Butterfly Conservation: Company limited by guarantee, registered in England (2206468)
Registered Office: Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5QP
Charity registered in England & Wales (254937) and in Scotland (SCO39268)
VAT No. 565 9070 16
Welcome to the Cornwall branch of Butterfly Conservation dedicated to saving wild butterflies, moths and their habitats.
Cornwall Butterfly Conservation is working to establish the present status of butterflies in Cornwall so we can tell which species are increasing or in decline.
We hope that this visit will further your knowledge of the 40 or so butterfly species that enhance our beautiful county of Cornwall.
Membership details and how to join Butterfly Conservation here!
Membership
Committee Changes
Welcome to Dave Spencer, who after minimal arm twisting has volunteered to become our new Treasurer!
Latest news from our main Butterfly Conservation website:
“Almost three quarters of UK butterfly species have decreased in population during the last decade, a major scientific report reveals.”
Welcome to Dick Goodere who is our new County Recorder. This task is vital in monitoring the health of Cornish butterflies. Please submit your sightings in one of the following ways:
Use our new online form here or
use the pdf/xls form available here or
Paper records can be sent to the address on the form or
simply email the relevant info to Dick at gooderes@talktalk.net
Dick Goodere - our new County Recorder
Still in decline!
Why are we doing this 2011 census of species? To compare their distributions with those in the Cornwall Butterfly Atlas compiled soon after the millennium. Ten years on and where are we now?
The audit committee would like to encourage people to take part in this on-going assessment which will give us a clearer picture of increases and declines since the publication of 'A Cornwall Butterfly Atlas' in 2003.
We have our normal recording forms in two versions: ‘Form A’ is the simplified version which we recommend for most people and ‘Form B’ the original version.
Butterfly Timed Count Form A Simplified version.
Butterfly Timed Count Form B Original version.
Please note the targeted species for the audit timed counts are as follows: Dingy Skipper, Grizzled Skipper, Green Hairstreak, Purple Hairstreak, Silver-studded Blue, Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Silver-washed Fritillary, Marsh Fritillary, Heath Fritillary & Marbled White.
Cornwall Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Audit
Don’t miss this bargain, now £15 plus £2.75 P&P - cheques payable to Cornwall Butterfly Conservation please. Order from our Secretary Keith who’s full details are on the Contact page.
Butterfly Atlas - Half Price Sale!
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING/CONFERENCE
Saturday 28th. January 2012
It doesn’t seem long since our excellent AGM of 2011 when we were packed like pilchards in the meeting room at Allet listening to Adrian Spalding’s fascinating talk about the successful re-introduction of Large Blue butterflies at a site in Somerset.
For comfort and health & safety reasons we are holding our 2012 AGM at a new and larger venue which will seat 150 people, has full disabled access and ample free parking.
The venue we have chosen is St Erme Community Centre, situated at Castle Field, Trispen, Truro, TR4 9BD near the A39 about halfway between the A30 and Truro (take the Trispen turn off). The red X on the map below marks the location. Official business will begin at 11.00am but we would welcome you to arrive earlier to help organise the room or to chat to other members. Full info here
ADVANCE NOTICE - AGM
This afternoon at a celebrity decked ceremony at the Falmouth Hotel, Lee Slaughter was presented with a Highly Commended certificate to recognise the importance of his voluntary work for our organisation over the last 20 years. Daphne Skinnard from Radio Cornwall spoke about Lee’s achievements to a room packed with over 200 people including his proud wife Lisa. Lee received his certificate from the new Lord Leutenant of Cornwall - Edward Bolitho. Congratulations!
Lee Slaughter runner up for Environment Award...
URGENT!!!!
We have received very few records for 2011 - please if you have records but not submitted them then please do so by using any of the methods described in the section to the right about Dick, our new County Recorder.
You may submit records constantly throughout the year for 2012 - the more records we have the better we are able to help butterflies.
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