North Wales news

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

The summer of 2019 boosted UK butterfly population to give them their best year since 1997 according to a study.

Dr Amir Khan, star of Channel 5’s ‘GPs Behind Closed Doors’ and keen conservationist has joined forces with two leading UK wildlife charities to urge people to become ‘Nature Doctors’ in their own gardens by planting for pollinators this year.

You can do things in the garden to help butterflies and bees almost all year round, but a crucial period is in early spring.

The wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation Scotland warmly welcomes the Scottish Government’s refusal of the application for a golf course on Coul Links, near Dornoch in East Sutherland.

Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation celebrates six years of the incredibly successful ‘Bog Squad’ initiative this March.

Butterfly Conservation are shocked and deeply saddened at the recent murders of Mexican butterfly activists Homero Gómez González and Raúl Hernández Romero.

The long-awaited publication of a landmark Agriculture Bill in parliament is a crucial piece of legislation which will have profound implications for the butterflies, moths, wildlife and wider environment of England.

Our work seeks to help the development of new land management support schemes by combining the latest scientific evidence and Butterfly Conservation’s practical experience of working with farmers and land owners on the ground.

The campaign for the Westminster General Election is now well and truly in full swing! This time it feels different, and not just because of the intense debates around Brexit. After years of trying to secure political attention, the environment has finally burst through onto the political stage.

Scientists from Britain and Ireland who have been involved in compiling the newly published Atlas of Britain and Ireland’s Larger Moths have revealed that our moths are on the move.

As gardeners, we always tend to have one eye on the present, while looking forward to the future. It rarely stops, except in the depths of winter when everything that can be done, is done.

Scientists have discovered why climate change may be contributing to the decline of some British butterflies and moths, such as Silver-studded Blue and High Brown Fritillary butterflies.

No place like home: species are on the move, but many have nowhere to go.