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Creating havens for butterflies and moths

Butterfly Conservation was recently offered a special chance to buy a unique piece of land.Rough Bank is a 44 acre site of flowery grassland, woodland and pasture in the Cotswolds. With care and sympathetic conservation management it will become an important haven for many rare and endangered butterflies.

 

Already inhabited by four beautiful blue butterflies - Adonis, Chalkhill, Small and Common, plus the remarkably rare Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth, the site presents perfect conditions to support the reintroduction of the Large Blue and Duke of Burgundy butterflies.

 

Today Butterfly Conservation holds 33 wildlife reserves.  Each providing a safe haven where you can experience the natural world in the certain knowledge that it will be protected for future generations to enjoy.  

 

Our reserves cost money to acquire and manage. Rough Bank for example will cost £250,000 even before the first visitor arrives.  

 

This will be the equivalent of spending £3 for every two square meters we save for the nation.  

Help us save the next two square meters today.

 

 

 

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Butterfly Conservation

Butterfly Conservation

Charity Registration No. 254937

The UK charity dedicated to saving butterflies, moths and our environment. We advise landowners and managers on protecting important habitats in the countryside, towns and cities; carry out surveys, monitoring and research; manage nature reserves and promote wildlife friendly gardening.

Donations 273

Donation by Kelsey Rose on 03/06/12

£11.00

+ £2.75 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 03/06/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Let's keep hoping this place will be saved. I would like to see a Large Blue one day.

Donation by John Albert Ravey on 02/06/12

£50.00

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Glad to help. I believe in reintroduction -- and feel that nowadays introduction to new areas could be an option.

Donation by Archie Lang on 02/06/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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For Silvya

Donation by Augusto Uehara on 02/06/12

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Donation by Steven & Debbie Cheshire on 01/06/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Thank you for your efforts and best wishes for the success of your project.

Donation by Allan Cox on 31/05/12

£26.00

+ £6.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 31/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Julie Cox on 31/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by howard gibson on 31/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Dave Munson on 30/05/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Donation by David Player on 30/05/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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I hope you succeed in raising enough money to buy Rough Bank. I'd love to be able to visit the site one day.

Donation by Sophia Hale-Sutton on 29/05/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Delwyn Griffith on 29/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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I think it's essential to preserve these wildlife reserves for everyone's benefit let's hope Butterfly Conservation are successful.

Donation by robert simpson on 29/05/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Ronald Cawdery on 28/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Roena Gooch on 28/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Karen Coffin on 27/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 27/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Nicholas Quayle on 27/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Richard Szymanski on 26/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Philip Kerslake-Smith on 26/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation by David Howdon on 26/05/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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good luck with the campaign!

Donation by Mark Griffiths on 26/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 25/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£9,908.50
  • Offline donations£0.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£9,908.50
  • Gift Aid£1,904.75

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