📣 Nature targets are not optional – they are the law 📜 Will this Government be the first ever to break the law by missing legally binding nature targets? The Office of Environmental Protection warns today that much more action is needed. 🔗Read more here: tinyurl.com/WCLresponse

NEW The government is considering plans to weaken a law protecting England’s national parks, in a move criticised as “outrageous” and “devastating”. Story 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...

Despite #biodiversity and #climate crisises Flemish governement foolishly decides to cut budgets for nature restoration. www.natuurpunt.be/nieuws/vlaan...

Repellent climate denial from the Reform-led Kent Council, who have tabled a motion to ‘rescind the climate emergency’, in a document that is bollocks from start to end. You can’t rescind atmospheric physics. But Farage would rescind the Climate Change Act. democracy.kent.gov.uk/documents/s1...

Butterflies need our help. If you’re in the UK please sign and share. 🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social #pesticides butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-missi...

Help support the rescue mission for #butterflies and moths! 🦋 We've partnered with @savebutterflies.bsky.social to call for #butterfly-killing synthetic #pesticides to be removed from supermarket and garden centre shelves. Find out more in our blog: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/rescue-...

Huge thank you to everyone who submitted their questions and ideas on insect recovery to our panel! A recording of the discussion will be available soon. 🦋🐝🪲 In the meantime, you can have your say in the Big Insect Rescue Plan here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/big-insect-r... #WildSummitUK

One month to go until the UKBMS 50th Anniversary Conference! Are you joining us? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf... #UKBMS50

Excited to be with countless UK nature recovery organisations at @wildsummituk.bsky.social today - lots of talk about how to turn around insect declines

Fantastic sighting of Death's-head Hawk-moth in Swanage, apparently one playing a tune through its proboscis! www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2025/09/deat...

The media needs to challenge the false narrative that nature is blocking development. The media has a responsibility to tell the truth. @kitstoner.bsky.social #WildSummitUK

Butterflies need two things to thrive: good weather and a healthy environment ☀️🌱 Join us in asking UK retailers to remove synthetic pesticides from sale for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come 👉 https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/

Some wonderful events at #WildSummitUK this morning, across our smaller stages @wwtworldwide.bsky.social has explored what ‘access to nature’ means & we loved hearing the ideas on how to help insects with @savebutterflies.bsky.social, @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social, Buglife & @ajaytegala.bsky.social

The UK has a target to protect 30% of land & sea for nature by 2030🏞️ But progress isn’t adding up - just 6% of land across the UK is protected, with 5 years to go🥀 New findings are launched as we prepare for #WildSummitUK tomorrow, where nature voices from across the country will push for action 🌱

One of Scotland’s last remaining undeveloped dune systems, Coul Links is home to a variety of threatened butterfly and moth species, including the Northern Brown Argus, Portland Moth and the extremely rare Northern Groundling. 🦋 Please join us in protecting this precious habitat 👇

More than three years have passed since the UK Government announced that it would ban the sale of peat for gardening, yet official documentation is still to appear and peat extraction continues:

📢Help save Coul Links! Once again, this beautiful place is threatened by plans for a golf course which would do irreparable damage to rare habitats and wildlife. 🌱🦆🐦🦋🪰 Join us in sending a message to Scottish Ministers to stand up for nature. Add your voice: action.rspb.org.uk/page/166270/...

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡 At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image. Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work. More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV... #mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Mediterranean butterfly spotted in the UK for the first time - twice! Two sightings of the Southern Small White (Pieris mannii) have now been verified - one in Suffolk and one in County Durham. 📍 Read the full story 👉 buff.ly/q7svIE5 📷: Adam Gor

‘It’s the last few days to join in with the Big Butterfly Count! It’s a brilliant way to help our pollinators, and fun to do!’ bigbutterflycount.org Painted and drawn age 6-8🥹❤️🦋Small tortoiseshell, peacock butterfly, and emperor moths🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social Please share and join in!🥰

Hello 🌳– recruitment is ready to go! UK based qualified Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist if you would like to take part in research on nature and burnout please scan the QR code or use the link - Thank you please share! ☺️ uelpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The long-anticipated first British records of Southern Small White have occurred this summer, with recent sightings from Cleveland and Suffolk:

Britain has gained a new butterfly! The long-anticipated arrival of Southern Small White (Pieris mannii) has been confirmed.

Cool new research by @e-ellis1.bsky.social Moths & hoverflies are more sensitive to urbanisation than bees, but urban trees boost moth species richness in UK cities. #teammoth 🌍 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

In a turn of events, Hampshire has fallen behind and Devon is speeding ahead with over 5,000 counts submitted in the #BigButterflyCount so far! Get your county on the leaderboard and help us find out how butterflies and moths are faring across the UK 👉 bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org

A message from our CEO. Please, donate today: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/give

One week left for these *two* Peatland Project Officer jobs with @savebutterflies.bsky.social ! Please share to help someone find their new role helping save the Large Heath

So far, over 47,000 of you have taken part in the #BigButterflyCount - thank you!🦋 Over 615,000 butterflies and moths have been recorded, and the Large White is taking the lead🥇 Get out for the Count today 👉 bigbutterflycount.org 📷 Andrew Cooper

1/3 #speciesaday no. 634 is Small Blue (Cupido minimus). Near Threatened and Section 41. Feeds on Kidney-vetch, which itself only grows on base-rich soils. Is quick to colonise new areas (it has spread around the margins on Peppering Farm this year for example). Very small. Can be numerous.

The Gatekeeper took the top spot in last year’s Big Butterfly Count with 190,413 records 🥇 Will it be number 1 again this year? Find out by taking part in the #BigButterflyCount from tomorrow! 📷: Liam Richardson

The @savebutterflies.bsky.social Big Butterfly Count starts today! 🦋

The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨 This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved. No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️ Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org

Join the #BigButterflyCount today! 🦋 You dont have to be an expert to have a positive impact ✨️ @savebutterflies.bsky.social Find out more - share.google/GnglkRZRu6oA... #Butterfly #Nature #Wildlife #Moth #LoveNature #SaveButterflies #Wild #Conservation #CitizenScience

Government proposals could lead to 97% of planning applications avoiding rules to compensate for the nature they destroy. 🥀 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our false head work is out! By analysing ~1000 #butterflies, we found many traits at posterior end of hindwings evolved correlatedly, likely forming a trait complex w/adaptive function to dupe predators into thinking these traits together are actual head!! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Now Butterfly Conservation Ecologist Rebecca Levey has discovered an entire population at the opposite end of the country. Full story 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...

Extinct moth rediscovered in Kent after 73 years! 🎉 The Dover Twist (Periclepsis cinctana) has not been recorded in England since 1952, and the only place in the UK where it has been seen since then is the island of Tiree off the north west coast of Scotland, where it is known as the Tiree Twist.

🌿🐛🦋📢 Two exciting new Peatland Project Officer jobs with @savebutterflies.bsky.social in northern England! Adventurous ecologists wanted to investigate how Large Heath and other butterflies & moths can benefit from extensive peatland restoration. butterfly-conservation.org/jobs

Fortunate to witness an astonishing spectacle at the beach tonight: tens of thousands of (mainly Small) white butterflies pouring in over the sea, as far as you could see. Pulses of butterflies swept in-off everywhere, an extraordinary sight. @linnetincley.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social 1/2

Rounding off #InsectWeek with more good news! 📰 More than 1,000 Heath Fritillaries have been recorded so far this year on National Trust’s Holnicote estate in Somerset. This is a significant rise from around 600 at the same time last year. Full story 👉 buff.ly/8f1ervl 📷: Jen Spittle Photography

Huge congratulations to Simon who has just completed his incredible 500-mile cycle along the Welsh Coast! If you haven’t already, you can donate to him here and help him reach his fundraising target 👇 t.co/ZEYMp8Kd9y

Butterflies, moths and people need Wild Spaces 🌼🌳 Urban areas have seen a dramatic 69% decline in the abundance of butterflies in just 20 years. But we can turn things around! Help us to create vital habitats in parks and schools in Glasgow today 👉 t.co/gFSAWxzz0I 📷: Anthony McCluskey

Wishing our trustee Simon Saville best of luck today as he sets off on his 500-mile cycling adventure along the scenic Welsh coast for Butterfly Conservation 🚵🦋 Simon aims to raise £5,000 for vital conservation work in the UK! Cheer him on here 👉 buff.ly/SqQk3Mh #BikeForButterflies

Let the countdown begin 🦋📆 The #BigButterflyCount is back for 2025! Join the biggest citizen science project of its kind from 18 July to 10 August and help us assess how the UK’s more common butterflies and day-flying moths are faring. 📷: Andrew Cooper

Love #bumblebees? Then you probably know they're in crisis and need our help You can help by supporting the very lovely @bumble-being.bsky.social raise funds for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social as she walks the Northumberland Coast Path 🐝 👣 Please donate here 🙏 www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...

New paper! If trees are closely related, does it matter where they are from to plant-eating insects? We raised >950 Promethea moth caterpillars on 14 Prunus species to answer that question. Turns out, it matters a lot! Non-native trees = Lower performance OA paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...

Interested in joining the search? Find out more about UV surveys here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/uv 📷: Steven Lofting, Pete Hughes