The Big Butterfly Count is Here!

 

The Big Butterfly Count has been running for many years now. The idea is to go outside and count butterflies for fifteen minutes! This year's Big Butterfly Count starts tomorrow (Friday 16 July) and runs until 9 August. Find out more and join in at the Big Butterfly Count website. The best times to see butterflies are between 10am and 4pm and you are most likely to see butterflies in warm, sunny weather. 

I survey butterflies throughout the summer at two sites (Lauriston Farm and Corstorphine Hill, both in Edinburgh), but am always happy to go to other places to count butterflies for the Big Butterfly Count. 

The photo shows a Comma Butterfly, one of the species I hope to see during the Big Butterfly Count.