Welcome to the Sussex Branch of Butterfly Conservation

Butterfly Conservation is a registered charity dedicated to the conservation of butterflies and moths.

This website began life in 2006, and now attracts 100s of visitors each day. Use the left-hand menu to:

• visit our Sightings page, updated daily;
• our Events page gives details of a wide range of events organized by the branch taking place throughout the summer;
• check out the searchable photo galleries of all of Sussex's butterflies and over 500 moths in the Sussex Species section;
• and find out where to go on our Sussex Sites section.

The Sussex branch holds regular outdoor events across the county, plus an indoor AGM and a Spring Social. It manages the Butterfly Conservation reserve at Park Corner Heath where there are work parties, it advises landowners across the county how to conserve and protect butterflies and moths, and it collects and compiles records of butterflies in Sussex. By being a member of Butterfly Conservation nationally you automatically become a member of the Sussex branch and receive our annual Sussex Butterfly Report and Sussex Branch Newsletter.

We share close links with the Sussex Moth Group, an independent group dedicated to the promotion of the study of moths in Sussex.

Sussex is a fantastic county for butterflies and moths - we hope that this website helps you find out more about them, and that you are inspired to help protect and save them too.  

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Butterfly Conservation published a national Ten Year Forward Plan, called the 2020 Vision, in its Annual Review for 2010-2011. The Sussex Branch Committee has now written a 2020 Vision document of its own, which can be read here. This sets out how the Branch's activities fit in with the Strategic Aims of the national Plan and contribute to their achievement. It also gives members a clear picture of where the Committee is directing its efforts. Please send any comments to the Branch Secretary, Clive Cottrell at: clive@clivec.plus.com

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Please check out our new SUBMISSION GUIDELINES for sightings and photographs.

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The Sussex Butterfly Report 2012:

The Sussex Butterfly Report 2012 has now been published. This year's edition is seventy six pages long and packed with lots of fascinating articles about the butterflies and moths of Sussex in 2012.
All Sussex Branch members should receive a copy of the Report (which, this year also contains the 2013 events listing) in the post. Please contact Sue Knight at memberships@sussex-butterflies.org.uk if you have not received your copy. For non-members or additional copies of the Report please email Audrey Kemp at treasurer@sussex-butterflies.org.uk for details. For each copy requested we ask for a minimum donation of £5 which will include the cost of postage.

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Please remember, you can raise money for your favourite Butterfly Conservation Branch every time you shop online simply by clicking on the easyfundraising.org.uk logo first and selecting:
"Butterfly Conservation - Sussex Branch".

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