Wales news

State of Nature 2016 report paints bleak picture

Head into the woods to discover a butterfly success story...

Sir David Attenborough is warning that this year’s slow spring and soggy summer could pose a risk to the UK’s common butterflies.

Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is pleased to announce a new partnership with B&Q to encourage customers to take action to help butterflies and other pollinators.

Is a spectacular Continental moth that acts like a Humming-bird attempting to colonise the UK?

Alan Titchmarsh launches gardening campaign to help pollinating insects

Butterfly Conservation is playing a key role in a project to help our hungry and homeless pollinators.

An extremely rare moth has been discovered in Wales for the first time. Butterfly Conservation received two separate records of the Barred Tooth-striped moth at a woodland site in Monmouthshire earlier this month...

Major annual butterfly survey reveals alarming decline of Small Copper

A new survey aims to lift the lid on the lives of our back garden butterflies

Dr Martin Warren announces his retirement as Butterfly Conservation Chief Executive

It’s amazing where moths and butterflies go to hibernate from the winter weather…..

Butterfly Conservation joins coalition calling for a new woodland charter

More than three-quarters of the UK’s butterflies have declined in the last 40 years with some common species suffering significant slumps, a major scientific study has revealed.

Butterfly Conservation is one of 100 voluntary organisations across the UK calling for the protection of Europe’s natural environment. Join the consultation to defend the Birds and Habitats Directives

Pa Flaenoriaeth i Fywyd Gwyllt yng Nghymru – dywedwch eich barn Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cyhoeddi ei Bil newydd ar yr Amgylchedd. Fe gaiff y Bil ei graffu yn y man gan Bwyllgor Amgylchedd Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru. Dyma’ch cyfle i ddangos nerth eich brwdfrydedd dros löynnod byw a gwyfynod trwy fynnu gosod targedau cadarn yng nghyswllt bioamrywiaeth i helpu i achub bywyd gwyllt yng Nghymru.

The Welsh Government has published its new Environment Bill. Now is the opportunity to show your passion for moths and butterflies by calling for strong biodiversity targets to help save welsh wildlife.

Could millions of Painted Ladies descend this summer?

The patchwork of vacant plots and flower-rich grassland at the Industrial Estate is a refuge for Grizzled Skipper and many other species. Butterfly Conservation and partners are working on a strategy for wildlife to thrive alongside businesses, including a new prison......

One of the UK’s rarest butterflies has recorded its best year for a decade thanks to 2014’s warm spring weather and work to restore its habitat, a study has revealed.

A spectacular European butterfly has travelled to the UK and for the first time on record, survived the British winter, Butterfly Conservation can reveal.

Dysgwch sut i adnabod y rhywogaethau mwyaf cyffredin ym Mhrydain... Ymunwch â Gwarchod Glöynnod Byw yng Nghanolfan Natur Cymru yng Nghilgerran ar gyfer diwrnod yn dysgu am fyd syfrdanol y pilipalod.

Cyrsiau ar gyfer dechreuwyr ac arolygwyr mwy profiadol. Cliciwch ar y ddolen uchod i gael yr holl fanylion. Rhaid trefnu’ch lle ymlaen llaw. Meicro-wyfynod. Sadwrn 5ed Medi, Sir Benfro – Gwyfynod Turio Dail. Dave Grundy sy’n cynnal pob cwrs, a thrwyddo ef y dylid trefnu eich lle. Ffôn: 0121-446-5446 neu 0777-898-0924 neu e-bostiwch: [email protected].

Learn to identify the common British butterfly species... Join Butterfly Conservation at the Welsh Wildlife Centre in Cilgerran for a day learning about the wonderful world of butterflies.

Course held in Pembrokeshire for both beginners and more experienced surveyors. Please click link above for full infomation. Booking essential. Run by and to be booked via Dave Grundy Tel: 0121-446-5446 or 0777-898-0924 or email [email protected].

Cyrsiau ar gyfer dechreuwyr ac arolygwyr mwy profiadol. Cliciwch ar y ddolen uchod i gael yr holl fanylion. Rhaid trefnu’ch lle ymlaen llaw. Sadwrn 20fed Mehefin, Sir Benfro - Meicro-wyfynod. Sadwrn 18fed Gorffennaf tan ddydd Mawrth 21ain Gorffennaf, Sir Benfro – Meicro-wyfynod. Sadwrn 5ed Medi, Sir Benfro – Gwyfynod Turio Dail. Dave Grundy sy’n cynnal pob cwrs, a thrwyddo ef y dylid trefnu eich lle. Ffôn: 0121-446-5446 neu 0777-898-0924 neu e-bostiwch: [email protected].

Cyrsiau ar gyfer dechreuwyr ac arolygwyr mwy profiadol. Cliciwch ar y ddolen uchod i gael yr holl fanylion. Rhaid trefnu’ch lle ymlaen llaw. Sadwrn 20fed Mehefin, Sir Benfro - Meicro-wyfynod. Sadwrn 18fed Gorffennaf tan ddydd Mawrth 21ain Gorffennaf, Sir Benfro – Meicro-wyfynod. Sadwrn 5ed Medi, Sir Benfro – Gwyfynod Turio Dail. Dave Grundy sy’n cynnal pob cwrs, a thrwyddo ef y dylid trefnu eich lle. Ffôn: 0121-446-5446 neu 0777-898-0924 neu e-bostiwch: [email protected].

Courses for both beginners and more experienced surveyors. Please click link above for full infomation. Booking essential. Saturday June 20th, Pembrokeshire - Micro-moths. Saturday, July 18th to Tuesday, July 21st, Pembrokeshire – Micro-moths. Saturday September 5th, Pembrokeshire – Leaf-mining Moths. All courses are run by and to be booked via Dave Grundy Tel: 0121-446-5446 or 0777-898-0924 or email [email protected].

One of Wales’ rarest butterflies is making a comeback in Carmarthenshire. Butterfly Conservation Wales has reported a dramatic increase in numbers of the Marsh Fritillary and people are being asked to help the butterfly further by volunteering.

Gall Gwarchod Glöynnod Byw ddatgelu bod un o löynnod byw mwyaf prin Cymru’n dechrau ffynnu unwaith eto yn Sir Gâr. Mae’r elusen natur wedi bod yn gweithio at sefydlogi niferoedd Britheg y Gors, rhywogaeth sydd dan fygwth ar raddfa ryngwladol, trwy ehangu a gwella ei chynefin. Mae’r ymdrechion hyn wedi dwyn ffrwythau, ac mae Gwarchod Glöynnod Byw yn adrodd cynnydd aruthrol yn ei niferoedd yn Sir Gaerfyrddin.