ann ual review for 2010/11

Saving butte rflies, moths and our environment Highlights of the year Overview by Chairman and Chief Executive In this Annual Review, we celebrate our achievements over the last year and look  Several of our most threatened butterflies and moths  Secured a core funding grant for Butterfly Conservation ahead to explain our ambitious “2020 vision” for the current decade and beyond. began to recover thanks to our landscape scale projects. Europe from the EU, which enabled the employment of staff for the first time. Successes include the Pearl- bordered Fritillary, Undoubtedly, the most significant success during 2010 is that several of our During the year, we have successfully concluded two of our biggest ever High Brown Fritillary, Duke of Burgundy, Wood White, most threatened species showed signs of recovery directly due to management projects (Moths Count and the South-East Woodlands project) and taken out Small Blue, Grey Carpet and Forester moths.  Raised funds to continue our work to save threatened carried out as part of our landscape scale initiatives. Against the background leases on three important new reserves. Our success has been demonstrated species in Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland and for major of decades of decline and habitat loss, these increases show that our by a growth in membership to almost 16,000 and by the continuing support  Acquired three new reserves which support important new landscape projects to save the Duke of Burgundy conservation strategy is working. of those members who have responded generously to our appeals and populations of threatened species: Myers Allotment on the South Downs and the Large Blue in Somerset. contributed voluntarily of their time, to the value of £9.5 million. in Lancashire; Mount Fancy in Somerset; Wester Moss On the recording front, we have collated nearly 20 million records of butterflies near Stirling.  Sustained a high level of coverage in the media and and moths, all now available on the National Biodiversity Network. This impressive We also pay tribute to the enormous effort of our expert staff whose effort gives launched Twitter and Facebook accounts to spread our database underpins our conservation work and makes sure that we base such strength and depth to our work. Our challenge now is to continue to grow  Completed the South-East Woodlands project, our message to a wider audience. our programmes on sound scientific evidence. The results showed that the and develop our work against the backdrop of severe financial constraints and largest ever landscape project, and produced a guide internationally agreed target to halt general biodiversity loss by 2010 was missed, reduced environmental spending by government. We are very conscious that to woodland management for butterflies and moths. but we now better understand the improvements needed to ensure that we hit butterflies, moths and the whole of the natural world are facing unprecedented the new target of restoring Lepidoptera biodiversity by 2020. pressures from a growing human population. We have thus developed an overall  Launched a major new partnership with Marks & Spencer, plan for a step change in our work over the next decade. As part of our “2020 aimed at raising awareness of butterflies and encouraging vision” we will forge stronger collaborations with our conservation partners, their suppliers to become more wildlife friendly. using butterflies and moths as a litmus test for the whole of our environment.

Maurice Avent Chairman  Ran the Big Butterfly Count, a new scheme to engage the public in recording common species and thus assessing and Dr Martin Warren Chief Executive the health of our environment. Over 260,000 butterflies and moths were counted by over 10,000 recorders. “Butterflies are wonderful, extraordinary creatures. Numbers have been falling, but Butterfly Conservation scientists have  Collated over 11.5 million records in the Moths Count demonstrated that these declines can be reversed. They have project, making it the largest single dataset currently also found that when you change the environment to help available on the National Biodiversity Network Gateway. butterflies thrive, all sorts of other wildlife benefits too. Nature comes back to life. ”

Cover photograph Butterfly Conservation volunteers contributed work worth £9.5 million during the year, Sir David Attenborough, President of Butterfly Conservation, speaking at the 5-spot Burnet: One of the moths featured in our new Provisional Atlas equivalent to 688 full-time staff. launch of our major new partnership with the retailer Marks & Spencer. of Larger Moths. This included distribution maps for 868 species, the first time that such maps have been available for many species. A new 2020 vision for Butterfly Conservation Threatened species thriving on BC Nature Reserves During the year, Butterfly Conservation developed a ten year forward plan, known as the 2020 vision , at two A key part of Butterfly Conservation’s conservation strategy is to acquire important sites for strategic planning meetings by Council members and senior staff, refined in consultation with Branch Chairs. threatened species as reserves and use them to demonstrate best practice in habitat management.

Overall vision: Strategic aims Our portfolio of nature reserves rose to 37 sites, covering over 750 hectares To create a strong and effective organisation that is capable of halting 1) Halt and reverse the decline of threatened species of butterflies of important butterfly and moth habitat across the UK. Our Branches and reversing the decline of butterflies and moths, and create a healthier and moths in the UK. also helped manage many ‘Partnership Reserves’ where we work with environment in which we all can live. 2) Increase the numbers of butterflies and moths across the wider landscape. other bodies to support important populations of butterflies and moths.

Background and rationale 3) Maintain efficient, scientifically robust recording and monitoring During the year we negotiated leases on three new reserves: Butterflies and moths are a vital part of our wildlife heritage and valuable schemes making the best use of modern technology and continuing Myers Allotment in North Lancashire (a key site for High Brown and indicators of the health of the environment. However, the stark fact is that to influence Government and wider decision-making on the environment Pearl-bordered Fritillaries); Mount Fancy Farm in Somerset (a restoration site butterflies and moths are still declining at an alarming rate, despite Butterfly for the benefit of all species. for Wood White and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary); and Wester Moss in Conservation’s best efforts over the last 40 years. Our data show that they 4) Raise widespread awareness amongst the public and especially young Stirling (a peatland site supporting Large Heath and Wood Tiger Moth). are declining faster than most other well documented groups of plants and people, about the role of butterflies and moths in contributing to a healthy animals, so our task is both daunting and complex. In order to tackle these environment and the need to conserve them now and in the future. Several highly threatened species showed strong signs of recovery on losses and achieve the aims of the charity, Butterfly Conservation has to our reserves during 2010, including the Duke of Burgundy which had 5) Play a major role in establishing sustainable resourcing for Butterfly dramatically increase its capacity and influence over the next 10 years. a record year at our Prestbury Hill reserve in Gloucestershire. Conservation Europe to fulfil a long-term role of conserving butterflies The 2020 vision explains how we will achieve this ambitious goal. and moths across Europe. 6) Use our influence to support wider initiatives to conserve a healthy environment and ensure a secure future for both wildlife and people. 7) Significantly expand our member and supporter base to generate sustainable funds and give Butterfly Conservation a stronger voice at national and local levels. Our aspiration: 100,000 members/supporters. 8) Develop our volunteer, branch and external networks so that they contribute significantly to all the above outcomes as well as addressing local needs. 9) Secure the substantial increase in funding and other resources needed to sustain our work in the long term. Our aspiration: £10 million p.a. matched by Volunteer effort equivalent to £20million p.a.

A key aim of the 2020 vision is to save high profile species such as the High Brown Fritillary , Large Blue and Slender Scotch Burnet from extinction. Our new reserve at Myers Allotment in The Marsh Fritillary re-colonised our reserve At Prees Heath in Shropshire our heathland restoration work is paying off A fuller version of the 2020 vision, showing key elements and rationale can be found in the full Annual Accounts on Butterfly Conservation’s website. North Lancashire is a crucial habitat for one at Alners Gorse in Dorset thanks to recent and large areas of formerly arable land are now blooming with heather for the of our most threatened butterflies, the High scrub clearance by Branch volunteers. first time in 50 years. We hope that the habitat will eventually enable the last Brown Fritillary, as well as supporting a range The Brown Hairstreak had its best year ever too. surviving colony of the Silver-studded Blue in the West Midlands to expand. of other rare species. Threatened species success in landscape projects Butterfly Conservation is focussing effort in 76 landscapes that are crucial for the survival of our most Butterfly Conservation continues to base its work on sound scientific evidence and runs collaborative threatened species. Several species showed strong signs of recovery during 2010 as a result of new habitat research with a wide range of Universities and institutes . We also run several world-leading recording management undertaken within our landscape scale projects. schemes, which reached significant milestones during the year.

 Under our Two Moors project, the Marsh Fritillary  In Cumbria and Lancashire, we have developed  In Northern Ireland, we have discovered  Successfully concluded the Moths Count project funded by the  Continued to run the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme with our partners has begun to thrive again on Dartmoor and has the Morecambe Bay project to help save one several large colonies of Marsh Fritillary in Heritage Lottery Fund and others. Under the project we collated at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and produced annual species spread to many new areas that are now being of the last strongholds of the High Brown and Fermanagh and are now are working with over 11 million records of the distribution of moths. status updates and government indicators at the UK level and for grazed appropriately by cattle or hardy ponies. Pearl-bordered Fritillaries. Thanks to our work, the Agriculture Department to get them into England and Scotland, based on data gathered from over 1,000 sites.  Published a Provisional Atlas of Larger Moths, giving distribution the High Brown colonised several newly Agri-Environment Schemes.  In Dorset, the Marsh Fritillary had its best year maps for 868 species, the first time that such maps have been  Ran the second full year of the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey for decades thanks to our advice and new coppiced areas this year and we hope that available for most species. in collaboration with volunteers from the British Trust for Ornithology. management under the Higher Level the Pearl-bordered will soon follow. The results are beginning to give us robust figures on the abundance  Analysed 2.4 million new records gathered by the Butterflies Stewardship Scheme.  In Wales, the High Brown Fritillary is reduced for the New Millennium project during 2005-09, ready for a report of widespread species across the UK. to a single site, near Bridgend. Thanks to the  The Pearl-bordered Fritillary has been on the State of Butterflies in the UK in 2011. re-introduced to two sites and has recolonised work of the Wales Team and South Wales  The combined total of butterfly and moth records in our database several woodland clearings opened under our Branch volunteers, numbers have recovered and the butterfly is once again thriving. has now reached almost 20 million, making it the single largest South-East Woodlands project. dataset available to the public via the National Biodiversity Network In parts of the Wyre Forest in Shropshire, the  In Chiddingfold Forest, the Wood White has  internet gateway. flourished thanks to new management by the Wood White numbers have increased five-fold and Pearl-bordered Fritillary numbers have  Started development of an online system for recording butterflies Forestry Commission and by our volunteers on and moths, ready for testing in 2011. our reserve at Oaken Wood. increased four-fold and established two new colonies. Other species such as the Small  Ran the Big Butterfly Count in July as part of a new partnership with  The number of Heath Fritillary colonies in the Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Dingy Skipper and Marks & Spencer and designed a new website for the public to easily Blean Woods of Kent has now returned to Drab Looper moth have also increased. enter records online. The Count is aimed at encouraging large numbers pre 1980 levels while populations are recovering of people to give us evidence on changes in widespread butterflies. well on Exmoor.  Thanks to our North York Moors project, the number of Duke of Burgundy colonies has  In Scotland, thanks to our work under the increased three-fold around Helmsley and the Species Action Framework over 2,000 hectares Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary has expanded of Marsh Fritillary habitat has been brought into in several areas where grazing levels have favourable management. been reduced.

Thanks to our work in Warwickshire, the number of Small Blue colonies in the West Midlands has doubled from three to six - and a further 10 sites have been restored. Over 10,000 recorders participated in the big butterfly count The proceedings of our Sixth International Symposium in Reading, March 2010, As a result of our Brecks project, the Grey Carpet Moth colonised four newly managed plots in the Norfolk Brecks, and one of these was unexpectedly colonised by the and counted over 260,000 butterflies. was published as a special issue of the Journal of Insect Conservation. increasingly rare Forester moth. The Duke of Burgundy recovered in Kent where it was on the brink of extinction but now survives on nine sites. Under the South–East We published a major new report on the management of woodlands for Lepidoptera. Woodlands project, new colonies have been found and several sites have been recolonised thanks to new management. Members and volunteers Supporting our work Our members and volunteers are vital to support our We are very grateful to the large number of individuals Main targets for 20 11/12 work and implement it across the UK. We are fortunate and organisations that support our work, through to have an active volunteer force of over 10,000 people donations, grants or legacies. Conservation Volunteers and members and a network of 31 Branches across the UK .  Continue to take action for threatened species and  Continue to increase membership and maintain deepen our involvement in landscape scale projects. high retention rate. During the year our membership increased by 7% to reach almost With your help, we will ensure there will be a brighter future for our Implement our proactive reserve acquisition strategy to Produce a new membership plan to cover 2012-2015. 16,000 and we maintained a high retention rate of 92%. Our website wonderful butterflies and moths, as well as for the wider environment   received nearly 342,000 visits, an 8% increase over last year, and in which we all live. Successful fundraising allowed us to spend over support our landscape scale approach to conservation.  Explore further ways of promoting membership using continues to be a major means of recruiting new members. £2.4million on our conservation programmes, 86% of our total expenditure.  Maintain our world-leading recording and monitoring digital media and electronic newsletters. schemes and expand volunteer involvement. Continue to run training courses and provide support Our members generously supported an appeal for funds to continue Legacies are especially important to help underpin our urgent conservation  our ongoing recording schemes on moths and butterflies. We also programmes for future years and enable us to plan ahead effectively.  Publish a State of UK Butterflies report and assessment for volunteers. received several large donations from individual supporters which have If you would like to learn about making a difference for butterflies and of the 2010 biodiversity target. been used very effectively to 'leverage' grants from other major funders moths by remembering Butterfly Conservation in your will, please contact Secure funds to expand Butterfly Conservation Europe Publicity and education to run crucial conservation projects across the UK. Helen Corrigan on 01273 453313 or write to her at our Head Office in  and further develop a pan-European Butterfly Indicator  Continue to run the Big Butterfly Count and increase Dorset or email [email protected] and other collaborative projects. the number of participants to 30,000 and w ork with Marks & Spencer and the National Schools Partnership Continue to lobby for improvements in the Common  to promote online educational resources and increase Agricultural Policy and agri-environment schemes. individual and school participation. Develop further research programmes with Universities  Run a Plant for Butterflies campaign to involve gardeners and research institutes.  and schools in planting nectar sources to attract butterflies. Publish a book of the proceedings from our Sixth  Run Phase 1 of the HLF funded education project to teach International Symposium held in Reading 26-28 March 2010.  children about the fascinating life cycles of butterflies and moths.  Increase the number of followers and campaigns on Twitter and Facebook to raise Butterfly Conservation's profile.  Further increase the number of press releases and mentions of Butterfly Conservation in the media.

Our volunteers ran over 700 field trips and educational courses during the year. Part of our 2020 vision is to encourage children to learn about the wonders of butterflies and moths. We received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund for Phase 1 of an education project, Eating Caterpillars, primarily for children from 7-12 years of age (Key Stage 2). Financial Statements Auditor’s Statement to the Financial review The members of Council confirm that these Council of Butterfly Conservation The Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) and the Balance Sheet have been summarised financial statements are a summary We have examined the summarised financial prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 2005. of information from the full financial statements statements of Butterfly Conservation for the which were approved by Council on 16 July 2011. year ended 31 March 2011. For the past 10 years the Vincent Wildlife Trust (VWT) has donated to One of the major sources of project funding in recent years has been the Butterfly Conservation the income earned from the investment of one of statutory agencies in the four countries of the UK. We believe that the high A copy of the full financial statements of the charitable company, Respective responsibilities of Council and auditor its Designated Funds. During 2010 the VWT decided most generously quality of the work we have undertaken on completed projects is the best upon which the auditors have reported without qualification, will be The members of Council are trustees of Butterfly Conservation for to donate that Fund to Butterfly Conservation as a Permanent Endowment support for all new applications, each of which is based on sound science delivered to the Charity Commission and the Registrar of Companies. the purpose of charity legislation and the directors for the purposes Fund. This gives us the welcome security of knowing that by owning the and is deliverable. We were successful in Wales (CCW), in Scotland (SNH) of company law. They are responsible for preparing the summary Fund the income it produces is available to us in perpetuity . and in Northern Ireland (NIEA), albeit at a reduced rate in each case. In These summarised financial statements may not contain sufficient financial statements in accordance with applicable United Kingdom England we are faced with a sharp reduction in grant from Natural England information to allow for a full understanding of the financial affairs law and the recommendations of the Charities SORP. Our responsibility The combined value at 31 March 2011 of this and the Appointed Fund for 2011/12 and are working to adjust and prioritise our work accordingly. of Butterfly Conservation. Further information and the full financial is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summary given to Butterfly Conservation in 1991, is shown in the Balance Sheet statements are available at www.butterfly-conservation.org or financial statements with the full annual financial statements, and its as £3,888,300. The certainty we now have that the income derived from To ensure that such adjustments can be made in an orderly and planned may be obtained free of charge from the charity. compliance with the relevant requirements of section 427 of the these Funds is available to us without restriction, provides a very welcome manner is a major reason for having good financial reserves and the Companies Act 2006 and the regulations made thereunder. underpinning for future activity. determination shown in building those reserves over the past several years By order of the Council permits us to view the continuing threat to grant income, and to income David Hanson Basis of opinion The size of the Fund donated by VWT in 2010 may be seen in the opening from other sources also, in a relatively calm manner. Honorary Treasurer We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 2008/3 line of the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) to be £2,085,691, 16 July 20 11 issued by the Auditing Practices Board. Our report on the charitable an exceptional receipt in any terms. Unsurprisingly this has a significant The desire to increase our fundraising effort is more than a response to company’s full annual financial statements describes the basis of effect on several figures in the SOFA, most apparently in the sharp the current situation; it is a critical requirement if we are to achieve the our opinion on those financial statements. increase in the figure for investment income. aspirations set out in our 2020 Vision. The ambition is not in question, so we must secure the funds to deliver it. Opinion That increase is matched by an equal fall in the amount of donations In our opinion the summary financial statements are consistent recorded, since the income earned on the Fund was previously passed Once again one of the key features of expenditure has been the tight with the full annual financial statements of Butterfly Conservation to us as a donation. Here it adds to the fall in personal donations control over all expenditure and, as in the previous year, the fact that 86% for the year ended 31 March 2011 and comply with the applicable experienced in the year and to the fall in legacy income from £439,000 of our expenditure has been devoted to Conservation. Even this is far requirements of section 427 of the Companies Act 2006, and the to £248,000. However, the number of legacies received continues to from the whole picture because as noted elsewhere, the value of the regulations made thereunder. increase reflecting the work undertaken in this area over the past decade, extraordinary input of our volunteers has been estimated at £9.5 million . which we plan to build on in the next few years. Buzzacott LLP The strength of this volunteer base, the quality of our staff and the action Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor 25 July 2011 More positive results were seen from the first full year’s activity of our taken to build financial reserves, together enable us to face the anticipated 130 Wood Street, London EC2V 6DL Trading Company, from good treasury management notwithstanding difficult times with a degree of confidence. the low interest rate environment which is likely to remain throughout the current year, and most pleasingly in membership income. In addition, members were very supportive of a number of appeals during the year. David Hanson Honorary Treasurer 16 July 2011 Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities Year to 31 March 20 11 Group and Charity Balance sheet 31 March 20 11

Group Charity Unrestricted Restricted Endowment 2011 2010 How we raised How we spent Group Group Charity Charity funds funds funds Total Total 20 11 201 0 20 11 20 10 ££££ £ our funds our funds £ £ £ £ Incoming resources Total Income £4,793,604 Total Expenditure £2,799,5 17 Fixed assets Incoming resources from Tangible assets 1,000,019 1,003,263 1,000,019 1,003,263 generated funds (2009/ 10 £3,265,948) (2009/ 10 £2,699,679) Investments 3,888,300 1,643, 159 3,888,301 1,643,160 • Voluntary income 433,161 65,071 2,085,691 2,583,923 868,281 • Activities for generating funds 60,385 266 - 60,651 31,433 4,888,319 2,646,422 4,888,320 2,646,423 • Investment income and interest receivable 147,190 20,986 - 168,176 115,413 Current assets Stocks 8,978 11,442 8,978 11,442 Incoming resources from Debtors 783,200 981,059 798,867 981,058 charitable activities Investments 145,882 144,490 145,882 144,490 • Conservation activities - grants receivable 18,097 1,066,775 - 1,084,872 1,481,528 Cash at bank and in hand • Contracts and royalties 240,801 118,757 - 359,558 276,788 • Short term deposits and interest bearing accounts 2,533,738 2,464,563 2,533,738 2,464,563 • Other primary purpose trading 78,233 25,225 - 103,458 106,444 • Current accounts 496,885 470,353 445,706 470,353 • Membership subscriptions 418,508 --418,508 382,046 3,968,683 4,0 71, 907 3,933, 171 4,0 71,906 Other incoming resources 14,458 --4,458 4,015 1 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (176,710) (192,966) (151,071) (192,966) Total incoming resources 1,410,833 1,297,080 2,085,691 4,793,604 3,265,948 Net current assets 3,791,973 3,878,941 3,782,100 3,878,940 Resources expended Cost of generating funds Total net assets 8,680,292 6,525,363 8,670,420 6,525,363 • Costs of generating voluntary income 41,683 10,798 - 52,481 62,073 • Fundraising trading: cost of goods sold and other costs 10,518 3,233 - 13,751 6,850 Voluntary inclome Cost of generating funds Represented by: • Investment management costs 2,374 599 - 2,973 1,146 £2,583,923 £52,481 Funds and reserves Charitable activities Activities for generating funds Fundraising trading Charitable funds • Conservation 576,710 1,831,897 - 2,408,607 2,313,209 £60,651 £13,751 Capital funds • Membership services 178,891 45, 173 - 224,064 240,825 Investment inclome Investment management costs Endowment fund 3,888,300 1,643,159 3,888,300 1,643,159 Governance 77,601 20,040 - 97,641 75,576 £168,176 £2,973 Income funds Conservation grants receivable Conservation Restricted funds 1,505,764 1,907,998 1,505,764 1,907,998 Total resources expended 887,777 1,911,740 - 2,799,517 2,699,679 £1,084,872 £2,408,607 Unrestricted funds Net incoming (outgoing) resources before transfers 523,056 (614,660) 2,085,691 1,994,087 566,269 Contracts & Royalties Membership services • General fund 1,058,178 963,972 1,058,178 963,972 £359,558 £224,064 • Non-charitable trading funds 9,872 - - - Transfers between funds (212,426) 212,426 - - - • Tangible fixed assets (including Other primary trading Governance freehold nature reserves) fund 429,579 392,645 429,579 392,645 Net incoming (outgoing) resources £103,458 £97,641 • Designated funds 1,788,599 1,617,589 1,788,599 1,617,589 before net investment gains 310,630 (402,234) 2,085,691 1,994,087 566,269 Membership subscriptions Total funds 8,680,292 6,525,363 8,670,420 6,525,363 Net investment gains 1,392 -159,450 160,842 433,405 £418,508 Other Net movement in funds 312,022 (402,234) 2,245,141 2,154,929 999,674 £14,458 Approved by the Council and signed on its behalf by: Maurice Avent Chairman 16 July 20 11 Balances brought forward at 1 April 2010 2,974,206 1,907,998 1,643, 159 6,525,363 5,525,689 Balances carried forward at 31 March 2011 3,286,228 1,505,764 3,888,300 8,680,292 6,525,363 Organisations making donations, grants and providing sponsorship or gifts-in-kind

Allen-Mellon Environmental Ltd Easy Fundraising Natural History Museum The Friends of Coppett Hill Corporate Members Legacies Anglian Lepidopterist Supplies Environment Agency Naturetrek Ltd The Geoffrey Arnold of Longdon Memorial Trust Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust Henry Aldris Apollo Books Enviroparks Nectar Creative The Hamamelis Trust Butterfly Social Events Geoffrey Arnold Arnside and Silverdale AONB Esmée Fairbairn Foundation NFU Mutual The Helen’s Bay Players CJ Wildbird Foods Ltd Joan Marion Biggs AstraZeneca Everyclick Ltd North York Moors National Park Authority The Holbeche Corfield Charitable Settlement Coda Systems Limited Captain J G Bolton Atropos Exmoor National Park Authority Northern Ireland Environment Agency The Jack Brunton Charitable Trust Dorset Chamber of Commerce Florence Ethel Lilian Agnes Coley Barclays Bank Forest Enterprise Wales Nottingham Trent University The Mackintosh Foundation Elm Horticulture Limited Dorothy Jean Corr BBC Wildlife Fund Forestry Commission England Over Wallop Field Club The Marsh Christian Trust Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Ltd Edwin George Coupland Bentley Gardening Club Forestry Commission Scotland Oxted and District Probus Club The Mitchell Trust Naturetrek David Arundel Eason Bere Regis Gardening Club Forestry Commission Wales Paul Bassham Charitable Trust The N Smith Charitable Settlement Northumbrian Water Dr John P A Harrison Biffaward Fortis Mechanical Design People’s Trust for Endangered Species The National Trust Orwell Clunch Pit Management Trust Margaret Joan Ruth Iggulden Big Lottery Fund Frampton Country Fair Perth & Kinross Council The Redwing Trust Silver Trees Holiday Park Yvonne Moffat BioRegional Charcoal Friends of the Earth - Inverness and Ross PONT (GAP Cymru) The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust The English Cottage Garden Nursery Ltd Hilary Frances Ormiston-Forbes Biota Grantscape Portsmouth City Council The Samuel Storey Family Charitable trust The Travelling Naturalist Anne Pallister BirdGuides Ltd Guildford Natural History Society Rotherlands Conservation Group The Slater Foundation The Weld Estate E V Parish BirdWorld Habitat Aid Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The Sylvia & Colin Shepherd Charitable Trust Woodlands.co.uk Oswald B Parker BP Amoco Foundation Hampshire County Council Royston Group Wildlife Fund The Tubney Charitable Trust Donald Clifford Price British Wildlife Publishing Harvey’s Brewery Salisbury & District Natural History Society The Vincent Wildlife Trust John Derek Ensor Wainwright Bulbury Golf Club Heritage Lottery Fund Scotia Seeds The Whitley Trust Anthony M Walker Cambridgeshire County Council High Weald AONB Scottish Natural Heritage The William Haddon Charitable Trust Barbara Wigglesworth Carmarthenshire County Council Holland & Barrett Retail Limited Sherkin Island Marine Station The Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers Carrickfergus Borough Council HSBC Community Fund SITA Trust UK Butterflies Cecil Pilkington Charitable Trust J A Swire Charitable Trust Sotterley Farms Ltd University of York CEMEX UK Joint Committee for Re-Establishment Southam Council Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council Chagford Galleries of the Large Blue Butterfly Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Waitrose Cherry Tree Primary School Ladies Probus Club Staffordshire Wildlife Trust - North West Group Walford and North Shropshire College City and County of Swansea Lancashire County Council Suffolk Wildlife Trust Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd Countryside Council for Wales Landscaping Solutions Sussex Wildlife Trust Watkins & Doncaster Cumbria Biodiversity Partnership Malpas Field Club Tayside Biodiversity Action Fund Welsh Assembly Government D G Countryside Marks & Spencer PLC The ATG (Ad Terrae Gloriam) Trust Winchester Ramblers Dartmoor National Park Authority Mayden Foundation The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Woodland Trust Devon County Council Mrs M Maxwell-Stuart’s Charitable Trust Biodiversity Partnership Woodpeckers Trust Dorset Bat Group National Museums Northern Ireland The DG Albright Charitable Trust Worcester Wildlife Trust Dorset Moth Group Natural England The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust Yorkshire Agricultural Society Head Office Manor Yard East Lulworth Wareham Dorset BH20 5QP Telephone: 01929 400209 Email: [email protected] www.butterfly-conservation.org

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President: Sir David Attenborough CH CVO CBE FRS Vice-presidents: Nick Baker Esq, Thelma Barlow, John F Burton FZS FRES, Dame Antonia S Byatt CBE, Dudley Cheesman Esq, Sue Collins, The Earl of Cranbrook PhD DL Cbiol, Mike Dilger Esq, Clive P Farrell Esq, Julian Gibbs Esq, Robert Goodden Esq, Dulcie Gray CBE, The Duchess of Hamilton, Ian Hardy MVO, Anthony Hoare Esq, Dr Harold Hughes OBE, Dr Stephen Jeffcoate, Professor Eric Lees, Chris Packham Esq, Professor Jeremy Thomas OBE, Alan Titchmarsh MBE, The Hon Vincent Weir. Chairman: Maurice Avent. Vice-chairman: David Dennis. Honorary Treasurer: David Hanson. Other Council Members (Directors and Trustees): Dr Jim Asher, Peter Bradbury, Hugo Brooke, Andrew Brown, Professor John Dover, Mandy Gluth, Jenny Mallett, Dr Ian Small, Dr Simon Spencer, Neil Thompson, Vanessa Williams, Dr Mark Young. Chief Executive: Dr Martin Warren Photographs by Peter Eeles, Sam Ellis, Caroline Kelly, Jenny Plackett, Martin Wain and Martin Warren. Butterfly Conservation. Company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2206468). Registered office: Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5QP Charity registered in England and Wales (254937) and in Scotland (SCO39268). Printed on recycled paper containing 100% post-consumer waste. Designed and produced by nectar creative.com 01942 681648 bc01xx August 2011