75% of British butterflies and 66% of common moths have declined in living memory. Our efforts include conservation work, monitoring butterflies and moths, and raising awareness of the problems they face. There are lots of ways you can help. Find out more
We have two important sites for butterflies which need more people to monitor them, and both are hilly, so you can count butterflies and get fit at the same time! Read more...
Posted: 24 March 2025
Spring is here! The birds are singing and ten species of butterfly have been sighted: it’s going to be a good butterfly year! Five transect (butterfly monitoring) walks in North Dorset are having problems with not enough people to cover all the weeks needed Read more...
Posted: 21 March 2025
We are delighted – if somewhat surprised, given the recent weather – to have had a Red Admiral reported, seen on 2 January 2025 in Broadstone. (Not the one in the photo above, which is from our archives). Read more...
Posted: 10 January 2025
As we said in an earlier article, we are trying to beat our previous record of filling 2609 (89.5%) of the kilometre squares in Dorset with at least one butterfly record. As of now (1 December) we are up to 2,606: just 4 squares short of beating our record. Read more...
Posted: 2 December 2024
Warren found this butterfly on Turner’s Puddle Heath (south of Bere Regis) on 19 March. We’ve put a photo of his from 2024 of a Small Tortoiseshell below so you can see the difference. Read more...
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