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It’s July already – which means it’s nearly time for our annual Big Butterfly Count! In this edition of All Aflutter we're asking those of you who are planning to take part in the Big Butterfly Count to also help us with a study looking at the impact counting butterflies for just 15 minutes can have on our wellbeing. We’ve teamed up with the University of Derby for this research and the details of how to take part can be found below.

We’ve also got some top tips for getting your garden ready for the Big Butterfly Count, and bring you some good news about one of our threatened species of butterfly, the Duke of Burgundy.

The Big Butterfly Count is coming!

Our annual Big Butterfly Count is the largest citizen science project of its kind, and we need YOU to help us learn more about how butterflies are faring across the whole of the UK.

The event runs from July 15th for three weeks and all you need to do is spend 15 minutes in a sunny spot and count the amount and type of butterflies you see. You can download the free Big Butterfly Count app now!

Download on IOS

Download on Android

Take part in our research on how nature aids wellbeing

Is counting butterflies good for us? That’s what we are trying to find out this summer and we need your help! We’ve teamed up with the University of Derby for a new study and are looking for volunteers to take part.

All you need to do is answer a short questionnaire before completing the Big Butterfly Count, followed by two further questionnaires in the weeks afterwards.

Take part in the research now

Tips for attracting butterflies to your garden this summer

We know many of you will be planning to do your Big Butterfly Count in your garden later this month, so we’ve got some top tips for how to attract butterflies to your garden, and what the best nectar-rich plants are for summer.

Read the blog

Look Out For These Species in July

Garden Tiger

Meadow Brown

Small White

Good news for the Duke of Burgundy

There have been record levels of sightings of one of our threatened species of butterfly – the Duke of Burgundy – in Kent this year. The fantastic boost in butterfly numbers is the result of a successful collaboration of projects between Butterfly Conservation and Natural England.

Read the article

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Find out how you can give butterflies and moths a future.

Identify

Handy tools to identify a butterfly or day-flying moth.

Photo credits: Garden Tiger (Ervin Szombathelyi), Meadow Brown (Pete Withers), Small White (Andrew Dejardin), Duke of Burgundy (Giles San Martin), Common Blue (Iain H Leach)

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