Big Butterfly Count 2024
The returns have been analysed and can be seen on the Butterfly Conservation website.
The results are alarming - sadly confirming comments in Sambourne Jottings wildlife reports saying how scarce are butterflies.
Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation has today declared a national ‘Butterfly Emergency’, with results of this summer’s Big Butterfly Count showing a marked and hugely concerning decline in numbers.
The full picture, detailed on the charity's website (link above), makes worrying reading.
On a positive note the charity site has a Gardening Blog with a variety of steps you can take to help the situation.
Big Butterfly Count 2023
The Big Butterfly Count has started.
To take part all you need to do is spend 15 minutes in any sunny spot and record the number and type of butterflies you see. It is open to anyone, of any age, in any part of the UK - towns, cities or the countryside.
Lots of help is available on the the butterfly conservation charity and organization website which can be found at. There is a guide to identification of the types. They have also provided an app (iOS and Android). The submissions will be added to a map which can be viewed interactively.The organization website includes a section on moths and gems like the "Discover and Learn Portal".
If you follow the excellent "Nature Jottings from Perrymill Lane" - published and archived on this website - you will know that Sambourne hosts a variety of butterflies.
The survey is complete.
The returns have been analysed and can be seen on the Butterfly Conservation website.
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch January 2023
Top 10:
- House sparrow
- Blue tit
- Starling
- Woodpigeon
- Black bird
- Robin
- Goldfinch
- Great tit
- Magpie
- Chaffinch