Woods for Wildlife

Herefordshire’s ancient woodlands are home to some of the rarest and most threatened butterflies and moths in the UK.

These include the Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Wood White and Grizzled Skipper butterflies, and Drab Looper, Argent and Sable, Little Thorn and Waved Carpet moths.

The Herefordshire Woodlands Project celebrates and conserves these distinctive butterflies and moths.

Many free events are held, including training workshops for the public, landowners and countryside managers.

Project Aims

• Encourage local people to monitor butterflies and moths, and carry out practical conservation
• Encourage landowners, foresters and woodland managers to carry out  management  that helps butterflies and moths
• Promote and celebrate the landscape and its unique assemblage of butterflies and moths 

Volunteers make a huge contribution to the project, walking weekly routes (transects) to survey for butterflies and moths, carrying out habitat assessments, running moth traps, as well as doing timed counts for rare species.

This kind of monitoring means that we can target conservation effort where it is most needed. Recording butterflies and moths and helping out at practical conservation days is great fun, and you don’t need any previous experience.

The project has now come to an end, but visit the get involved and monitoring pages to find out how you can help butterflies and moths in Herefordshire.

Contact

Email your comments or queries to Bernadette Noake, Herefordshire Woodlands Project Officer

Funders

This project was part-financed by the European Union (EAGGF) and DEFRA through the Herefordshire Rivers LEADER+ Programme.

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