Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire

Online EVENTS

Upcoming Online talks: Winter 2026

Join one of our fantastic online events from the comfort of your own home! We have engaging and very knowledgeable speakers covering lots of topics, we are sure you will find plenty you want to join. Take a look below at the exciting upcoming online events.

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'British & Irish Butterfly Rarities' is the first book to focus solely on those butterfly species regarded as extinctions, rare migrants or introductions. There are 59 butterfly species that are considered resident or regular migrants to Britain and Ireland, yet there are another 63 species whose story deserves to be told.

The history of each extinct species, such as the Black-veined White and Large Copper, is spelled out, together with any reintroduction attempts.

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Charlie, the Yorkshire county Macro Moths recorder will present a review of the Moths recorded in Yorkshire in 2025. Its been another very busy moth year

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Peatland restoration taking place at scale in the UK, there is significant opportunity to provide evidence and advice to ensure this work also delivers for biodiversity. ‘Making Peatlands Work for Lepidoptera’ is a collaboration between Butterfly Conservation and partners to investigate and improve the way habitat restoration can support threatened butterfly and moth species across Northern England. It will explore how peatland restoration supports threatened wildlife including the Large Heath butterfly and the Dark Bordered Beauty moth. We will develop an action plan for Large Heath throughout its English range, carry out surveys and habitat assessments with the help of trained volunteers. For the Dark Bordered Beauty moth, which is confined to Strensall Common its only English site, we will assess the suitability of potential reintroduction sites and start a captive breeding programme to establish the population in new areas to secure its future.

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Nick Hall is the Yorkshire county Transect coordinator will present a review of the 2025 Butterfly Season. Its been a remarkable bumper year but who were the really big winners? We also had two new species appear in the county!

Previous online talks - catch up on the others you've missed in 2025 !

Yorkshires 2024 Butterfly Review

Adventures of a Moth Recorder in Scotland

2024 Moth Species Review

2025 Yorkshire Transect Walkers Get together

Butterfly Identification Training 2025

2024

Yorkshire Transect walkers Meetup We take a closer look at what could have been so easily a record breaking year. Join us and the YWT team introducing our new sites and walkers

14th March 2024

A Review of the 2023 Butterfly season in Yorkshire from our monitored sites. It was so nearly a record year but there were still lots of losers

14th March 2024

Butterfly Identification training for Transect Walkers

15th April 2024

Day Flying Moth ID course now available on YourTube HERE . Why not expand your knowledge of those mysterious day-flying moths we can't identify. We will cover 32 commonly seen species from 8 families with tips on how to tell similar species apart.