Branch News : 2025
28-Dec-2025
The 2026 National Moth Recorders Meeting will be held online on Saturday 31st January.butterfly-conservation.org/moths/uk-moth-recorders-meeting
13-Dec-2025
The Winter 2025 edition of Hairstreak is available to view or download.Newsletters/newsletter128.pdf
29-Oct-2025
Recent updates to the web site:event_calendar : shows green, orange or red icons to indicate the status of the event.
hairstreak_conservation : updated to include RBOR and UV surveying.
moths : re-written to include moth identification resources.
recording : re-written.
NB: the old butterfly_recording and moth_recording links now point to the new recording page.
02-Oct-2025
The Autumn 2025 edition of Hairstreak is available to view or download.Newsletters/newsletter127.pdf
01-Oct-2025
The branch now has one more person fully qualified to use our lovely new electric brushcutters, and here is Sarah out putting her training to good use helping cut over-long grass, which was then raked up, to reduce its vigour and give smaller flowering plants a better chance. Anyone else that would like training in the use of the power tools we use during our conservation work should contact nick.bowles@ntlworld.com for more information.
11-Aug-2025
The Southern Small White has been recorded in two locations on the east coast of England this summer. The arrival of this species from Europe has been long anticipated.www.birdguides.com/news/southern-small-white-reaches-britain-for-first-time
03-Jul-2025
The 2024 Dingy Skipper Species Champion Report is available to view or download.Reports/DingySkipper_Report_2024_ASpragg.pdf
20-Jun-2025
The Summer 2025 edition of Hairstreak is available to view or download.Newsletters/newsletter126.pdf
19-Jun-2025
The 2024 Green Hairstreak Species Champion Report is available to view or download.Reports/GreenHairstreak_Report_2024_ASpragg.pdf
12-Jun-2025
The 2024 Small Blue Species Champion Report is available to view or download.Reports/SmallBlue_Report_2024_ASpragg.pdf
07-Jun-2025
The 2024 Purple Emperor Species Champion Report is available to view or download.Reports/PurpleEmperor_Report_2024_MRobinson.pdf
01-May-2025
The 2024 Adonis Blue Species Champion Report is available to view or download.Reports/AdonisBlue_Report_2024_MSlatter.pdf
28-Apr-2025
The 2024 Chalk Hill Blue Species Champion Report is available to view or download.Reports/ChalkHillBlue_Report_2024_NBowles.pdf
18-Apr-2025
The 2024 Grizzled Skipper Species Champion Report is available to view or download.Reports/GrizzledSkipper_Report_2024_DHastings.pdf
18-Apr-2025
The 2024 Silver-studded Blue Species Champion Report is available to view or download.Reports/SilverStuddedBlue_Report_2024_DSussex.pdf
15-Apr-2025
The 2024 White-letter Hairstreak Species Champion Report is available to view or download.Reports/WhiteLetterHairstreak_Report_2024_PCuss.pdf
13-Apr-2025
The 2024 Grayling Species Champion Report is available to view or download.Reports/Grayling_Report_2024_DSussex.pdf
02-Apr-2025
The Spring 2025 edition of Hairstreak is available to view or download.Newsletters/newsletter125.pdf
15-Mar-2025
The 2024 Wood White Species Champion Report is available to view or download.Reports/WoodWhite_Report_2024_NBoard.pdf
11-Feb-2025
A project involving Network Rail, Chiltern Rangers and Butterfly Conservation is helping to restore Duke of Burgundy habitat.www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm27p0me3n5o
04-Jan-2025
The Winter 2024 edition of Hairstreak is available to view or download.Newsletters/newsletter124.pdf