Find out how we make a difference for butterflies and moths.

Marbled White - Iain H Leach

Conservation

In the last five years, Butterfly Conservation has embarked on some of the biggest butterfly projects to date. Find out more about our work. 

Small Elephant Hawk-moth - James O'Neill

Reserves

Butterfly Conservation currently has over 30 Nature Reserves all over the United Kingdom - all havens for butterflies and moths.

Adonis Blue - Iain H Leach

Recording

The data gathered in our world-renowned schemes  is used by the Government to indicate the health of the environment. 

Children examine a Hawk-moth

Discover & Learn

Visit Discover & Learn, our pages for children & families. Explore the wonderful world of butterflies and moths with us. Learn about their amazing lives, access our curriculum based resources or simply have fun and connect with nature.

Large Blue (upperside) - Pete Withers

Our successes

We have grown to become probably the largest insect conservation organisations in the world. 

Garden Tiger - Iain H Leach

How we use your donations

Every penny and pound you donate to us helps towards our conservation work, but what exactly do we do with it?