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Welcome to Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire
The Warwickshire branch of Butterfly Conservation works in partnership with land owners, local authorities, conservation bodies, businesses and the local community to raise awareness about the threats facing our butterflies, moths, their habitats and our natural environment. We provide advice and practical help on how to protect these and other threatened wildlife in the region. We challenge local authorities and business to ensure they consider the natural world upon which we all depend when making decisions about planning applications and land use.
Several butterflies in the region such as the Small Blue, Wood White and Dark Green Fritillary are particularly vulnerable due to habitat loss and population fragmentation resulting in small isolated colonies which become increasingly susceptible to local or regional extinction.
Warwickshire also hosts a wide variety of moths including species such as Sciota hostilis which is found nowhere else in the country.
Become a member today and help us save butterflies, moths and their habitats in Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull. The branch currently has 580* members. (*Updated 08-07-2020).
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Annual Report 2020 now available
This year's Annual Report is now available to download via your Gatekeeper Account. It includes butterfly and moth survey data collected by hundreds of volunteers and enthusiasts during 2019.
Note: Due to Coronavirus, our print suppliers are not operating at present. Warwickshire Branch Members will receive their hard copy of the 2019 Annual Report as soon as possible. In the meantime, branch members that have opted to receive communications via email will shortly receive a mini e-newsletter containing a link to download your digital copy of the annual report. Alternatively, if you have a Gatekeeper Account, you can download your digital copy from your Gatekeeper page.
Updated 27-03-2020
Returning the Chalk Hill Blue to Warwickshire
The Chalk Hill Blue has not been a resident species in Warwickshire since the 19th century but in recent years, individual butterflies have been sighted in the south of the county. Conservation measures in neighbouring Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire have enabled the Chalk Hill Blue to recover some of its former range, meaning that colonies are now found very close to the Warwickshire border.
This innovative project will restore the threatened Chalk Hill Blue butterfly to Warwickshire after an absence of over 100 years.
Events 2021
Open Day at Ryton Wood Meadows BC Reserve
21st August 2021
at Ryton Wood Meadows Butterfly Reserve, A445 Leamington Road with Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire
Warwickshire Branch Annual General Meeting and Social 2021
4th December 2021
at Bourton, Draycote and Frankton Village Hall with Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire
First Sightings 2021
26-07-2021 Chalk Hill Blue
07-07-2021 Gatekeeper
05-07-2021 Purple Emperor
03-07-2021 Essex Skipper
30-06-2021 Silver Washed Fritillary
26-06-2021 Purple Hairstreak
25-06-2021 Wood White
23-06-2021 White Admiral
23-06-2021 Small Skipper
23-06-2021 White Letter Hairstreak
16-06-2021 Ringlet
12-06-2021 Meadow Brown
12-06-2021 Marbled White
11-06-2021 Dark Green Fritillary
03-06-2021 Large Skipper
01-06-2021 Painted Lady
01-06-2021 Pearl Bordered Fritillary
19-05-2021 Common Blue
17-05-2021 Small Blue
14-05-2021 Small Heath
09-05-2021 Brown Argus
03-05-2021 Green Hairstreak
02-05-2021 Dingy Skipper
02-05-2021 Small Copper
23-04-2021 Grizzled Skipper
04-04-2021 Large White
04-04-2021 Speckled Wood
30-03-2021 Orange Tip
30-03-2021 Green Veined White
30-03-2021 Holly Blue
21-03-2021 Small White
07-03-2021 Red Admiral
26-02-2021 Comma
23-02-2021 Small Tortoiseshell
03-02-2021 Brimstone
06-01-2021 Peacock
Latest Records
29-07-2021 at Fenny Compton Tunnels by Mike Slater.
29-07-2021 at Fen End by Adrian Smith.
29-07-2021 at Wyndley Garden Centre, Knowle by James Kenny.
29-07-2021 at Coverdale Road Solihull by Neil Freeman.
29-07-2021 at Holly Walk, Leamington by John Clift.
29-07-2021 at Warwick Tesco by John Clift.
29-07-2021 at Coventry Road Warwick by John Clift.
29-07-2021 at Warwick station by John Clift.
29-07-2021 at Ettington cutting by John Clift.
29-07-2021 at Ettington south by John Clift.
On the wing in July
Latest News
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Amazing Volunteers
VOLUNTEERThanks to our amazing volunteer butterfly recorders here in Warwickshire, we recieved a total of 36,200 records in 2018 from 582 of our 620 tetrads (2km2). This represents an amazing 94% coverage of our region with an average of 11.5 species recorded per tetrad.
Watch Out For Tigers
SCARLET TIGERThe Scarlet Tiger (Callimorpha dominula) had a fantastic year in 2018. Record numbers of larvae were noted in the spring. Surprisingly larvae were found feeding on Wych Elm beside the car park at Charlecote Nursery, a new larval foodplant for Scarlet Tiger in the UK (M. Halsey, D.C.G. Brown).