Working to save Dorset's butterflies and moths

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

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AGM coming up – help needed

We will be having our annual AGM/AMM on 2 November. We need help with various tasks and committee roles. Read more...

Posted: 29 September 2024
A red, black and browni butterfly with some white markings on some brown, rotting apples
Red Admiral. Photo: Stewart Balmain

36 to go!

Our very grateful thanks to all of you who have been out filling our “white holes” – kilometre squares where no butterflies have been reported to us in since 2020. We still haven’t quite matched our record in 2015-19, but it’s not too late. Read more...

Posted: 15 September 2024
Portland Bowers Quarry . Photo: Donald Simcock

We beat the coast path closure

One of our guided walks this year was on 10 August on Bowers Quarry on the West side of Portland. Read more...

Posted: 25 August 2024
Chart showing butterfly recording since 2005

Last chance to beat our record!

We record butterflies in five-year cycles, and 2024 is the last year of the current cycle. We are doing quite well, but would like to beat our previous best – read on and see if you can help. Read more...

Posted: 10 August 2024
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Recent sightings

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Photo gallery

A green caterpillar with black and orange markings
Swallowtail Caterpillar

We have been alerted to the presence of 4 of these caterpillars on Bronze Fennel in a garden in a Wiltshire village very close to the Dorset border. Read more...

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Species spotlight

Butterfly on a leaf showing orange underside with darker, white-edged, streak and some of the brown and orange upperwing See profile

Brown Hairstreak

  • Family: Coppers and Hairstreaks
  • Size: Small  Wingspan: 38mm
  • Regional priority: High

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