During the 20th century there has been an increasingly rapid decline in woodland butterflies and moths. We are working with Forestry Commission England to reverse these declines on their key sites for butterflies and moths.
Conservation on Forestry Commission Land in England
Woodland provides the breeding habitat for three-quarters of all English butterflies. The majority of larger moths can also thrive in woodland if it is appropriately managed.
Aim
Forestry Commission England wants to raise awareness of the butterfly and moth sites on its land. Woodland management will be planned and targeted to conserve and improve populations of threatened butterflies and moths.
Actions
- Forestry Commission England and Butterfly Conservation staff will be working more closely together
- They’ll be raising awareness of butterfly sites and the range of species which live there, so that all stages of woodland management has an understanding of native species
- Good management will be given priority alongside woodland activities, like timber harvesting and woodland restoration
- Increased surveying and monitoring will help target conservation work
- This is a 10-year programme and there’ll be mid-term review of its success in 2012.
Contact
Email your comments or queries to Bernadette Noakes, Conservation Officer.
Funders
Downloads
Strategy Reports
Lepidoptera Conservation Strategy
Filesize: 1.87 Mb (pdf)Lepidoptera Conservation strategy (Summary)
Filesize: 787.51 Kb (pdf)
Speckled Wood Newsletters
Issue 1, Speckled Wood Newsletter, Autumn 2007
Newsletter reporting on work to conserve butterflies and moths on Forestry Commission land in England.
Filesize: 1.02 Mb (pdf)Issue 2, Speckled Wood Newsletter, Summer 2008
Filesize: 915.21 Kb (pdf)Issue 3, Speckled Wood Newsletter, Autumn 2008
Filesize: 2.68 Mb (pdf)Issue 4, Speckled Wood Newsletter, Spring 2009
Filesize: 2.70 Mb (pdf)Issue 5, Speckled Wood Newsletter, Autumn 2009
Filesize: 3.51 Mb (pdf)Issue 6, Speckled Wood Newsletter Spring/Summer 2010
Filesize: 1.13 Mb (pdf)