Five of the UK's 60 resident butterflies have become extinct over the past 100 years and over half the remainder are threatened. Moths too have suffered major declines

Butterfly Conservation advises landowners, managers and other organisations on conserving and restoring important habitats in the countryside, towns and cities.

We carry out surveys, monitoring and research, manage nature reserves and promote wildlife friendly gardening.

All this is only possible with your support.

Together we can help struggling butterflies and moths recover and thrive.

• £20 will buy 20 violet plants, providing food for Pearl-bordered Fritillary caterpillars
• £50 pays for a breeding enclosure, so rare butterflies can be given a population boost and released into suitable habitat
• £100 covers the cost of 11 elm trees, essential for White-letter Hairstreak butterflies
• £250 will provide a training workshop for up to 15 volunteers, giving them the skills to support our work
• £400 buys a brushcutter so we can clear overgrown scrub on our reserves so butterfly-friendly plants can thrive
• £1000 pays for a hectare of coppiced woodland to be restored allowing butterflies to prosper in the newly created sunnny glades.

Good news!

A recent project to create new habitat for the Duke of Burgundy in the Kent Downs increased the population from 11 butterflies on two sites to 173 butterflies on nine sites in just three years.