Welcome to Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire
   
Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire works with land owners, local authorities, conservation bodies, businesses and local people to raise awareness about the threats to our butterflies, moths and their habitats. We provide advice and practical help on how to protect these and our other threatened wildlife in the region.

Several butterflies in the region such as the Small Blue, Wood White and Wall Brown are particularly vulnerable due to habitat loss and population fragmentation resulting in small isolated colonies which become increasingly susceptible to local or regional extinction. Other species such as the Duke of Burgundy are already extinct in the region, last seen in 1987.

We have over 200 members, an active Committee and regular events such as field trips, habitat management work parties and much more throughout the year. You could become a member of Butterfly Conservation and help protect butterflies and moths in Warwickshire and beyond.

Match Pot Appeal - Donate £1 and Butterfly Conservation receives an additional £10

Can YOU help - 2010 Sutton Park Green Hairstreak Survey

Butterfly Conservation Press Releases
Regional and national press releases from BC.


bullet26/06/2009 - Butterflies come out to celebrate at launch of new project

Latest Update
May 2009 - Can you help with the 2010 Sutton Park Green Hairstreak Survey?

2008 Warwickshire Regional Action Plan for Butterflies now available providing an overiew of the current status of our key butterfly species in the region.
View online - FlashPaper viewer Download pdf (856kb)

Branch Events 2009
A full list of events is available on our events page.

bullet04-07-2009
21:00 - late
Nelsons Quarry Moth Night
bullet12-07-2009
11:00 -
Fermyn & Souther Woods Butterfly Walk
bullet16-07-2009
13:00 -
Wappenbury Wood Butterfly Walk
bullet18-07-2009
12:00 -
Ryton Wood Meadow & Ryton Wood Butterfly Walk
bullet29-07-2009
13:30 -
Shenton Farm, Leicestershire Butterfly Walk
bullet08-08-2009
20:30 - late
Ryton Organic Gardens Moth Night
bullet16-08-2009
11:00 -
Watlington Hill, Oxfordshire Butterfly Walk
bullet22-08-2009
20:00 -
Weethley Wood Moth Night
bullet23-08-2009
11:00 -
Bernwood Forest & Meadows, Oxfordshire Butterfly Walk
bullet18-09-2009
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National Moth Night 2009 Moth Night
Photo of Sir David Attenborough by Geoff Carrick.
Find out more about our butterflies Find out more about our moths
   
Find out more about gardening to benefit butterflies.
Butterflies in July
Brimstone, Comma, Common Blue, Dingy Skipper, Green Hairstreak, Grizzled Skipper, Holly Blue, Orange-tip, Peacock, Red Admiral, Small Blue, Small Copper, Small Heath, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood, Wood White.

2009 Butterfly Season in Warwickshire
32 species of butterfly have been seen.

The lastest species to be reported on the wing is the White-letter Hairstreak on 27/06/2009 by Steven Cheshire and Debbie Hibbitt.

First Sightings by Year
2009 : 2008 : 2007
Submit your butterfly records online
Butterfly Statistics
Saving the Small Blue in Warwickshire.   Latest Records
View all of the records submitted online this year.

bullet29 June 2009 - by Gillian Thompson
Spernall Park area, near Studley
bullet01 July 2009 - by Jean Farmer
Shrewley
bullet01 July 2009 - by John Harris
Oversley Wood
bullet01 July 2009 - by Mike Slater
Ryton Wood
Dingy Skipper Egg Count. Have you seen an Orange-tip?
  Millennium Atlas update for Warwickshire. Can you help fill in the gaps?/
Save Our Butterflies Week Save Our Butterflies Week
Help Butterfly Conservation by counting the number of butterflies which visit your garden between 25th July to 2nd August 2009.

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National Moth Night National Moth Night
An opportunity to celebrate our moths - 18th and 19th September 2009. Moth trapping and recording events nationwide.

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Garden Moths Count Garden Moths Count
Find out what's in your garden and help wildlife conservation. Garden Moths Count - 20th to 28th June 2009.

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Downloads
From regional action plans, and recording sheets to back issues of our branch magazine and moth reports all available from our downloads page.


   
Latest News
Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire is involved in a wide range of projects and activities.
For all the latest news about Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire, please visit our news page.
Field Trip and Work Party Reports
The following field trip and work party reports provide an insight into the activities and events conducted by Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire throughout the year.