Butterfly Conservation
What we are doing on the farm to help certain species;
We have been talking to Anthony McClusky of the Butterfly Conservation organisation, he has done a couple of site visits to see what he can find.
So, we have just found a potentially new colony of the Northern Brown Argus butterfly, as I found some Common Rock Rose onsite and Anthony on his visit found it had eggs on it. Great start, so we are now discussing how to help this newly found colony to expand its population on the farm.
I have bought some Common Rock Rose seeds from Scotia seeds. I intend to scatter these in suitable areas close to the site as to expand the Rock Roses growing area, spring 2025, and possibly get plug plants as well.
We borrowed a moth trap in the Autumn of 2024 and these are some of the moths trapped and released from our house front garden. Not on the warmest of nights either, so cant wait to get some more trapping done in 2025.
Anthony McClusky 07714 614809 Butterfly Conversation (Scotland)
