Thymelicus sylvestris
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 6 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 12 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 7 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Skipper sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 96th most-seen of the 597 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Small Skipper in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Small Skipper sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 20%), Picos de Europa National Park (Spain, about 10%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Small Skipper that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Common Branded Skipper (about 10%), Mallow Skipper (about 10%) and Far Eastern Large Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (64 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.
