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).
A request from Corfu Butterfly Conservation
Corfu Butterfly Conservation is a project initiated by concerned residents, island visitors and scientists from all over the world. Our goal is to stimulate informed interest and produce robust scientific data that can be used to influence policy and protect habitat for the benefit of Corfu’s butterflies and the wider natural environment, on which we all depend.
Our immediate aim is to record the distribution and abundance of butterflies on the island. Ultimately, we intend to publish an atlas of Corfu Butterflies based on this information. We would be delighted if you could help us in this effort and so if you intend to visit Corfu in the near future, please record your butterfly sightings on our website: www.corfubutterflyconservation.org
Additionally, to help promote the Corfu Butterfly Survey we will be running a promotional week from the 1st until the 8th May 2022. This week requires volunteers to participate in a range of different publicity events, as well as undertake some butterfly surveying work. If you are interested in taking part please contact: dan@corfubutterflyconservation.org.
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 2022
Warwickshire Guided Butterfly Walk with Steve Wright
25th May 2022
at Malpass followed by Newton Cutting with Steve Wright
28th May 2022
at Ryton Wood Meadows Butterfly Reserve with Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire
Out of County Guided Butterfly Walk
19th June 2022
at Salcey Forest, Glapthorn Cow Pastures or Fermyn Country Park with Douglas Goddard (Glapthorn) / David James (Salcey) / tbc (Fermyn)
First Sightings 2022
17-05-2022 Painted Lady
17-05-2022 Wood White
10-05-2022 Pearl Bordered Fritillary
06-05-2022 Small Heath
06-05-2022 Common Blue
30-04-2022 Small Blue
29-04-2022 Brown Argus
25-04-2022 Small Copper
20-04-2022 Grizzled Skipper
20-04-2022 Green Hairstreak
20-04-2022 Dingy Skipper
25-03-2022 Orange Tip
24-03-2022 Large White
23-03-2022 Green Veined White
23-03-2022 Holly Blue
18-03-2022 Speckled Wood
14-03-2022 Small White
08-03-2022 Comma
27-01-2022 Red Admiral
17-01-2022 Peacock
04-01-2022 Brimstone
02-01-2022 Small Tortoiseshell
Latest Records
21-05-2022 at Snitterfield Bushes by Richard Lamb.
21-05-2022 at Snitterfield Bushes by Richard Lamb.
21-05-2022 at Snitterfield Bushes by Richard Lamb.
21-05-2022 at Snitterfield Bushes by Richard Lamb.
21-05-2022 at Snitterfield Bushes by Richard Lamb.
21-05-2022 at Aikman Green, Grandborough by Tracy Smith.
21-05-2022 at Avon Dassett by AlisonM.
21-05-2022 at Burton Dassett by AlisonM.
21-05-2022 at Coronation Walk, Nuneaton by Steve Nikols.
21-05-2022 at Coronation Walk, Nuneaton by Steve Nikols.
On the wing in May
Latest News
New three-year conservation project in the midlands
3rd June 2021
A new three-year conservation project, which aims to reverse the declines of spec... more2020 hailed as a 'good' year for butterflies
31st March 2021
2020 hailed as a 'good' year for butterflies - but conservation scientists warn t... moreHoly Grail of moth recording reappears in Britain
26th September 2019
Numerous recent sightings of a moth that became extinct in the UK in the 1960s, s... moreMORE NEWSMediterranean Blue Butterfly Invades Britain
29th August 2019
Climate change is causing a striking butterfly from southern Europe to appear in ... more
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).