Dorset butterfly updates
The first butterflies of the year are now appearing in our gardens and if you are wondering what to do now that we are spending so much of our time at home how about a bit of Citizen Science? Continue reading
The coronavirus situation has progressed rapidly over the last few days and Butterfly Conservation has regretfully decided to suspend all butterfly monitoring activities until further notice. You can still record the butterflies in your garden. Continue reading
UPDATE: This issue is now resolved (20/03)
You will not be able to input butterfly sightings for a few days, starting 19/03. We have had such poor service recently from our internet service provider, TSO, that we are moving this website to another provider.
We regret that due to the Coronavirus, we have been instructed to cancel all Branch events for the foreseeable future. Continue reading
From Lyn Pullen, Website Editor. If you’ve been a bit confused by receiving notification of some news items that don’t make total sense, it’s my fault – they are from 2012, so you can ignore them!
The 2019 Butterfly Results for Dorset were due to be presented at a meeting in North Dorset on 20 March 2020 but as this meeting has now been cancelled you can read all the details, facts and figures by following this link:
There is a treasure trove of information to be found here which you can dip in and out of at leisure and here are just a few of many items items which are well worth having a look at:
Alners Gorse Butterfly Reserve in 2019
Due to concerns about the Coronavirus, we have cancelled the ‘Butterfly Trends in North Dorset’ meeting which was to have taken place in East Stour on 20 March. We are looking at what we can put up on the website to help fill the gap for our transect walkers in north Dorset.
Because of concerns around the coronavirus, the Butterfly Conservation/Dorset Wildlife Trust meeting scheduled for 10 March has definitely been cancelled. We are currently taking a decision about our ‘Butterfly Trends in North Dorset’ meeting on 20 March, so please check this website before travelling to it. Continue reading
Today’s the day – Great News from Waitrose and Partners Parkstone, Poole! Continue reading
Thanks to all members who turned out on a very bad weather day (Storm Dennis) for our AGM – we had over 70 people packed into Puddletown Village Hall! Read on to find out more and for a link to the Records Officer’s Report.