North Wales news

Butterflies need your help more than ever, says Jo Bower, Communications Manager at Butterfly Conservation, which is why it’s so important to take part in the Big Butterfly Count this year. 

Urgent action to save Wales's most vulnerable species, including the High Brown Fritillary, is set to get underway this summer, thanks to the players of the National Lottery.

Butterfly Conservation has received lots of fantastic messages from people who are seeing the extinct Black-veined White butterfly in south-east London. 

Butterfly Conservation is hosting its third Kent-wide Big Moth Safari week celebrating moths on 17^th- 24^th June.

A new and exciting conservation project called Species on the Edge will launch at a free family fun day event hosted by Butterfly Conservation Scotland at Logie Quarry, near Tain, on Saturday 3 June.

New research published by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) reveals how the UK's gardens are acting as a safe haven for butterflies.

A new report on the trends of grassland butterflies across Europe has shown numbers have declined by 36% over the last decade.

If you have been following the saga of Coul Links in East Sutherland you will know that the original proposal for a golf course was turned down by the Scottish Government. In July last year another application was submitted. Here's an update on our objection.

A new study, published today by the science journal PNAS, has found that increased use of pesticides and fertiliser is driving bird population declines across the UK and Europe. 

Plymouth, UK - Pollenize, a local environmental organisation, has launched its Pesticide Free Plymouth campaign, aimed at reducing the use of pesticides in the city to protect pollinators and promote biodiversity.
 

Every five years or so, since the start of the century, Butterfly Conservation and its partners have produced an up-to-date assessment of the changing fortunes of the UK’s butterfly species. The latest such assessment, The State of the UK’s Butterflies 20221, was published in February and contains long-term trends derived from countrywide citizen science schemes involving tens of thousands of participants.

Dr Lisbeth Horsley explores how moths threatened by climate change could be saved by better water management. 

Rachel Jones, Senior Ecologist, explores local-scale management impact on the Lulworth Skipper. 

This article reflects upon a recent paper, co-authored by BC’s Senior Ecological Statistician, Emily Dennis, in collaboration with Alison Johnston (University of St Andrews) and Eleni Matechou (University of Kent), and published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution, which reviews the outstanding challenges for biodiversity monitoring using citizen science data. 

Dr Nigel Bourn, Chief Scientist at Butterfly Conservation, has been a conservationist his entire life and spent the last five decades studying butterflies. 

Toxic neonicotinoid pesticides have once again been authorised for use on sugar beet crops by the UK Government.
 

The heatwave and drought of summer 2022 has had a major negative impact on some UK butterfly species, a study has confirmed.

New research has found that moths are more efficient pollinators at night than day-flying pollinators such as bees.

New research from wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation and Northumbria University has shown that moths adapted to cooler conditions are being lost from parts of Britain as a result of climate change. 
 

A beautiful and unusual moth that looks like a Hummingbird in flight appears to have had a bumper year in 2022, with an estimated ten-fold increase in sightings reported across the UK.

March 3rd is World Wildlife Day and to mark the occasion we've put together some information about the butterfly and moth species you might see if you venture out this weekend.

Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is seeking nature-loving volunteers for a brand-new project called Wild Spaces which will transform urban spaces in Stirling into green havens.
 

Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is seeking nature-loving volunteers for a brand-new project called Wild Spaces which will transform urban spaces in Perth into green havens.
 

Overall, 71% of butterflies in Wales have declined in abundance, distribution, or both, with those species that require specific habitats in order to thrive the worst affected.

In Scotland, butterfly species that require specialist habitats have greatly declined, but the figures show increases too, as many countryside-wide species have increased in Scotland. While this bucks the trend elsewhere in the UK, it’s a clear indicator of climate change.

The State of the UK's Butterflies 2022 report, released today by Butterfly Conservation, has revealed the alarming news that 80% of butterflies in the UK have declined since the 1970s.

Of the four UK countries, England’s butterflies have fared the worst, particularly those species that rely on specific habitat to thrive.

Overall, 71% of butterflies in Wales have declined in abundance, distribution, or both, with those species that require specific habitats in order to thrive the worst affected.

Butterfly Conservation is thrilled to be celebrating two wins at the RSPB Scotland’s Nature Awards 2022.
 

Join us in signing the petition addressed to Rishi Sunak, asking him
to take the lead at the COP15 summit on biodiversity and fight for a global deal to halt and
reverse nature loss across the world by 2030.