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  • The use of data in policy

    08 Nov 2021

    The use of data in our policy and advocacy work - the Quinquennial Review of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (QQR) and the Oak Processionary Moth.

    Oak Processionary (Karen and Sarah Hand)
  • Brownfield sites promote biodiversity at a landscape scale

    08 Nov 2021

    A new paper, led by Callum Macgregor and colleagues at the University of Hull, UKCEH and Butterfly Conservation researched the species richness of birds, plants and insects in relation to historical landfill sites.

  • Butterfly Conservation: Interview with Lisbeth Hordley

    08 Nov 2021

    We interview Butterfly Conservation's Ecological Statistician, Lisbeth Hordley, and find out about the projects she is working on.

     

    Lisbeth Hordley in pink jumper with binoculars against a hilly background.
  • Big Butterfly Count 2021 sees lowest ever number of butterflies recorded

    07 Oct 2021

    Wildlife charity warns that we must act now if we are to save the UK’s butterflies and moths for future generations.

    ID guide featuring butterflies
  • Tribute to Douglas Boyes

    01 Oct 2021

    We at Butterfly Conservation, Newcastle University and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology were shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the recent sudden loss of Douglas Boyes. A supremely talented, enthusiastic and dedicated young scientist he was also a kind and generous colleague to those he worked with, and a young man who had already achieved so much in his career and life to date.

    Douglas Boyes
  • Butterfly Conservation’s Craft Club is Back

    29 Sep 2021

    Our craft club returns on January 20th 2022 and this time you can felt your own Red Admiral butterfly.
    Suitable for complete beginners as well as more experienced crafters, you’ll receive all the materials you need to take part.

    Red Admiral Felt Butterfly
  • Call to landowners to help save threatened West Wales butterfly

    20 Sep 2021

    The threatened Brown Hairstreak butterfly’s range in South-west Wales has more than halved in the last decade, a new study by Butterfly Conservation South Wales Branch reveals. 

  • Galw ar berchnogion tir i helpu i achub glöyn byw sydd dan fygythiad yng Ngorllewin Cymru

    20 Sep 2021

    Welsh edition of "Call to landowners to help save threatened West Wales butterfly" article - Mae dyfodol y Brithribin Brown yn y fantol yn Ne Orllewin Cymru wrth i wasgariad ei diriogaeth grebachu o fwy na’i hanner dros y degawd diwethaf, yn ôl astudiaeth newydd gan Gangen y De o Gwarchod Glöynnod Byw (BC).  

  • Streetlights reduce moth populations

    26 Aug 2021

    A new ground-breaking study from Butterfly Conservation, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Newcastle University has shown streetlights in southern England reduce the abundance of moth caterpillars.

    LED streetlights by a field at night
  • Butterfly species hard hit by changeable weather patterns

    16 Jul 2021

    Where have the butterflies gone? Butterfly Conservation launches this year’s Big Butterfly Count with urgent appeal for public’s help after disastrous spring weather. 

  • Exciting species discoveries made as locked-down UK public takes up mothing

    08 Jul 2021

    A surge in enthusiasm for observing moths during the lockdowns has resulted in some UK counties recording their first sightings of rare species. Scientists are now hoping there will be similar exciting finds during this year’s Moth Night (8 to 10 July), and are calling on the public to submit their daytime and nighttime sightings of species, as well as photographs.

    Scarlet Tiger Moth Press Release Image
  • Felt your own Large Blue Butterfly

    06 Jul 2021

    Butterfly Conservation has teamed up with expert crafters The Makerss for a special online event to show you how to needle felt your own Large Blue butterfly. 

    Felt your own Large Blue Butterfly
  • New population of one of UK’s rarest butterflies found in Kent

    01 Jul 2021

    The Heath Fritillary, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies, has been discovered for the first time at the Woodland Trust’s Victory Wood in east Kent.

  • Garden wildlife specialist Vivara announced as co-sponsor of The Big Butterfly Count

    11 Jun 2021

    Garden wildlife specialists Vivara have teamed up with Butterfly Conservation to help encourage people to become citizen scientists this summer.

    Logos of Vivara and Big Butterfly Count
  • Dismay as DEFRA fails to set target to halt decline of nature

    10 Jun 2021

    Butterfly Conservation joins other nature groups in warning that the Government's new target in the Environment Bill has fallen short of the action needed for nature.

    State of Nature Petition
  • Butterfly Conservation and Severn Trent announce new three-year conservation project

    03 Jun 2021

    A new three-year conservation project, which aims to reverse the declines of specific species of butterfly and moth in the Midlands area, has been announced by wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation in partnership with Severn Trent.

  • Garden wildlife specialists Vivara sponsors Big Butterfly Count

    02 Jun 2021

    Garden wildlife specialists Vivara has teamed up with wildlife charity, Butterfly Conservation, to help encourage people to become citizen scientists this summer.

    Logos of Vivara and Big Butterfly Count
  • Big City Butterflies is launched

    01 Jun 2021

    New initiative encourages Londoners to spot some special butterflies this half term.

    Sculptures of butterflies
  • Sophia Webster collaborates with Butterfly Conservation

    18 May 2021

    British luxury footwear brand Sophia Webster has released two new designs in collaboration with Butterfly Conservation to help raise awareness and funds for threatened butterfly species.

    Sophia Webster sandals
  • Iceland launches Butterfly Cakes to raise funds for real butterflies

    29 Apr 2021

    In the wake of the inter-supermarket caterpillar cake debacle, Iceland has announced it will launch brand-new Iceland Bonny the Butterfly Cakes to promote the importance of biodiversity, with all profits going to Butterfly Conservation.

    Bonnie the Butterfly Cakes
  • Webinar: Butterflies of the Lake District

    29 Apr 2021

    Join us for our Butterflies of the Lake District webinar and learn about the common and rare species you can find here. Plus, by signing up you'll be helping fund on-the-ground conservation work in nearby Morecambe Bay.

    Chris Winnick
  • Endangered moths set to be saved and celebrated in Kent

    29 Apr 2021

    A new project called Kent’s Magnificent Moths will save and celebrate some of the UK’s most unique and special moths which are found in the county.

  • Funding approved to boost Tiger numbers in Stourbridge

    15 Apr 2021

    Residents of Norton in Stourbridge are set to see a boost to numbers of the striking Scarlet Tiger moth thanks to a £3,938 grant from Ibstock Enovert Trust (IET).

  • Helping our butterflies helps our own mental health says Dr Amir Khan

    13 Apr 2021

    Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is launching its Nurture for Nature campaign today, in partnership with Dobbies Garden Centres, in a bid to encourage more people to look after themselves by looking after the natural world this spring.

  • 2020 hailed as a 'good' year for butterflies

    31 Mar 2021

    2020 hailed as a ‘good’ year for butterflies - but conservation scientists warn that our view of what is ‘good’ might be shifting

    Brimstone
  • Moth studies shedding light on global insect declines

    24 Mar 2021

    Moths are the most taxonomically and ecologically diverse insect taxon for which considerable abundance and distribution data exist in various parts of the world. A new paper sheds light on global insect declines.

    Costa Rica caterpillar - Danielle Salcido
  • State of Britain’s Larger Moths 2021

    24 Mar 2021

    Britain’s moths provide a rare opportunity to assess trends for a species-rich insect group.

    Red Carpet - Keith Tailby
  • NEW PAPER: ‘The decline of butterflies in Europe: problems, significance, and possible solutions'

    24 Mar 2021

    Butterfly Conservation's (BC) Chief Scientist Dr Nigel Bourn highlights some significant publications in which BC scientists are involved in.

    Violet Copper (upperside) - Adam Gor
  • Climate Change Effects on the Grizzled Skipper

    24 Mar 2021

    Climate change raises a great deal of uncertainty for the future of many species, including Lepidoptera. Discover the effects of Climate Change on the Grizzled Skipper butterfly.

    Grizzled Skipper - Fiona Bell
  • Time for Climate Action in Northern Ireland

    09 Mar 2021

    Northern Ireland is a wonderful place, full of beautiful landscapes and special wildlife including 25 species of butterfly and around 1100 species of moth. Sadly, in common with every other part of the planet, our butterflies, moths and other wildlife face the growing threat of climate change.

    Holly Blue (female/summer brood) - Iain Leach

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