HELP WITH WORK PARTIES URGENTLY NEEDED!
Sid and Mark, the BC Transect Recorders at MARKHAM VALE are looking for help with conservation work on the South Tip. The site, which covers 900 acres, is situated at Junction 29A of the M1, in Derbyshire. Above is a photograph taken last week of Rhona Goddard's, our BC Regional Officer, visit to the site. This will be work suggested by Rhona and will be for the benefit of the Dingy Skipper Butterfly. Starting on Friday 5th November and continuing over the next weeks. Even a few hours would be extremely helpful. Please email Sid Morris for further details: sid.morris@btopenworld.com.
Grizzled Skipper Volunteers! We need you!
Dates have been arranged for the sites on which we will be undertaking work. The next one is
- Wednesday 1st December 2021 - Granby Disused Railway - scrub clearance and egg laying site maintenance
See the Work Parties page for more details and the dates of forthcoming events.
Butterfly Conservation and Severn Trent announce a new 3-year conservation project in the Midlands
The project, titled Butterfly Mosaics, will form part of Severn Trent’s Great Big Nature Boost and aims to reverse the declines of specific species of butterfly and moth in the Midlands area. Read More...
Butterfly Conservation has developed a trial methodology to survey for Purple Hairstreaks
which are under recorded on conventional transects. Even if you don't plan to undertake a transect, this
makes interesting reading and gives clues as to when and how you might find these elusive butterflies.
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Wall Brown Still Fuels Ken's 40-Year Recording Career
When Ken Orpe first visited Friargate in May 1981 – an old railway site in the centre of Derby that had been allowed to ‘rewild’ (in today’s vernacular) after Beeching’s axe in the 1960s – the first butterfly he logged was a Wall Brown..............Read on
AGM and Members Day
NB CHANGE OF DAY (NOT 27th)
Sunday March 20th 2022
Ravenshead Village Hall, Nottinghamshire (approx 7 miles from Junction 27 M1)
A chance to meet the EM Branch Committee, Stalls, free buffet lunch, talks.
Further details will be available soon.
Welcome to the East Midlands Branch of Butterfly Conservation.
We cover the counties of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and Derbyshire including the Peak District.
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.
Amazing photos of Purple Emperor from egg to one-week old!
These photos were all taken by Samantha Brownley in the Sherwood Forest area in 2021. They show an egg of Purple Emperor about to hatch, the actual hatch, the one-day old larva and a one-week old first instar.
Spring 2021 issue of our newsletter now available:
The State of Britain's Larger Moths 2021
Learn more about the state of Britain's macro moths
Dennis Dell on the spread of His Imperial Majesty
Dennis Dell, our Purple Emperor champion (HIM), gives tips on how to find this iconic butterfly in an article originally written for the Yorkshire Branch.
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Nottinghamshire News is now on the Notts Butterflies and Moths Facebook page...
