Marsh Fritillary Monitoring - Islay

The Marsh Fritillary butterfly is one of our top priorities for conservation work as populations have declined significantly over the past century. Islay is home to some of the strongest populations of this species, but we need to undertake annual monitoring to keep track of them. Marsh Fritillary caterpillars live in groups within webs in the grasslands where they are found, so we will be counting these webs along fixed routes called transects.

Thanks to funding from The Botanist Foundation, Butterfly Conservation staff will be on Islay on the 12th and 13th September to train volunteers and undertake the butterfly monitoring work. Training can be arranged for small groups of volunteers, or individual volunteers can join in with surveys undertaken by us.  This work is also being supported by the RSPB.

To register your interest and find out more, please email Conservation Manager David Hill on @email