The Butterfly Conservation Christmas Gift Guide has landed! 🎁✨ Treat the nature lover in your life while helping vulnerable butterfly and moth species across the UK. Find the perfect gift 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/christmas-gift-guide

Found an unexpected house guest this winter? 🦋🏠 Five butterfly species spend the winter as adults in the UK: the Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Peacock and Red Admiral. See our advice for what to do if you find an overwintering butterfly 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...

Surprise the nature lover in your life with a gift that lasts all year! 🦋✨ Our gift membership includes a specially wrapped welcome pack with everything they need to start learning about the wonderful world of butterflies and moths. Order today 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/join?utm_cam...

Check out the magical metallic green scales on this Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae) ✨ This autumnal moth flies from September to November and can often be seen feeding on ivy blossom on milder nights. 📷: Samantha May #MothMonday #TeamMoth

A project to restore ancient forests in the Scottish Highlands is significantly boosting moth biodiversity, a Butterfly Conservation study has found. 🌳 Read the full story 👉 buff.ly/AyKPh6e 📷: Patrick Cook, Sarah Wanless #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

It's bulb planting time! Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋 Top 5 bulbs to plant: 🌷 Crocus 🌷 Alliums 🌷 Grape hyacinth 🌷 Winter aconite 🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary 📷: Rob Blanken

Is it just us or was Alan Carr KILLING IT in last night's #CelebrityTraitors? Like a true butterfly, he transformed to show his true colours! 1/6: #TheTraitors

Learning doesn't have to be confined to the four walls of a classroom 🍃🦋 Our Discover and Learn hub is packed full of free activities and resources to help children explore the fascinating world of butterflies and moths 👉 https://butrfli.es/3L9sljZ #OutdoorClassroomDay

📢 40+ NGOs have written to the PM urging him to uphold the Aarhus Convention – the cornerstone of environmental justice The Convention protects your right to: ✅ Access environmental information ✅ Have a say in decisions that affect nature ✅ Seek environmental justice affordably

Not doing presents this year? Show your loved ones you're thinking about them with a donation to Butterfly Conservation in their name 🦋💚 They will receive a beautiful postcard letting them know how their gift is helping to save butterflies and moths 👉 shop.butterfly-conservation.org/products/don...

Celebrate ‘the moth wonderful time of the year’ with @richardfoxbc.bsky.social 🦋🌙 In this free webinar, discover what makes these nighttime pollinators special, the threats they are facing and what we can do to help them. Book here 👉 buff.ly/wm4bvfl 📷: Rob Blanken #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

The days may be getting colder and darker, but there's still a chance to spot beautiful butterflies and moths in your gardens and green spaces 🦋🍂 #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

We're thrilled to share this film featuring some of the dedicated volunteers who monitor butterflies for the UKBMS A huge thank you to them, and everyone who's supported the scheme over the last 50 years. #UKBMS50 youtu.be/OrF5AgseX1U?...

Moths need darkness to thrive 🖤 But globally, light pollution is increasing by 10% a year, and these vital nocturnal pollinators need our help. Find out how you can provide a haven for moths where you live by creating Moon Meadows 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/moon-meadows... 📷: Marian Coburn

Today at Scottish Parliament, MSPs debate the Natural Environment Bill. This morning LINK was outside with the #ScotlandLovesNature campaign, representing red squirrels, Scottish wildcats, puffins and bees. 🐿️🐝 This Bill is our VITAL chance for legally binding nature recovery targets. 🌿🐾 #savenature

Is Jonathan Ross faithful to Butterfly Conservation? Or is he just fluttering about in disguise? 🦋 #TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors #MothsMatter 1/6:

Halloween is for the goths and moths 📣 So we're kicking off our spooky countdown with the aptly-named Feathered Gothic (Tholera decimalis). A common moth, well distributed throughout most of Britain, but very local further north. 📷: Rob Blanken #MothMonday #TeamMoth

Bumblebees, butterflies and bugs are in crisis. You can help by adding your voice to the Big Insect Rescue Plan by 31 October! 📢🐝 ⏰Take 1 minute to answer this quick survey: https://ow.ly/r58L50Xg852 Butterfly Conservation Buglife #InsectDeclines #NatureRecovery

Last month, we joined forces with Buglife and @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social to launch the Big Insect Rescue Plan at Wild Summit in Bristol 📢 We've been blown away by the response! Thousands of you have already let us know what you feel are the most important challenges facing insect recovery.

Butterflies need more lawns! More than half of UK butterfly species are in decline, and our research shows that by letting grass grow long, you can increase numbers by up to 93%. 🌱

Bracken management at De Lank today with Cornwall Butterfly Conservation - another Pearl-bordered Fritillary site on Bodmin Moor. Encouraging to see lots of Violets beneath the Bracken litter where we were working. Let's hope the Fritillaries find them next spring! @savebutterflies.bsky.social

We're starting a Butterfly Friendly revolution! 🦋 Lancaster City Council have pledged to take action for butterflies and moths over the next 3 years. And Butterfly Conservation need your council to be next! Read about how we've been working together here: butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...

The Frosted Orange (Gortyna flavago) is a common and well-distributed moth with a delicious-sounding name!🍊 Look out for it this month in rough grassland, woodland rides & edges, disturbed weedy places, ditch-banks, fens, marshes and gardens. 📷: Iain H Leach, Patrick Clement #MothMonday #TeamMoth

The Autumn edition of Butterfly magazine has emerged and should now be with Butterfly Conservation members! 🙌 Features include the Big Butterfly Count 2025 results, Wilding the West Country, 50 years of butterfly monitoring and more! Don't miss out 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/join

Allow us to introduce his grace, the Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina) ✨ The only member of the Riodinidae or ‘metalmarks’ family in the UK. Get to know our Species of the Month 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/species-of-the-month-duke-of-burgundy 📷: Iain Leach

Ants are a vital part of your garden ecosystem and, in most cases, can be left alone without interference 🐜 If they begin to enter your home, try storing food in secure containers and spraying equal parts vinegar with water where they enter.

🚨 The latest European Red List assessment has revealed 65 butterflies are now classed as 'at risk', several of which are species found in the UK. Urgent action is needed to reverse the declining population of butterflies. Read more: butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo... 📸 Gilles San Martin

Look out for the dramatic Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra) on the wing from September to October 👀 The adult moths come to light and sugar but can also be seen feeding on the flowers of Ivy and even overripe Blackberries. 📷: Iain H Leach #MothsMatter #MothMonday

Autumn reminds us to slow down, take a step back and enjoy the changing seasons - this includes in the garden 🧡🍂 The Secret Gardener shares their gardening jobs for October 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/the-secret-gardener-jobs-to-do-in-your-garden-in-october 📷: Paul Henson

Pearly Underwing (Peridroma saucia) North Antrim October 2025. One of a number of potential migrant moths last night. Also highlights the importance of Ivy flowers at this time of year. #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata) - North Antrim - October 2025. Another species with a late record was this one from a local oakwood last night #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth ##gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social

I was quite chuffed to finally catch sight of my first ever clouded yellow even if I did spend 20mins+ creeping and crawling around a field margin mostly on my knees trying to get a photo. The joys of only having a camera on my phone @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

My first ever Clifden nonpareil (Blue Underwing) moth in the garden this morning. So huge! Marton, Lincolnshire @lincswildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Cornwall Butterfly Conservation’s winter habitat management begins next week! This year, we have a packed programme of volunteer days around Bodmin Moor and Camborne-Redruth to restore habitat for threatened butterflies. Sign-up to get involved at tinyurl.com/2cbb2jzw @savebutterflies.bsky.social

The Speckled Wood is unique in its ability to spend the winter as either a chrysalis or a caterpillar 🐛💤 Letting your grass grow long and leaving some dead plants is a great way to support this beautiful species throughout its lifecycle. 📷: Iain Cowe, Bob Eade, Andrew Cooper

Most common garden problems can be solved without the need for harmful chemicals 🧪❌ For aphids, try using a hose attachment to spray them off, or simply removing them with a cloth.

Together with partners, we've managed 8,510 hectares of habitat for butterflies and moths across the UK over the past year - that's equivalent to over 12,000 football pitches! Find out more about our conservation projects 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/con... 📷: Iain H Leach

Let's hear it for Ivy! An often misunderstood plant, but one which has incredible benefits for wildlife. 🦋🐝🐦

Last year saw 10 amazing young people aged between 16-25 joining our first-ever Youth Panel! Since then, the panel have spoken up for nature and youth empowerment at marches and events, attended residentials and launched their first Zine 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/youth-panel

Lots of butterflies in the sunshine yesterday along the Waveney Valley. Plenty of whites, Small Heath, Common Blue, Red Admiral plus two that settled for long enough & caught with the phone camera, a worn Small Copper and Speckled Wood @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Common Blue, Peacock, Speckled Wood & Green-veined white butterflies all seen yesterday by the volunteer work party at Ettington Cutting. Though the highlight was a Clouded Yellow! #butterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social

We're pleased that the @parliament.scot Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has backed proposals in the Natural Environment Bill to introduce statutory targets to restore nature. Nature targets are a key demand of our Scotland Loves Nature campaign. Read more: www.scotlink.org/msps-back-na...

Hello October! Or should that be Moth-tober? 🎃🦋 With autumn well underway, keep an eye out for these butterflies and moths in your gardens and local green spaces.

Slugs and snails do important jobs in the garden, breaking down plant matter and providing food for other wildlife 🐌 To prevent slugs from eating certain plants, protect them with grit, cloches and hand removing any you find. Create a pond to attract slug-munching frogs.

It's impossible not to love the Merveille du Jour. Just incredible moths! #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social

The Red Underwing (Catocala nupta) knows how to make a statement 🤩 Keep an eye out for this flashy moth in woodland, parkland, scrub, riverbanks and gardens. 📷: Iain H Leach, Will Langdon, David Green #MothMonday #MothsMatter

Over the past year, we've helped 2,443 children get involved in creating #WildSpaces for butterflies and moths in their school grounds 🌱🏫 Hear more from Wild Spaces Project Officer Angus and the schools involved 👉 https://youtu.be/wr_bFhubgC4?feature=shared #HeritageFund

Only a few tickets left for the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme 50th Anniversary Conference! We're looking forward to celebrating 50 incredible years of butterfly monitoring and volunteer achievement. 🎉🦋 Book your free place 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf... #UKBMS50

The sun was shining while we worked on the grassland banks at Newton 5 Arches Wildlife site today. 6 species of butterflies recorded - Peacock, Small Copper, Common Blue, Speckled Wood, Large White & Red Admiral. #butterflies #Rugby @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Humming bird hawk moth in Edinburgh today. 1st sighting for me this year & pure luck as it popped up in my sister's garden! Absolute nightmare to photograph as its so mobile/fast but managed a few shots. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #moth #Edinburgh