Lancashire news

New report shows Britain's moths decline by one third: A crucial indicator of the health of our wider environment.

Butterfly Conservation is teaming up with a coalition of environmental organisations to put nature’s recovery in law and we need your help.

Threatened moth is being brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to a project in Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire

There are over 60 unique and exciting experiences and items available in Butterfly Conservation's Spring Auction. Bid to help give butterflies and moths a boost!

Neonicotinoid pesticides have once again made the headlines following a decision by the Government to allow the emergency use of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam on sugar beet in England in 2021.

A view on post-Brexit 2021 – a crucial year for action on pandemics, nature and the climate.

Following the success of our online identification sessions in 2020, the sessions will re-run in 2021.

Despite a decline of 99% in the past 40 years, western monarch butterflies have been denied endangered species listing.

Butterfly Conservation has received a grant of £240,900 from the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund for Morecambe Bay project.

Join us for this free one-hour long presentation on Thursday, December 3rd to learn more about the butterflies you can discover in London.

Please note that Butterfly Conservation will be closed from 4.30pm on Friday 18th December until 9am on Monday 4th January 2021.

Are you a budding nature photographer? Have you or your children taken some lovely butterfly or moth snaps through this spring and summer? Why not enter our competition and the overall winner’s photograph will appear on the front cover of our Autumn 2021 newsletter and receive a £25 NHBS voucher, with 2nd place being printed on the back cover.

Sign up to a free webinar, The Atlas: Mission Accomplished, and learn about the landmark publication – the Atlas of Britain and Ireland’s Larger Moths.

Big Butterfly Count 2020 sees lowest numbers of butterflies recorded in 11 years.

HS2 on Calvert Jubilee nature reserve: Statement from Butterfly Conservation

Conservation work parties at Myers Allotment will commence on Tuesday 6 October 2020 at 10:00am. 

Nature is in crisis with extinctions happening at unprecedented rates as a result of our abuse of the planet. But this is no longer just about nature. As Butterfly Conservation President, Sir David Attenborough made clear on Sunday's ‘Extinction – The Facts’ on BBC One, we are not apart from nature, we are an integral part of it.

First Purple Hairstreak butterfly recorded in South Lanarkshire for 175 years by conservation volunteer

Bookings are now open for our latest webinar, Gardening for Butterflies, Moths and Other Insects. Spaces are limited and can be booked on a first-come-first-served basis.

Help map moth species affected by climate change: hunt for red underwings this Moth Night.

A study of Northern Brown Argus in the Scottish Borders by wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS) has revealed the region to hold significant nationally important colonies. However, sadly 54 out of 92 butterfly colonies identified have been deemed as under long-term threat primarily from unsuitable grazing and afforestation.

A new series of online courses aimed at those interested in identifying butterflies has been launched by Butterfly Conservation. Spaces are limited and can be booked on a first-come-first-served basis.

Chris Packham and wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation are launching this year’s Big Butterfly Count today as a chance for the public to give a gift back to nature this summer.

The warm spring weather, capped by the UK’s sunniest May since records began, has led to the early emergence of many butterfly species.

Butterfly Conservation and over 60 leading wildlife and conservation NGOs unite in support of speedier beaver restoration.

While this is an uncertain and anxious time for everyone, I want to update you on how the Coronavirus Covid-19 is likely to affect our work and assure you that we are adapting and rising to the challenge of continuing our fight for nature.

Butterfly Conservation urges the Prime Minister to seize this opportunity to restore nature and reverse the climate crisis.

Wildlife charity, Butterfly Conservation, launches plea to the public to help measure impacts of climate change while its scientists are in lockdown.

Butterfly Conservation strongly advises that you must not leave home in order to record butterflies and moths.

As lockdown continues and we all abide by the Government’s advice to stay safe in our homes over the four-day Easter break, anyone with an outdoor space will be making the most of the sunny forecast this weekend.