welcome garden visitor enjoying the jasmine on Saturday morning, 14 July, between Bristol and Bath.’ This is a comma butterfly, a species which, according to Butterfly Conservation, has undergone a significant comeback after rapid decline in the 20th century.

Photograph: Lynne Gillard

Another angle: ‘European Comma on my Echinacea purpurea in Dunton, Buckinghamshire. There seem to be many more butterflies in my herb garden this year.’

Photograph: Elaine Stavert/GuardianWitness