Events

A new monthly trapping event to be held in various locations in Tentsmuir Forest. 

Spernal, Heart of England Forest

Didcot, Oxon

Ever wondered what butterflies do outside transect hours? Come and find out!

Ainsdale Sand Dunes NNR

Target species: Dark Green Fritillary and Grayling.

Big Butterfly Count - we have several Gloucestershire Branch events during the count period.

Holtspur Bottom, West Of Beaconsfield, Bucks

Join the Upper Thames Branch at our Holtspur Bottom reserve, where we will be helping maintain the habitat for butterflies by pulling ragwort.

This is also a good opportunity to take part in the Big Butterfly Count.

Knoll Gardens, Stapehill Road, Hampreston, Wimborne BH21 7ND

By Invitation only - The Knoll Gardens Foundation welcomes Butterfly Conservation members and volunteers to the garden free-of-charge as part of the charity’s drive to promote wildlife friendly gardening with the ‘wow factor’...

Wyken Vineyard, Wyken Rd, Bury Saint Edmunds, IP31 2DW

Join us to take part in the Big Butterfly Count at Wyken! The estate comprises of five woods, some of which are SSSI, with recently seen White Admirals and Silver-washed Fritillary.

Start off your butterfly count in style!

Paices Wood, Aldermaston, Berks

Join us on a walk to look at the varied habitats of this country parkland.

This is also a good opportunity to take part in the Big Butterfly Count.

Deep Dene, Wilmington, East Sussex

Join the Sussex Branch at this training event, where you will be shown how to identify the Grayling butterfly, where to find it and how to distinguish between males and females. Children and dogs on leads welcome - turn up at any time between 10am and 3.30pm!

Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 4DG

Join the West Midlands Branch on a butterfly walk around the Malvern Hills.Today we'll be looking for the Silver-washed Fritillary butterfly and other species. This is also the perfect opportunity to take part in the Big Butterfly Count.

Booking is essential and please email to confirm time of walk - time listed is not accurate.

Help search for the very rare Silver Shade at its only known UK site.

There will also be a chance to take part in the Big Butterfly Count.

Clifford Bridge Meadow, Drewsteignton, EX6 6QE

Help Butterfly Conservation and the Fingle Rangers search for butterflies as part of the Big Butterfly Count.

Poldice Valley, SW Cornwall, between the villages of Twelveheads and St Day

Join the Cornwall Branch at this volunteer event where we will be showing people how to survey butterflies.

This is also a great opportunity to take part in the Big Butterfly Count!

Ashlawn Cutting, Rugby CV22 5JX

Join the Warwickshire Branch on this guided butterfly walk at Ashlawn Cutting, where you might be able to see species like the Silver-washed Fritillary and take part in a Big Butterfly Count!

Hilfield Park Reservoir

Family butterfly discovery day ~ Organised by HMWT so a donation will be requested.

Headley KT18 6NN

Join the Branch on this guided butterfly walk, where we hope to see the Silver-spotted Skipper butterfly.

This is also a great opportunity to take part in the Big Butterfly Count.

The July open day for our nectar garden.

Haugh Wood, between Hereford and Ledbury, HR1 4QA

Join the Branch on this guided butterfly walk in Haugh Wood and take part in the Big Butterfly Count while you're here!

Dawlish Warren Inner car park

Moth event at Dawlish Warren NNR

Lancashire Wildlife Trust Hut, Clifton Drive North, Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire, FY8 2RN

Join us on this guided walk to find butterflies like the Grayling and other summer species.

This is also a great opportunity to take part in the Big Butterfly Count.

Oversands School (former Witherslack Hall), Grange-over-Sands

Join the Branch and Cumbria Wildlife Trust on this guided walk to find butterflies like the Silver-washed, Dark Green and High Brown Fritillaries, Common Blue, Grayling and possibly Northern Brown Argus.

This is also a great opportunity to take part in the Big Butterfly Count.

Salcey Forest, east of the village of Hartwell, between Northampton and Newport Pagnell in Northamptonshire.

Join our new volunteer group to help manage butterfly habitat in the Salcey Forest area on the 3rd Sunday of every month until September 2019

And on our Sunday 21st July event, don't forget that you can also take part in a Big Butterfly Count!

Bevendean Down Local Nature Reserve, South Downs National Park

Join the Sussex Branch for a guided walk across an ancient chalk grassland site rich in flowers and butterflies, including the Chalk Hill Blue, Small Blue, Common Blue, Marbled White, Skippers and Dark Green Fritillary.

This is also a great opportunity to take part in the Big Butterfly Count.

Whiteadder, B6355, Gamelshiel, East Lothian, TD11 3SL

Join us on this trip to Bothwell Water to see the Northern Brown Argus butterfly.

This is also a great opportunity to take part in the Big Butterfly Count.

Longcliffe Brassington Matlock Derbyshire DE4 4HN

Join the East Midlands Branch at Derbyshire's only butterfly reserve for a day of guided butterfly walks, ice-cream, cake and a chance to take part in the Big Butterfly Count - a free day out for the whole family!

Webbs Wood and Echo Lodge near Swindon

This visit is to look for the beautiful White Admiral and Silver-washed Fritillary.

Near Wragby, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, LN8 5JR

Come and see the butterflies in the Limewoods and take part in the Big Butterfly Count.

Millhoppers Pasture Reserve

Butterfly Walk to visit Butterfly Conservation’s only reserve in the Herts & Middx area and see a range of summer butterflies on a site where 20 different species have been recorded. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EARLIER INSPECTION OF A MOTH TRAP RUN OVERNIGHT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED.

- Part of the Big Butterfly Count programme of butterfly walks
- Please note that there are two events this morning

Malvern Wells, Malvern WR14 4JA

Join the West Midlands Branch on a butterfly walk around the Malvern Hills.Today we'll be visiting St Wulstan’s Local Nature Reserve with Dave Taft, walking through woodlands and meadows on good level paths.

This is also the perfect opportunity to take part in the Big Butterfly Count. 

Booking essential. PLEASE NOTE THE TIMES WILL NEED TO BE CONFIRMED.