Download these management factsheets for advice on habitat creation and maintenance that can benefit several species of butterfly and moth in one location.
Butterfly Bank Factsheet
A butterfly bank will create habitat for butterflies of open grassland swards.
Filesize: 1.41 Mb (pdf)Seeding and Plug Planting for Butterflies
Even the best sites for butterflies and moths may lack important larval foodplants or nectar resources. This factsheet suggests some ways of increasing the variety of native herbs and grasses.
Filesize: 681.96 Kb (pdf)Woodland Scallop Factsheet
Butterflies and moths are disappearing at an alarming rate, but nowhere more dramatically than in woodlands. Ride side scallops can help provide habitats for many rare and declining species.
Filesize: 798.42 Kb (pdf)Butterfly Scrape Factsheet
Scrapes can be a simple and effective way of providing bare ground habitat, adding variation in aspect, removing nutrient enriched soils and encouraging a diversity of butterfly and moth foodplants.
Filesize: 1.01 Mb (pdf)