Welcome

Welcome to the Devon Branch of Butterfly Conservation. If you live in the region and are a member of Butterfly Conservation you automatically become a member of the Devon Branch.

Devon has around 39 resident butterfly species and we can help point you in the right direction on where and when is best to see them.  Why not join in our one of our Events (during the summer we organise field events to show you some of our resident butterfly species and in the winter we organise conservation work days to improve the habitat for butterflies in Devon). Click here to view more details or scroll down this page to the section marked "Get Involved"

Species to look out for

Wood White (underwing) - Bob Eade

Wood White

Silver-studded Blue (male/upperwing) - Bob Eade

Silver-studded Blue

White Admiral (upperwing) - Iain Leach

White Admiral

Brown Argus (male/upperwing) - Bob Eade

Brown Argus

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Small Blue

Brown Hairstreak (female/upperwing) - Iain Leach

Brown Hairstreak

Devon updates

Oct 2020

As we are sadly unable to hold the members’ day this year, we would like to invite you to join our online Annual General Meeting on Tuesday October 13th 2020 at 6pm.  Download our message to members here about the AGM (which will be held via Zoom) and also information about changes to Branch roles. Another link is on our Members page where you can find many of our past newsletters too.  

Also on the Members page are documents for the 2020 AGM for members to download.  These are being added as they are ready to publish from 8th Oct onwards so please check back prior to the meeting for the full set of documents.

Our latest newsletter is the October 2020 edition which you can download here and also on our Members page.  Many thanks to our new Newsletter Editor Emma Grice for this issue.  In this issue you will find our Devon BC Winter Workdays 2020-2021 on page 20.  These will also be on our web site soon.  Please note that ADVANCED BOOKING IS NECESSARY FOR ALL EVENTS

You can keep up to date with the branch on Facebook as well as Twitter.  Look for us on Facebook as Butterfly Conservation Devon and on Twitter as @BCDevon.  

Don't forget we still are keeping our Sightings page up to date - there are still butterflies to see on sunny days even as we move into Autumn!  So let us know if you have seen any butterflies.  

Learn more 

Green Hairstreak - Iain H Leach

Latest Sightings

Have you seen a butterfly? Take a look at our latest sightings page to find out what you can see at this time of year and what species were seen each month last year!

Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Iain H Leach

Conservation projects in Devon

The ‘All the Moor Butterflies’ project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, will help to restore and create habitat for the Pearl-bordered Fritillary, High Brown Fritillary, Heath Fritillary and Marsh Fritillary on some of the UK’s most famous moorland landscapes, including Exmoor, Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor.

Silver-studded Blue - Mark Searle

Key sites to see species

Find out more about some of our main butterfly species and the best sites to see them in Devon.

Brimstone moth - Patrick Clement

Newsletters and email news

Keep up to date with all our latest news by signing up for our email newsletter or catching up on our past ones. 

Get involved 

News

Catch up on all our news

Events

See all our upcoming events

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Volunteer with us

Butterfly Conservation relies on the support of thousands of volunteers, and we are always looking for more help inside the office and out in the field. Whether you want to volunteer at a local branch, get outside and help manage our nature reserves, or help with one of our events, we have something for everyone to get involved in! Your time can make a real difference.

Find out how to get involved.

Branch information

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  • Chairman
    Jonathan Aylett  
  • Branch Organiser
    Marjory Taylor       
  • Treasurer
    Ray Jones