Two species of butterfly and one moth are included in Scotland's "Species Action Framework" (SAF): the Marsh Fritillary (pictured), the Pearl-bordered Fritillary, and the Slender Scotch Burnet moth. The SAF supports targeted action for these species to ensure that their habitats are preserved. With the help of landowners, we have initiated urgent habitat management at several sites:

Scrub clearance has opened up the habitats of the Pearl-bordered Fritillary in Dumfries and Galloway, and the Marsh Fritillary on the island of Ulva. 

The Slender Scotch Burnet moth inhabits steep slopes near the sea, only surviving on six or seven sites on the islands of Mull and Ulva. (It is not found elsewhere in the UK). These sites are small, isolated, and are threatened by encroachment from a non-native Cotoneaster, scrub and bracken.

Contractors and volunteers are helping to control the scrub to ensure that this very rare moth has somewhere to live.  

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This project is supported by funding from Scottish Natural Heritage.

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