National Butterfly and Moth Events

Various UK wide events promoting butterflies and moths take place every year.

Moths Count - (2012 date to be announced)

Find out what moths are in your own backyard and help wildlife conservation!

Moths Count is an exciting nationwide survey, in which everyone can take part. Discover amazing moths in your garden. Visit the Moths Count web site.

General enquiries info@butterfly-conservation.org 01929 400209
Richard Fox (Surveys Manager) rfox@butterfly-conservation.org 01626 368385
Les Hill (Data Manager) lhill@butterfly-conservation.org 01929 406008
Zoë Randle (Surveys Officer) zrandle@butterfly-conservation.org 01929 406006

Moth Night 2012 - 21st - 23rd June

National Moth Night is an opportunity for anyone interested in wildlife to celebrate our moths. An annual event, the date varying each year in order to focus the recording effort on different parts of the season and certain species. Participants are required throughout the British Isles with the results being pooled into Britain’s largest survey moth survey. Visit the National Moth Night web site.

Moth Night 2012 will take place on 21st – 23rd June. The theme will be the moths of brownfield habitats (such as old quarries, disused railway lines, reclaimed coal tips, gravel and clay workings etc.) and will include both daytime searches and the usual night-time recording.

Future dates:
Moth Night 2013 will take place on 8th – 10th August 2013
Moth Night 2014 will take place on 3rd – 5th July 2014

Save Our Butterflies Week - 19th – 27th May 2012

Save Our Butterflies Week an opportunity for Butterfly Conservation members and the general public to take part in a national recording scheme which year on year helps us to build a picture of any changes in butterfly populations over time.


Why not take part and help make a difference
Take part by conducting a simple butterfly and day-flying moth count. All you have to do is pick a sunny mid-afternoon during Save Our Butterflies Week and make a count of the maximum numbers of each species of butterfly that are present on a Buddleia bush over a period of about 30 minutes.

You should also include any day flying moths such as Silver-Y or Humming-bird Hawk-moths you see too.

We have a simple recording form which you can download ( 35kb, 440kb), print and use to record your sightings during Save Our Butterflies Week.

M&S Big Butterfly Count - 14th July – 5th August 2012

After the success of previous Big Butterfly Count in partnership with Marks and Spencer, over 34,000 people participated. The website will be open for submission of Count sightings from 1st July through to 3st1 August as usual. See www.bigbutterflycount.org for more information.

 

National Insect Week - 25th June - 1st July 2012

Butterfly Conservation is once again a lead partner in this national initiative run by the Royal Entomological Society. See www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk for more information.