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Every day we are taking action to save butterflies and moths at risk of extinction. These are some of the things your donation can help us do...

 

£10 will buy 20 primrose plants, providing food for Duke of Burgundy caterpillars.

 

 

£20 means we can clear 100 sq metres of brambles. The Grizzled Skipper butterfly thrives on old industrial sites like rubbish tips and railway lines but can only breed where the vegetation is kept short.

 

 

£30 will allow us to employ a contractor to coppice 100 sq metres of woodland. Letting light into overgrown areas encourages wild violets grow, providing food for High Brown Fritillary caterpillars.

 

 

£50 will buy a large insect breeding enclosure, providing a safe place to rear caterpillars and pupa. When butterflies emerge they can be released at carefully selected sites where species have become extinct.

 

 

£100 will pay for 10 metres of fencing. Cattle and ponies can be kept in enclosed areas, helping Small Blue butterflies whose caterpillar food plants thrive in well grazed grassland.

 

 

£150 will pay for a Conservation Officer for a day, who will advise landowners and site managers on how to protect butterflies and moths on their land and help them apply for grants to fund conservation work.

 

 

£250 will pay for a training event for 15 volunteers, who can go on to spend many years looking after our nature reserves, providing butterfly havens for rare species.

 

 

£500 will pay for enough seed mix to transform an acre of land into a wildflower meadow, providing a home for thousands of insects.

 

My charity

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 7

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Donation by Anonymous on 31/01/13

£55.00

+ £13.75 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 08/11/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Caron Gillespie on 18/09/12

Donation by Sandra Tucker on 10/08/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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For my brother, Tony

Donation by Timothy Pearson on 16/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by anonymous on 19/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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In memory of Joyce Mansfield, wonderful painter of butteflies of Dorset, died 3 Dec. Pat Spring, Bridget & Peter Spring.

Donation by Peter Spring on 29/01/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$369.69
  • Offline donations$0.00
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$369.69
  • Gift Aid$92.42

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