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Butterfly Alert No 5 13May18
Hello and welcome to the fifth alert of 2018. We now have reports of Dingy Skipper, Small Copper and Brown Argus.
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Titchmarsh: “Make a metre for pollinators”
Alan Titchmarsh is calling on gardeners to make a metre for wildlife this summer by providing a refuge for struggling butterflies, moths and other pollinators.
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Butterfly Alert No 4 29 April 2018
Hello and welcome to the fourth alert of 2018. Yes despite the weather we managed to fit another species into our list. -
Butterfly Alert No 3 23 April 2018
Hello and welcome to the third alert of 2018: Green Hairstreak is our new species, bringing us to 12 species now flying in the county: -
Butterfly Alert No 2 19 April 2018
Hello and welcome to the second alert of 2018. With the thermometer soaring the butterflies are out. -
Butterfly Alert No 1 14 April 2018
Hello and welcome to the first butterfly alert of 2018. It's never easy to know when to start these alerts: our first report was actually a Peacock on Jan 1st -
Butterfly revival dashed by wet, gloomy weather
Major study reveals another tough summer for UK butterflies
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Churchill's favourite butterfly to return
Climate change has provided a window of opportunity for a previously extinct butterfly
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Saving butterflies and moths for 50 years
Sir David Attenborough is urging people to take action for butterflies and moths this year, to mark the 50th anniversary of wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation (BC).
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BC welcomes 25 Year Environment Plan
Butterfly Conservation welcomes publication of long awaited 25 Year Environment Plan
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Major new project will collaborate to help the Marsh Fritillary across borders
A major new conservation project spanning Northern Ireland, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland will help butterflies, birds and other species.
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Inspirational tree-planter’s legacy delivers £1.9m windfall for nature
Charities benefit from Patsy Wood Trust legacy grants
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Butterfly Conservation’s European Interests Group AGM
Butterfly Conservation’s European Interests Group is holding its AGM and members’ day on Saturday 4 November 2017 at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations near King’s Cross station in London. -
Norfolk AGM 30 Sep 2017 Report
Saturday 30th September, 93 attended the AGM and Members Afternoon event at Hethersett Village Hall. -
Red Admiral thrives despite wet summer
The Red Admiral enjoyed a record summer in this year's Big Butterfly Count...
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Can autumn offer a butterfly boost?
Gardeners are being urged to keep their eye out for a potential butterfly bonanza this autumn
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Winterton Dunes 3 August 17 Field Trip Report
Once again our final trip of the year was to the delightful area of sand dunes at Winterton. -
Butterflies in the Park - Eaton Park 6 August 2017 Report
Butterflies in the Park - Eaton Park 6 August 2017 At the kind invitation of "The Friends of Eaton Park" group the branch had a stand there on Sunday 6th August.... -
Holme NOA and NWT26 July 2017 Field Trip Report
Holme NOA and NWT26 July 2017 Field Trip Report On Wednesday 26th July some twenty people gathered at Holme Norfolk Ornithological Association (NOA) where Sophie Barker opened 5 traps she had put out the night before......... -
Moth and Butterfly Foxley Wood 17th July 2017 Field Trip Report
Moth and Butterfly Trip to Foxley Wood - Monday 17th July Over 50 people congregated on a lovely sunny day to see the contents of 6 moth traps set overnight. The weather had been ideal, muggy with some cloud and the traps were brimming with moths. -
Julie Williams elected as Butterfly Conservation Chief Executive
Julie Williams has been elected as the new Chief Executive of wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation (BC), taking on the role after Dr Martin Warren OBE retired from the post last year.
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The UKBMS 40th Anniversary Symposium Report
The UKBMS 40th Anniversary Symposium On Saturday, November 12th I attended this meeting at CEH Wallingford, after a rather tediously wet journey from King’s Lynn. I met up with several people whom I knew from Monk’s Wood where I worked for a while as a volunteer before it closed, and Jeremy Thomas whom I was at school with. -
Stoke Ferry Butterfly 14 May 2017 Field Trip Report
May Stoke Ferry Butterfly Field Trip May 2017 - Norfolk Butterfly Conservation Society After overnight rain showers, the sun came out and warmer than forecast temperatures augured well for our first butterfly spotting field trip of 2017 at the Cut-off channel in Stoke Ferry on Sunday 14th May this year led by BCS field trip organiser Ann. Our principal target butterflies were the scarce Grizzled skipper and the unfortunately named Dingy skipper, both threatened regional “Priority Action Plan” species that have been in long term decline.
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Sir David Attenborough warns of a 'critical' summer for butterflies
Sir David Attenborough has warned that UK butterflies face a critical summer after a string of poor years has seen the numbers of many common species decline.
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Fermyn Woods Field Trip Report
5th July 2017 Field Trip to Fermyn Woods. This was the day of the illusive emperor. All very frustrating. On what must have been one of the best days of the summer so far 11 of us met in the informal car park which leads into Fermyn Woods. -
Buxton Heath Field Trip Report
1st July 2017 Field Trip to Buxton Heath, What a difference a week makes in Butterfly watching. 16 People turned out for this trip to Buxton Heath. It was a lovely summer’s day, one of the best we have ever had for a field trip. -
Holme Dunes 27th June 2017 Field Trip Report
27th June 2017 Field Trip to Holme Dunes, 10 people met in a wet and windy car park at Holme Dune and quickly agreed to retreat to the café, where we had a very pleasant chat and coffee and cake while waiting for the rain to ease off. -
Butterfly Alert No 13
Hello and welcome to alert number 13. I now have a report of Grayling from the North Norfolk coast -
Butterfly Alert No 12
Hello and welcome to alert number 12. Newly reported are Purple and White-letter Hairstreak and Essex Skipper - while Silver-washed Fritillary are now flying in good numbers, as are White Admiral. Holt Country Park also has Broad-bordered Bee Hawk flying now.