Butterfly Conservation National Website
The starting place for all information on the national website.
This lists the other 31 Butterfly Conservation local branches and gives access to their websites and other information about them such as branch activities.
From this page you can download the colourful leaflets about garden moths, day-flying moths, caterpillars, etc. that are no longer in print. Also available here are some A4 moth fact sheets and "The State of Britain's Larger Moths 2013".
Information and factsheets about our butterflies.
Information and factsheets about our day-flying moths.
This page obviously covers why butterflies and moths are important but it also provides links to some other topics and documents relevant to conservation.
Butterfly Recording Gets Smart
This page is about the Butterfly Conservation smartphone apps which are available free of charge for both apple and android devices. The apps provide help with identification and a method for recording butterfly sightings - records will be forwarded to the relevant county recorder so you can use them anywhere.
The Munching Caterpillars Project initially ran from 2012 until 2015 and is back in 2017 with a project in Bristol. Its aim is simple: introduce children to the beautiful and fascinating world of butterflies, moths and their caterpillars. It is a hands on project that is great fun for all those taking part. The website contains material that is a useful resource for anyone who wants to inspire childern - and older people. Some additional material (including a bit of duplication) is available here.
Gloucestershire Sites
Gloucestershire Moth Distribution Maps
Maps showing which moths have been recorded in Gloucestershire, where and when. This page has a lot of other information and links to other websites.
Gloucestershire Butterfly and Moth Group
This is a forum for discussion and identification of moths and butterflies.
Butterfly Sites
European Interests Group Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly Conservation's European Interests Group (EIG) promotes the enjoyment, conservation and study of butterflies, moths and their habitats in Europe. EIG aims to build up contacts with partners in Europe and provide opportunities for self-funded volunteers to do useful survey work on butterflies in Europe.
The United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
UKBMS is a merger of the long-running Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (BMS) with Butterfly Conservation's co-ordination of 'independent' transects.
The UK Butterflies website provides information on all of the butterfly species found in the British Isles, including those that are extinct or migrants. This website is open to anyone wishing to contribute.
Moth Sites
This site is an online guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland. As well as providing pictures and information about each moth its 'links' page lists a huge number of related sites.
Atropos is the UK journal for butterfly, moth and dragonfly enthusiasts, published three times a year. This website is a resource for visitors to find out about latest sightings, how to get involved in recording in their local area and to share information with other enthusiasts.
National National Moth Recording Scheme
This is a Butterfly Conservation website, the NMRS brings together sightings (records) of all macro-moths (larger moths) across the UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.
Other Sites
Cotswolds Ecological Networks Forum
The Forum is an informal group which has been working to deliver nature conservation at a landscape scale across the Cotswolds AONB since May 2010. It currently has 60 members representing 33 organisations including local authorities, community organisations, landowners, the private sector and conservation organisations.
Wildlife Gardening with Jenny Steel
As the title suggests this is a website about wildlife gardening, however, that is underselling it somewhat as huge amount of information is provided.
Cath Hodsman - Wildlife & natural history artist
Cath is one of our branch members and supporters, her website shows the range of her work and I recommend spending a while looking at it.
Although this is called Grid Reference Finder it's a bit more than that: you can click a point on its Google map and be given the grid reference, longitude and latitude. It also gives a few other bits of information such as nearest address and postcode, they they are usually good but sometimes wrong.