• Small Copper slumps as butterflies struggle in cold summer

    Major annual butterfly survey reveals alarming decline of Small Copper

  • Help solve the riddle of back garden butterflies

    A new survey aims to lift the lid on the lives of our back garden butterflies

  • Retirement of Dr Martin Warren as Butterfly Conservation Chief Executive

    Dr Martin Warren announces his retirement as Butterfly Conservation Chief Executive

  • Time to protect our trees

    Butterfly Conservation joins coalition calling for a new woodland charter

  • 40 year slump for UK Butterflies

    More than three-quarters of the UK’s butterflies have declined in the last 40 years with some common species suffering significant slumps, a major scientific study has revealed.

  • Conservation charities support recommendations for Environment (Wales) Bill

    Wales Environment Link (WEL), a coalition of 29 environmental NGOs in Wales, including Butterfly Conservation, is encouraging Assembly Members to vote to progress the Environment (Wales) Bill.

  • The Lady Descends .... Again

    Could millions of Painted Ladies descend this summer?

  • Critically Endangered Butterfly Hits 10- Year High

    One of the UK’s rarest butterflies has recorded its best year for a decade thanks to 2014’s warm spring weather and work to restore its habitat, a study has revealed.

  • Continental Crusader Conquers British Winter

    A spectacular European butterfly has travelled to the UK and for the first time on record, survived the British winter, Butterfly Conservation can reveal.

  • Rare Butterfly Thriving In The “Garden Of Wales”

    One of Wales’ rarest butterflies is making a comeback in Carmarthenshire. Butterfly Conservation Wales has reported a dramatic increase in numbers of the Marsh Fritillary and people are being asked to help the butterfly further by volunteering.
  • Pollinators Pushed Up The Agenda

    Butterfly Conservation welcomes the Government’s National Pollinator Strategy. The newly published document is a clear steer from Government that the declines in bees and wild pollinators including butterflies and moths are being taken seriously.

  • Horror Moth Ghosts In For Halloween

    The UK’s scariest moth caused pandemonium in a suburban street after appearing unexpectedly in a back garden, just days before Halloween.

  • Globally Endangered Butterfly Needs Your Help As Numbers Fall

    One of the UK’s rarest butterflies - the Large Blue - has declined this summer at its Somerset stronghold, Butterfly Conservation has revealed.

  • Munching Caterpillars Secure Wessex Watermark Award

    Wessex Water have handed over £750 of funds to help support Butterfly Conservation's education project 'Munching Caterpillars'.

  • Small Tortoiseshell Fights Back

    One of the UK’s favourite butterflies – the Small Tortoiseshell, continued its fight back this summer after years of decline, despite enduring the coldest August since 1993, results from the Big Butterfly Count have revealed.

  • Game-changing response required to tackle State of Nature crisis

    A year on from the publication of the State of Nature report, Sir David Attenborough joins Butterfly Conservation and our partners to seek out game-changing solutions to the crisis facing nature.

  • Ivy lifeline for autumn moths

    UK braced for influx of rare continental moths looking for ivy to feed upon

  • Tackling anxiety and isolation at home with Butterfly Conservation

    As we’re all being encouraged to spend more time in our homes and feeling the worry and anxiety of 24/7 news coverage of the global pandemic, Butterfly Conservation is suggesting a way to look after your mental health by spending time in your garden or local outdoor spaces.

  • Launch of new Moth Atlas for the West Midlands

    Moth recorders in the West Midlands are celebrating the completion of an online atlas covering Birmingham & the Black Country, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire.

  • UK moths battling unfair reputation

    Around three quarters of the UK population (74%) have some negative opinion of moths, with many people believing the majority eat clothes and are pests, a study has revealed.

  • Butterfly Conservation’s Craft Club is Back

    * THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED*

    Join us on 9 September at 10am for an ink-tastic online drawing class with illustrator Kate Moby. Inspired by the natural world, Kate’s work sits in two categories, inky animals and inky botanicals. Stocked in stores both on the high-street and online, many of you will have already spotted her wonderful designs out and about.

    PURCHASE YOUR CRAFT KIT HERE HERE

    The focus of this exciting class will be moths you can see in your garden at home. We will be focusing on two common species, the Elephant Hawk-moth and the Garden Tiger. Both of these moths can be spotted throughout the summer, with the Elephant Hawk-moth on the wing from May through to July and the Garden Tiger July and August. Kate will begin by showing you how she creates the hand carved pens in the craft kits, before then guiding you through creating a moth masterpiece using the powdered inks in the kit.  

    With a focus on sustainability, Kate grows her own bamboo which is cut and hand carved by her into dip pens. These are then used in the ink to create her wonderful designs. Championing eco friendly British manufacturing in a sustainable way the kits you receive from Kate will be plastic free and contain only FSC certified paper materials.

    In your kit you will receive:

    ·         X1 Hand carved bamboo pen in illustrated recycled card sleeve (please specify whether you are left or right handed on your order form)

    ·         X3 Glassine sachets of powdered ink in Prussian Blue, Red and Yellow. Glassine is made from PEFC certified pine resin which makes them fully biodegradable yet archival and waterproof

    ·         Sheets of Cold Pressed, acid-free cotton watercolor paper to draw onto

    ·         Worksheets and reference materials

    ·         A voucher for katemoby.com worth £5

      PURCHASE YOUR CRAFT KIT HERE - Please note kits will be dispatched within 14 days of the event.