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Tales From The Trap - December 2012 Week 2
The ‘Towers Trap’ sits in a sheltered corner of Butterfly Conservation’s headquarters in rural Dorset.
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Tales From The Trap - December 2012 Week 1
Reports from Les Hill, Senior Data Manager, National Moth Recording Scheme and Dorset County Macro-moth Recorder.
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Be Kind To Nature
For this Random Acts of Kindness Day, Butterfly Conservation (BC) are celebrating the Year of Green Action (YOGA) with a list of 10 simple but inspiring ways you can engage with wildlife and the environment in 2019.
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I found a butterfly in my house - what should I do?
Let us answer what to do with a hibernating butterfly in your home, garage or shed. The best solution is to rehouse the butterfly into a suitable location. Catch the butterfly carefully and place it into a cardboard box or similar, in a cool place for half an hour or so to see if it will calm down.
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Dig It - September Tips From The Secret Gardener
Known as the Butterfly Bush, Buddleia is one of the best plants to grow for butterflies, moths and other pollinators but it must be managed to prevent it from spreading across sensitive natural habitats.
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Dig It – October Tips from the Secret Gardener
Create a moon garden to cater for night-fliers.
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Introducing Dr Katie Cruickshanks, Senior Data Ecologist
Introducing Dr Katie Cruickshanks, Senior Data Ecologist at Butterfly Conservation who is currently undertaking a strategic review of our data, managing GIS data and support and delivering contract GIS analysis on butterfly and moth data for statutory agencies.
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Capturing butterflies on camera
Brush up on your photography skills with tips from
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Gardening for Wildlife
CJ Wildlife offer some tips on making your garden more wildlife-friendly.
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Moths to see in spring
Find out what moths you can spot in spring.
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Moths of the Month: January and February
In this regular feature, Roy Leverton details a selection of characteristic moths to look out for at different times of the year.
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Just What Is Hannibal Lecter's Link With Moths?
Butterfly Conservation's Les Hill investigates the mystery surrounding the moths featured in the film The Silence Of The Lambs
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The Secret Life Of Butterflies
How do our fragile butterflies survive the frosty days of February?
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In search of one of Scotland's rarest moths
Each year in early summer, volunteers from various parts of Scotland travel west to survey a rare, striking and elusive day-flying moth – the New Forest burnet, at the only site it occurs in the UK.
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The twelve moths of Christmas
Share some moth trivia over your Christmas dinner with our round up of the 12 most festive species.
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How To Identify White Butterflies
Richard Fox will help guide you through the pitfalls and make sure you’re all right with the whites.
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Are wet winters bad for butterflies?
Wet winters can bring flooding misery to many homeowners and leave large swathes of land underwater. But how does this affect our butterflies?
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Year of Green Action
This month marks the start of the #YearofGreenAction, a year-long campaign to see more people from all backgrounds get involved in projects to improve the natural world as part of the government’s 25 year environment plan.
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Butterfly and moth recording with the Brilliant Butterflies team
Butterfly Conservation Project Officer Steve Bolton shares why surveying and recording species is so important for butterfly and moth populations.
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Dig It - December Tips From The Secret Gardener
Ivy is believed to have magical properties but it has also been proven to have more practical qualities for wildlife - especially in winter.
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Meet the Much-maligned Oak Processionary
It sometimes seems that the Oak Processionary generates more bad press than all the other 2,500 plus moth species combined.
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Gardening in January: Thinking Ahead
Along with all the other resolutions you may be making this month, why not jot down some ideas for helping butterflies and moths in your garden this year.
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Look Out For: Tigers
Tigers are arguably our most striking and charismatic moths with beautiful patterns and fascinating life styles.
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Vital Volunteers
This week is Volunteers’ Week, the annual celebration of the positive difference that volunteers make to many aspects of life across the UK, day-in day-out, throughout the year.
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The Big Garden Birdwatch: Gardening Tips
January might not be the best month for butterflies but you can still help the conservation cause by turning your hand to birds instead.
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Dig It – October tips from the Secret Gardener
Cheerful sedums are a delightful addition to an autumn garden. Their bright pink flowers and succulent green, grey or purple leaves light up the flowerbeds.
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10 easy ways you can help our environment
Find out how you can help wildlife with our 10 simple tips. Even doing something small can make a big difference.
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Go Peat Free with Monty Don
Writer, Gardener and television presenter, Monty Don, has described using peat in your garden as an act of eco-vandalism. Read on to find out how and why you should garden without it…
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Meet The Death’s-head Hawk-moth
The Death’s-head Hawk-moth is the rebel of the moth world. Strikingly large, with a skull-like marking on its thorax and the ability to squeak when alarmed, the moth was traditionally seen as an omen of death.