Cornwall Butterfly Conservation

🦋 Join the Cornwall Butterfly Conservation Open Day! 📅 Sat 14th March, 10am-4pm 📍 St Erme Community Centre, Trispen TR4 9BD ​Free entry, wildlife stalls, expert talks, and cakes! 🍰 Learn how to help our local butterflies. BYO lunch! 🧺 ​#Cornwall #Butterflies #Conservation

Join us March 28–29 at the Royal Cornwall Showground for show gardens, workshops, crafts, and amazing food. A perfect family weekend! 🌿 ​Details: cornwallgardensociety.org.uk ​#Cornwall #Gardening #FlowerShow #Spring2026

I thought it was just a battered Small Tortoiseshell on a muddy patch… but something wasn’t quite right. Then it clicked—it was far too big! My first-ever Large Tortoiseshell, emerging in the sun after months of Cornish rain. @savebutterflies @Cornwall_BC

Come and join us on our Open Day! 🦋

Please come and join us for our Open Day! 🦋

Come and join us! 🦋

We will be running a stall at the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Biological Recorders Conference on Saturday 9th May from 2pm - 9.30pm at the Penryn Campus! Will you be there? 🦋

Our winter E-bulletin is now on our website cornwall-butterfly-conservation.org.uk Please check it out to get news, updates and information about our Open Day on 14th March.

The conservation date at Wheal Maid on 14th December has had to be cancelled. The new date will be 8th February.

Come and see our Beautiful Butterflies stall at The Ladder on the 6th December 🦋

We will be at our favourite event of the year this Saturday,  11th October, Come and see us for a lovely family day out!

KEEP THE DATE! Our annual indoor meeting, which will include a very short AGM, several interesting talks, demonstrations and an opportunity to browse our sales stalls, will be on Saturday 14th March 2026 at our usual venue, St Erme community centre, Trispen.  See you there!

In the last few years, we have surveyed more than 30 sites in England for the Large Heath and restored vital peatlands in Scotland with our Bog Squad. 🌱 Now, with your help, we have the chance to do more for this endangered species 👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-the-… 📷: Iain H Leach

Common Blue at Penlee Reserve today. With most of the flowers now dry and going to seed, it’s slim pickings for these later butterflies. @Cornwall_BC @savebutterflies #butterflies #nature #wildlife

One of my favourite butterflies, the Small Copper. Feeding on the remaining Corn Marigolds at Penlee & oblivious to the danger which lurked beneath. Thankfully it moved on to another flower before the Crab Spider struck. @Cornwall_BC @savebutterflies #wildlife #nature

.@MigrantMothUK @BritishMoths @savebutterflies @Cornwall_BC @NorthCornwallNT @NatureUK @Team4Nature A male Four-spotted Footman, Lithosia quadra, I think. Found in Mum's bathroom just now. New Polzeath. (Fri 29th Aug 2025). #BigButterflyCount #Moths #NewPolzeath #Cornwall

.@savebutterflies @Cornwall_BC @NorthCornwallNT @NatureUK @Team4Nature @Buzz_dont_tweet Lots of Common Blue butterflies feeding on patches of Common Fleabane nr Downhedge Cove this morning. (27th Aug 2025). #BigButterflyCount #butterfly #butterflies #DownhedgeCove #Cornwall #swcp

.@MigrantMothUK @BritishMoths @savebutterflies @Cornwall_BC @NorthCornwallNT @NatureUK @Team4Nature I think this is a silver y moth feeding on necter from the Michaelmas daisies in Mum's garden, this afternoon (Sun 24th Aug 2025) #BigButterflyCount #Moths #NewPolzeath #Cornwall