Glasdrum NNR, Argyll is on the north shore of Loch Creran about 2 miles east of the Creagan Bridge on the road between Oban and Fort William and is considered one of the best butterfly sites in Scotland.
Key species are Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Chequered Skipper and Mountain Ringlet which are all UK BAP species and have [...]
Following on from the success of the first Butterfly Conservation Scotland’s first members day last October at Birnam, the second Butterfly Conservation Scotland members day will be held at the Battleby Centre near Perth on Saturday 25 October 2088 10am to 4pm.
Butterfly Conservation Scotland - Members Day
Battleby Centre, Redgorton, Perthshire.
£10 fee & Booking essential.
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This will again be held at the Quaker’s Meeting Room, 38 Elmbank Crescent, Charing Cross, Glasgow G2 on Sunday 9 November 2008 1400-1600. All menbers are welcome so please come along. The agenda is as follows:
14:00 “Collecting Butterflies in Madagscar in the 18th Century” by Geoff Hancock
14:40 Questions
14:50 Break with pseudo-raffle
15:00 AGM with reports from [...]
Many species of butterflies in the UK are in decline owing to land-use changes which have destroyed and fragmented their habitats. Modern intensive farming in particular with its ploughing up of traditional meadows and replacement with ryegrass pastures and large scale arable farming where small fields have been amalgamated into larger ones and planted with [...]
