Welcome
Nov 2 AGM & Members' Day
Oct 21 Surrey Butterflies & Moths
Annual Report 2018
Oct 7 Surrey Skipper
36-page autumn edition
Sightings & Work Parties
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NEWS
Sep 24 Brilliant Butterflies, £1m project,
launched at Hutchinson's Bank
Sep 12 Big Butterfly Count results
Sep 11 Long-tailed Blue on window!
see Sightings
PROJECTS
Big City Butterflies
Brilliant Butterflies
Wood White
Archive: older news
Species to look out for
News
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The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect. In Gloucestershire, we've borrowed a term associated with Chaos Theory, a curious idea that postulates that a butterfly flapping its wings in one place could cause a massive storm elsewhere.
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No let-up in net loss of UK’s nature
The UK’s wildlife continues to decline according to the State of Nature 2019 report. The latest findings show that since rigorous scientific monitoring began in the 1970s there has been a 13% decline in average abundance across wildlife studied and that the declines continue unabated.
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Holy Grail of moth recording reappears in Britain
Numerous recent sightings of a moth that became extinct in the UK in the 1960s, suggest that it has recolonised and is now breeding across southern Britain.
Events
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Surrey Downs Work Parties
Friday 13th September 2019 to Friday 24th April 2020, 9:30am-3:30pm
Guildford-Dorking
North Downs Conservation Group
Please see: Surrey Work Parties
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Branch Reserve Work Parties
Thursday 3rd October 2019 to Thursday 2nd April 2020, 9:30am-3:30pm
Oaken Wood, Chiddingfold
1st Thursdays, Oct-Apr
Please see: Surrey Work Parties
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Surrey AGM & Members' Day
Saturday 2nd November 2019, 10:30am-4:30pm
King George V Hall, Effingham
All welcome
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.