Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
It looks as if this year is a good year for seeing another beautiful butterfly that migrates to Britain from the Mediterranean area. Back in May I wrote about Painted Ladies, now there are plenty of Clouded Yellows around too. Migrants fromRead More
Leave a comment Many people around the town are looking out for butterflies, they are taking part in the Big Butterfly Count, a citizen science project organised by Butterfly Conservation. Each year volunteers spend 15 minutes at a time recording how many butterflies they see in theirRead More
Leave a comment As I walked into our communal garden the other day I was startled by a large butterfly flying up from the tub of pansies by the door. I stood still and waited as it fluttered about and then settled again to feed. Then IRead More
Leave a comment The Big Butterfly Count Is One Of The Largest Citizen Science Projects With Over 100,000 People Spending 15 Minutes Counting The Butterflies They Can See In Their Gardens And Around Other Sites. Running in late July and early August since 2010, the Big ButterflyRead More
Leave a comment The Annual Big Butterfly Count Has Finished And The Local Results Are Much Better Than Last Year. The Big Butterfly Count is one of the largest citizen science projects with over 100,000 people spending 15 minutes counting butterflies and day flying moths they canRead More
Leave a comment July is the month when many adult butterflies emerge from their chrysalis ready to mate and carry the species forward, that is why it is time for the world’s largest citizen science butterfly survey, the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group invites you all to takeRead More
Leave a comment If you are walking through our local grassland on a warm sunny day, especially along the coast path east and west of the town, you might be lucky enough to see what looks like a small dark butterfly flitting about. This could be anRead More
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The Butterflies and Moths on display in Sidmouth Museum are part of a collection made in the 1940s by a Sidmouth resident. Most were collected locally. Other specimens have been provided by Sidmouth Library and members of the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group (SVBG). InformationRead More
Leave a comment Introduction The annual Big Butterfly Count is a huge citizen science project run by Butterfly Conservation every year for the last 15 years. In late July and early August, volunteers find a sunny spot and count how many butterflies and day flying moths (IRead More
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