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
Arrive 10.00 for 10.15 start
Following the brief AGM business, there will be talks on Clumber Park by Countryside Manager Gareth Jones, the Leicestershire Nature Recovery Strategy by Richard Jeffery and Lincolnshire by Ian Patterson with news of the Duke of Burgundy.
Member's slides will follow at 15:00 and there will be a buffet lunch (free to members).
The Global Bird Fair is one of the leading annual events supporting wildlife conservation. At this year’s event – at a new venue adjacent to Rutland Water READ MORE
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 (SDCC) 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.
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.