National Butterfly and Moth Events
Various UK wide events promoting butterflies and moths take place every year.
Moth Night - 10 - 12 September 2015 - Theme: Migration
National Moth Night is an opportunity for anyone interested in wildlife to celebrate our moths. An annual event, the date varying each year in order to focus the recording effort on different parts of the season and certain species. Participants are required throughout the British Isles with the results being pooled into Britain’s largest survey moth survey. Visit the National Moth Night web site for more info.
Save Our Butterflies Week - 2015 date tbc
Save Our Butterflies Week an opportunity for Butterfly Conservation members and the general public to take part in a national recording scheme which year on year helps us to build a picture of any changes in butterfly populations over time. More info
Use our simple recording form (
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440kb), to record your sightings.
Big Butterfly Count - 17 July - 09 August 2015
After the success of previous Big Butterfly Count, the website will be open for submission of Big Butterfly Count sightings from 17th July to 09th August 2015. See www.bigbutterflycount.org for more information.
Moth Night - 09 - 11 June 2016 - Theme: Hawk-moths
National Moth Night is an opportunity for anyone interested in wildlife to celebrate our moths. An annual event, the date varying each year in order to focus the recording effort on different parts of the season and certain species. Participants are required throughout the British Isles with the results being pooled into Britain’s largest survey moth survey. Visit the National Moth Night web site for more info.
National Insect Week - 20 - 26 June 2016
Butterfly Conservation is once again a lead partner in this national biennial initiative run by the Royal Entomological Society. See www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk for more information.
