Painted Lady butterfly basking on a concrete wall with a park and urban buildings behind

Our partners at Pesticide Action Network UK have uncovered that 354 tonnes of pesticides were sprayed in towns and cities in 2024.

We are in a #ButterflyEmergency, with long-term declines that need us all to take action to reduce the use of harmful chemicals, councils included.

The #BigButterflyCount is back! 🦋🙌

Results in 2024 led us to declare a #ButterflyEmergency. It’s more important than ever that people take part, 2329 did so in Norfolk in 2024 can we do better?

Get out for the Count from 18 July - 10 August 👉 buff.ly/Laxf5kj

Get practising ready for the #BigButterflyCount! Starting from the 18th July, @savebutterflies.bsky.social need you to don your #CitizenScience hats and report the species you see in a 15 minute count. bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org #butterflyemergency

We’ll be at the Senedd Biodiversity Day 2025 to share our work protecting Wales’ rarest butterflies 🦋

Come and say ‘shwmae’, and learn about how we can all do our bit to save butterflies and moths during the #ButterflyEmergency

Small Copper butterfly perched on grass with blue sky and greenery in the background

There is no place for pesticides in our communities as we face the #ButterflyEmergency 🦋

On 25 April, MPs will debate phasing them out. Urge yours to back Sian Berry’s motion and protect our precious pollinators!

Email them here 👉 buff.ly/BVE5IRL

📷: Ian A Kirk

A fenced, suburban garden featuring a lawn bordered by patches of long grass, and three tall trees

Getting out in the garden this weekend? One of the best things you can do for butterflies is to let your lawn grow wild! 🌱🌼

Pledge to be a grower, not a mower, this summer and get a free guide on how to manage your lawn for butterflies 👉 buff.ly/bbgCDjn

#GrowDontMow #ButterflyEmergency

A Small Tortoiseshell butterfly perched on a yellow flower.

The latest data from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme has shown that 2024 was the worst year on record for the Small Tortoiseshell, with a steep 86% decline in abundance since 1976. 📉

📷: Iain H Leach
#ButterflyEmergency @ukbms.bsky.social

By allowing these brilliant flowers to bloom, we can give our pollinators a much better chance at thriving. 🌼

Brighten up your lawn and take the pledge to grow, not mow, this summer 👉 buff.ly/stj9Pov

#ButterflyEmergency #GrowDontMow

A lawn filled with grasses, dandelions and daisies, with large text overlay which reads 'Let it grow'. Smaller text underneath reads 'Letting parts of your garden grow wild with long grass can increase butterfly numbers up to 93%'

Let it grow! 🌱🦋

Research shows that letting parts of your garden grow wild with long grass can increase butterfly numbers up to 93% and attract a wider range of species.

Pledge to put away the lawnmower this summer 👉 buff.ly/J1NR7gU

#ButterflyEmergency #GrowDontMow

I used to have a friend who was scared of butterflies, but even she would be upset by a #ButterflyEmergency. You really don’t see them around as much as you used to, and it’s sad.

Marbled White butterfly perched on a red clover, facing directly at the camera

Butterflies are sounding the alarm for nature
🚨🦋

2024 was one of the worst years on record for UK butterflies. If we are to restore nature and save our butterflies and moths we must act now.

Pledge to grow, not mow, this summer 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/make-your-pr...

#ButterflyEmergency

Make your promise to butterflies and moths This summer, we're asking people across the UK to make a promise to butterflies and moths. Will you put away the lawnmower and let your grass grow long - all the way from April to September?Why we nee...

I'm planning on cutting the front lawn this week, then leaving it for the summer. The back has already had a cut, and I will just keep a path clear to the bottom of the garden for the duration. Already violets & primroses growing in the lawn

#NoMow #ButterflyEmergency
#UKButterflies

Where did all the butterflies go? 🚨🦋

Newly released data has revealed that 2024 was one of the worst years on record for butterflies in the UK, and more than half of butterfly species are now in long-term decline.

We are in a #ButterflyEmergency.

I’ll be growing wild for butterflies, will you?

We are in a #ButterflyEmergency.
Over half the UK’s butterflies are in long-term decline, they urgently need action from us all.

Take @savebutterflies.bsky.social pledge to grow not mow this summer 👉 www.butterfly-conservation.org/make-your-promise

We have been praying for better weather this year after the #ButterflyEmergency was declared by @savebutterflies.bsky.social last year!

It’s early days but was nice to record 34 butterflies along our recording transects today:
25 Peacock
6 Comma
2 Small Tortoiseshell
1 Holly Blue 😎

After 2024’s #ButterflyEmergency I make no apologies at all for sharing 3 of the 6 Comma butterflies (3rd species of ‘25) @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social today!

All 6 were in Countryside Stewardship habitat along 7.75 km of transects!

I also love Colts-foot so added some of it for variety 😂

Huge decline in US butterfly populations mirrors UK Butterfly Emergency The abundance of butterflies across the United States fell by an alarming 22% in just 20 years, a new study has concluded.Between 2000 and 2020, 33% of species (114 of 342) showed significantly declin...

The abundance of butterflies across the United States fell by an alarming 22% in just 20 years, a new study has concluded 📉

The results mirror the #ButterflyEmergency here in the UK. Read the full story 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...

Chequered Skipper butterfly feeding on a bramble flower

We are in a #ButterflyEmergency 🚨

Butterflies and moths are facing steep declines, but we have proven that when we work together at a big scale, we see species recover and thrive.

Help us to create resilient landscapes across the UK 👉 https://buff.ly/4kbVADk

📷: Dave James

Group of butterfly and moth supporters standing outside the Houses of Parliament with butterfly-shaped signs and a giant Marsh Fritillary puppet. Text overlay reads 'Neonic pesticide use denied for 2025/26' with alarm and butterfly graphic

Last week we received the fantastic news that the use of neonicotinoid pesticides will not be allowed in 2025 📢

This is a huge win for butterflies, and we want to say thank you to all 42,601 of you who helped make this happen!

However, the #ButterflyEmergency is not over yet. 🚨

Spotted this Red Admiral basking in the Costa del Cardiff sunshine ☀️

Red Admiral sightings fell by 82% during the 2024 Big Butterfly Count compared to ‘23, so it makes finding this lil guy in the big city all the more special 💚

#ButterflyEmergency #Butterfly #Nature

#butterflyemergency #environmentuk

The Big Butterfly Count declares 'butterfly emergency' A butterfly conservation charity has declared a 'nature emergency' after the results of its big annual butterfly count, and the government says it wants to ban harmful chemicals to help the issue.

#BBC reports #Butterfly #population has deceased & a #ButterflyEmergency
🌎🌍🌏
Without these #pollinators planet #Earth is doomed

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...

Our butterflies are dying!

80% of UK species have declined since 1970

2024 #BigButterflyCount recorded lowest numbers in its 14 year history!

The charity Butterfly Conservation have declared a #ButterflyEmergency!

Please SIGN open letter and SHARE widely:
butterfly-conservation.org/emergency