Butterfly Conservation is a membership organisation and has people with all sorts of interests and levels of knowledge - those who like looking at butterflies and moths in their garden, those who are fascinated by their life cycle, some who are true experts and want to pass on their knowledge to others and people who feel passionately about wildlife conservation.
The East Midlands Branch welcomes new members with any or all of the above interests. If you would like to find out more about joining Butterfly Conservation please contact our Membership Secretary.
Published in February 2024 as a free, digital-only publication of 106 pages, and written and researched by Nottinghamshire Recorder Steve Mathers. Available HERE . See a presentation by Steve given to the 2024 BAG Intriguing Invertebrates Seminar above.
Read the fascinating story of the finding and subsequent dedicated searches in Sherwood Forest for the Purple Emperor, by Nicholas Brownley
New six-year study proves that leaving areas of grass to grow long in gardens can increase butterfly numbers by up to 93%.
This the first scientific evidence that wildlife-friendly gardening practices, such as having long grass and flowering ivy, boost the numbers and types of butterflies, particularly in urban areas and near farmland.
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The Field Trips Programme for 2024 has been finalised. Starting 19th May at Bingham Linear Park and running to Pleasley on 4th August, these are great opportunities to see our scarcest butterflies and are ideal for photography. Spaces are limited.
And some previous ones can be found on the News & Posts page.
These contain much more than just the business of the AGM and have a wealth of information about the region's lepidoptera.
Seven years on from the last State of UK’s Butterflies report, the plight of insects has become a common concern. However, conserving “the little things that run the world” remains an enormous challenge.
The State of the UK’s Butterflies 2022 report has revealed the alarming news that 80% of butterflies in the UK have declined since the 1970s.
A talk delivered to the Yorkshire branch on 17th January 2022,
Butterfly Conservation’s East Midlands branch (EMBC) has teamed up with South Derbyshire County Council (SDDC) to buy Willow trees that will help create the habitat preferred by the Purple Emperor butterfly and promote this spectacular species’ steady march northwards through our region into Derbyshire.
Read the account by Gary Atkins of the first stage of this exciting project.