The Five Visit Monitoring Scheme is intended to be used for recorders who don’t have time to devote to the full weekly monitoring scheme. The Five Visit Monitoring Scheme uses the identical methodology to the Irish Butterfly Monitoring Scheme but requires only five visits to be made during the recording season. Two walks should be completed between 22nd April and 16th June, and three walk completed between 1st July and 31st August. A minimum of two weeks should be left between walks and walks should be completed during favourable weather conditions. The Five Visit Monitoring Scheme does not collect the detailed flight period data of the full 26-week scheme, but it collects sufficient data to enable changes in butterfly populations to be tracked.