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Hunting Brown Hairstreak Eggs In Winter
Dr Martin Warren, Chief Executive at Butterfly Conservation goes hunting for eggs...
Tales From The Trap - January 2013 Week 1
The first 2013 report from Les Hill, Senior Data Manager, National Moth Recording Scheme and Dorset County Macro-moth Recorder.
Tales From The Trap - December 2012 Week 3
A special Christmas report from Les Hill. The ‘Towers Trap’ sits in a sheltered corner of Butterfly Conservation’s headquarters in rural Dorset.
Heating and Hibernation
Richard Fox, Butterfly Conservation Surveys Manager explains butterfly and moth "hibernation"
Tales From The Trap - December 2012 Week 2
The ‘Towers Trap’ sits in a sheltered corner of Butterfly Conservation’s headquarters in rural Dorset.
Tales From The Trap - December 2012 Week 1
Reports from Les Hill, Senior Data Manager, National Moth Recording Scheme and Dorset County Macro-moth Recorder.
Butterfly Survival Blueprint Unveiled
Restoring and joining up habitat will prevent the UKs threatened butterflies and moths from becoming extinct in the future, a groundbreaking report today revealed.
Migration Memories
Richard Fox, Butterfly Conservation Surveys Manager reminisces...
Government failing in ambition to be greenest ever
The Coalition Government is failing on its own commitments to Britains natural environment.
'Butterfly Isles' author scoops environmental award
Journalist and author Patrick Barkham has scooped a prestigious environmental award...
Celebrate the New Year with a butterfly calendar
Spend every day of next year with a beautiful butterfly - 2013 Butterfly Calendars.
The big three needed for the magnificent seven.
Natural England has teamed up with Butterfly Conservation and the farming community across the country to help save some of our most threatened butterflies.
Moths could be at risk from Ash Dieback.
Butterfly Conservation is concerned that the potential spread of Ash dieback fungus could pose a significant risk to Ash-dependent butterflies and moths.
Good habitat is key to drought survival,
Preventing habitat fragmentation could help butterflies survive severe drought...
Painted Lady migration secrets revealed
Study sheds light on migration mystery
Washout summer hampers butterflies
Thousands defy the wet weather to count butterflies
Hats off to Henry
Henry Edmunds, of Cholderton Estate in Wiltshire, has been crowned the UK's most wildlife-friendly farmer 2012
Admiral armada
Conspicuous by their absence all summer, Red Admirals have appeared en masse
Soggy summer delays Tortoiseshells
Colourful butterflies delayed by the rain
Boost for rare butterfly in forest stronghold
Pearl boost in the Wyre Forest
More than 10,000 counts are in but where are all the butterflies?
Big Butterfly Count 2012 is in full swing, but where are all the butterflies?
Butterfly warning as deluge takes toll
Attenborough urges public to take part in Big Butterfly Count
Forest report highlights importance of wildlife
Spelman pledges 'our forests will stay in public hands'
Calling all children, teachers and families
Our butterflies need you!
The moth that came back - Moth Night 2012
Return of the Ranunculus
Search is on for Scotland's smallest butterfly
Volunteers survey for the Small Blue in Angus
Small Tortoiseshell slide continues
Butterfly numbers in the UK countryside fell by almost a quarter last summer, according to a new scientific study.
Butterflies adapt diet in response to cliamte change
New evidence shows species are changing their diet to increase chance of survival
Search for the Skipper
Help discover where this rare Chequered Skipper is hiding
Help save our butterflies
Take a closer look at some of our rarest species this spring during Save Our Butterflies Week
