See helpful tips for managing urban habitats from our Urban Butterflies guide. The guide was produced by our Conservation Officer Steve @bc_bolton who has now sadly left the project. Steve helped improve habitats on over 70 sites in London. Thank you for all your efforts!

Over the past four years, the @BigCButterflies team has collaborated with a huge variety of partners, communities, schools and volunteers to help people in London connect with nature on their doorstep 💚 Hear more from those involved 👉 https://t.co/A6qTBVarvC @HeritageFundUK

Join us in celebrating four incredible years of Big City Butterflies! 🙌🎉 Since 2021, the project has inspired people across London to discover butterflies and moths, explore their local green spaces, and connect with nature. We take a look at @BigCButterflies in numbers...

We have been cutting grass around the new native shrub planting at Brockwell Park to help the shrubs establish. Shrubs like Hawthorn and Blackthorn provide valuable shelter and food sources for wildlife and are an important part of species-rich grassland habitats.

If you have participated in Big City Butterflies activities or volunteered on the project we are interested in hearing what you have done since taking part in the project and would really appreciate your feedback via this short form, many thanks! https://t.co/aL2ZTKeAEi

Join Big City Butterflies for a free online talk with Project Officer Steve and the author of the new Butterflies of London book, we'll be reviewing population trends and looking at specific transect sites and species. Register on Eventbrite: https://t.co/2EJs1XJ04Z

Join Big City Butterflies for a free online talk with Project Officer Steve and the author of the new Butterflies of London book, we'll be reviewing population trends and looking at specific sites and species in London. Register on Eventbrite: https://t.co/oo5Tx3wQKm

As the weather warms, more butterflies are beginning to stir ☀️🦋 We've had reports of the first Small Tortoiseshells of 2025 on the wing in Cornwall and Lincolnshire on the 14 January! Follow the first sightings as they happen 👉 https://t.co/qVq83SIhKw 📷: John Murray

We are so excited to announce that our Big City Butterflies film, made by the amazing team at Mediorite, is a nominee in this year’s Smiley Charity Film Awards @SmileyCFA! View the full film and vote for us here 👉 https://t.co/Yyw9uYRVqe @BigCButterflies #CharityFilm #CFA25

The bright flash of a Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) is sure to brighten up a wintry day 🤩 In 2024 the first Brimstone was recorded on New Year's Day! Have you spotted one yet this year? 👀 Let us know here 👇 https://t.co/qVq83SIhKw 📸: Tamás Nestor

Is your old Christmas tree still hanging around? 🎄 Don't get rid of it just yet! There are plenty of ways to give it new life and help butterflies and moths, from habitat piles to fruit feeders. 🦋 Here are just a few ideas 👉 https://t.co/LqZ2AfxBin #WildSpaces

Latest update from the #ClaphamWetlands project. Things are really starting to take shape! The new 30m long #wildlifepond is coming along nicely & will cater for so much life, when established 🐸💚🦎 @ClaphamCommon1 @BDSdragonflies @froglifers @WildLondon @_BCT_ @BigCButterflies

If you missed the Big City Butterflies project update on Zoom last week. Here is the link to the recording @bc_cambs_essex @savebutterflies @BCKentBranch @BC_Surrey @BigCButterflies

Join us tomorrow night for a talk on project achievements including recording over 20,000 butterflies, creating 27,000m2 of meadow and delivering 87 school workshops and 83 community events! @Bc_HertsMiddx @BC_Surrey @bc_cambs_essex @BCKentBranch

🌼✨ Calling all #Hackney residents! 🐝 Bee part of the Buzzline & share your greening efforts! 🌱 🌸 Whether you’re: 🌿 Depaving your front garden 🌼 Growing pollinator-friendly plants on your balcony 🌾 Creating a mini wildflower patch 📍 https://t.co/yIqQXPlvyl

🌳12 fantastic volunteers joined the Enable Parks and Trees team to create patches of scrub on Wandsworth Common! We planted 500 native trees and shrubs to support wildlife, like bees, moths, butterflies, songbirds and bats! 🌱Email biodiversity@enablelc.org to volunteer!

'Tis the season to wrap up warm! ❄️ With its fluffy coat, the December Moth (Poecilocampa populi) is perfectly prepared for the drop in temperatures. 📷: Iain H Leach #MothMonday #MothsMatter

Brilliant to see this project getting started on Clapham Common! We are supporting with advice on wetland planting for butterflies and moths. Plants like Hemp Agrimony provide nectar for over 13 butterfly species and Cuckoo flower provides food for hungry Orange Tip caterpillars.

NEW guide to managing urban habitats for butterflies produced by Big City Butterflies team including BCB case studies from inner London!

While the days may be getting colder and darker, there's still a chance to spot these butterflies and moths in your gardens and green spaces 🦋🍂 Let us know what you've seen recently 📸 #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter