Small Grey

Small Grey

Eudonia mercurella

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Cévennes National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

70 Verified sightings at Cévennes National Park From 2019 to 2026
259 In all 8 parks
June Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Small Grey

Eudonia mercurella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, western China, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, and north-western Africa. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
2 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
6 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
7 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
8 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~20%
2 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
3 Dublin 🇮🇪 Ireland
~10%
4 Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal
~10%
5 Rotterdam [The Hague] 🇳🇱 Netherlands
~10%
6 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
7 Munich 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
8 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
9 Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
10 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Small Grey in Cévennes National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Grey sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 996 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Small Grey in Cévennes National Park?

June and July

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Small Grey in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. Those are among Cévennes National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in October.

What time of day is best to see a Small Grey?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Grey sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Is Cévennes National Park the best place to see a Small Grey?

Among the best

Of the 8 parks where we can rate Small Grey sightings, Cévennes National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Small Grey live in Cévennes National Park?

Same genus: Eudonia

The closest relatives of the Small Grey that you can see in Cévennes National Park (genus Eudonia) are Pied Grey (about 10%), Narrow-Winged Grey (about 10%) and Little Grey (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Small Grey sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Small Grey is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (70 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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