Lancashire news

UK butterflies bounced back in 2018 following a string of poor years, thanks in part to last year’s heatwave summer, a study has revealed.

BC's Cumbria and Lancashire Branches, in conjunction with Lancaster University, held a free 'Pathways to Butterfly Conservation in North-West England' conference.

The new 'Butterflies and Day-flying Moths of Lancashire' book is now available to buy.

The Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) annual newsletter for the 2018 season is now available to download.

The ‘Behind the scenes’ visit to Liverpool World Museum due to take place on 9th March 2019 has been postponed and will be rearranged for later this year.  

Street lighting operating all night can alter the natural pollination of a common wildflower, a study involving Butterfly Conservation (BC) has revealed.

Could you help with the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey in Lancashire?

Could you help with a survey of rare Belted Beauty moths in Lancashire?

In July 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the Government would bring forward an Environment Bill. Butterfly Conservation (BC) understand that Defra are working on the draft of the Bill, to cover England and reserved matters in devolved countries, and this will be published before Christmas.

Scientists have discovered that moths may play a much broader role as plant pollinators than previously suspected.

Numbers of one of the UK’s best known garden butterflies have plummeted this summer despite the record-breaking hot weather, results from the Big Butterfly Count have revealed.

Scottish Ministers have “called-in” plans for a golf course at Coul Links near Embo, East Sutherland after deciding that the case is of ‘national importance’.

The Prince of Wales has recorded dozens of butterflies while taking part in the world’s largest butterfly survey at his home in Highgrove, Gloucestershire.

Sir David Attenborough has spoken of the mental health benefits of watching butterflies as he urged the public to take part in the world’s biggest butterfly survey over the next three weeks.

In the UK, since 1976, the habitat specialists butterflies index has fallen by 77%, whilst wider countryside abundance is down by 46%.

An increasing number of new moth species are arriving and settling in the UK as a result of the global reach of the horticultural trade and the changing climate, moth experts today revealed.

The Chequered Skipper has been returned to England after 40 year absence

Alan Titchmarsh is calling on gardeners to make a metre for wildlife this summer by providing a refuge for struggling butterflies, moths and other pollinators.

Nature enthusiasts in Cumbria and Lancashire are being given the chance to see some rare butterflies at a free event to celebrate 50 years of the wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation (BC).

The spring 2018 Lancashire branch newsletter is now available to download.

Major study reveals another tough summer for UK butterflies

Climate change has provided a window of opportunity for a previously extinct butterfly

A new book has been published by Brian Hancock, one of our members and an authority on this family of moths.

A local Girl Guide has sent us this article on creating a butterfly garden

Steve Palmer, well known local moth expert is co-author of newly published Field guide to the smaller moths of Britain and Ireland

Spot butterflies and moths to earn i-SPY points

Sir David Attenborough is urging people to take action for butterflies and moths this year, to mark the 50th anniversary of wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation (BC).

Butterfly Conservation welcomes publication of long awaited 25 Year Environment Plan

A major new conservation project spanning Northern Ireland, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland will help butterflies, birds and other species.

Charities benefit from Patsy Wood Trust legacy grants