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  • Missing moth returns to Savernake Forest after 120 year absence

    03 Feb 2022

    The rare moth was sighted during a survey by Butterfly Conservation.

    Light Crimson Underwing - Peter Maton
  • Location of re-introduced Chequered Skipper butterfly revealed

    27 Jan 2022

    Public able to see the rare butterfly in England for the first time in more than 40 years.

    Chequered Skipper
  • New Year resolutions to help you get closer to nature in 2022

    04 Jan 2022

    Want to reconnect with the wild in 2022? We have some suggestions for ways to bring a little bit of nature into your life this year.

    Silver studded blue butterfly against the sunset
  • What's in your leaf litter?

    07 Dec 2021

    The leaves in your garden could be hiding a multitude of insects this winter.

    Leaves on the ground
  • Doing nothing for nature? Some ideas for alternatives to tidying the garden this winter...

    07 Dec 2021

    We're asking people to help butterflies and moths by leaving leaf litter, keeping branches and letting plant stems go uncut in the garden this winter. So here are some ideas for alternatives to gardening this winter.

     

    Man sleeping in a wheelbarrow in a garden
  • Top tips for helping butterflies and moths this winter

    07 Dec 2021

    Our guide to helping butterflies and moths through the coldest months of the year.

     

    Frosted leaves on the ground
  • Fascinating facts about winter moths

    01 Dec 2021

    Most insects in the UK take a break in the winter months. Unlike mammals and birds they can't easily heat themselves up, and their sources of food from plants dwindle. But a few hardy butterflies and moths can be seen during this time, with some moths only appearing as adults during the months when few other insects are on the wing. 

    December Moth (Phil Lee)
  • New Red List of British butterflies

    23 Nov 2021

    A new Red List assessment of the extinction risk of butterfly species in Great Britain has been produced by Butterfly Conservation.

    Chalk Hill Blue Butterfly. Photo taken by Bob Eade.
  • Woodland and hedgerow creation will be crucial to support pollinators in Wales

    17 Nov 2021

    The largest survey of pollinator abundance in Wales has found that woodland and hedgerow creation can play a crucial role in action to reverse declines in insects that are essential for crop yield and other wildlife.

  • 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.
  • 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.

  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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).  

  • 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. 

  • 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
  • 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.

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