The scheme has monitored changes in the abundance of butterflies throughout the United Kingdom since 1976. Since then, recorders have made around a quarter of a million weekly visits to more than 1,500 separate sites, walking over half a million kilometres and counting over 16.4 million butterflies! The UKBMS is based on a well-established and enjoyable recording method and has produced important insights into almost all aspects of butterfly ecology.
Scope:
Butterflies
Taxonomy:
Insect
Habitat:
Farmland, Grassland, Heathland, Towns and Gardens, Plantation and Orchard, Upland and Woodland, Wetland, streams and rivers, Coastal
Country:
UK wide
Region:
UK wide
Organisations:
Butterfly Conservation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, DEFRA, JNCC
Contact:
Butterfly transect co-ordinator
Contact emails:
How to take part:
Sightings can be submitted all year
Website:
How to get involved
Visit the ‘how to get involved page’ : http://www.ukbms.org/involved.aspx