Hartland Nature Society Butterfly Surveys

Butterfly Surveys

Big Butterfly Count

The Big Butterfly Count is a nationwide survey that helps wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation better understand the UK’s butterfly population and assess the health of our environment, simply by counting the number and type of butterflies and day-flying moths we see.

Butterfly Transect

Overseen by the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme https://ukbms.org/about

This involves volunteers walking weekly along a chosen route and counting all butterflies during a 26-week period between 1st April and 29th September each year