Wild Ingleborough is a multi-partner, landscape-scale conservation project creating a wilder future for this part of the Yorkshire Dales, and you can be a part of helping this happen! Although, Wild Ingleborough was only launched in 2021, the project builds on decades of work across the same sites by Natural England and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Butterfly monitoring is part of this, and the project has set up new transects to add to Natural England’s butterfly monitoring in the area.

Carrying out many transects across a whole season is very labour intensive, so splitting the work amongst willing, knowledgeable volunteers is essential to keeping the data reliable and usable. The data is used to inform reserve management plans and future projects, as well as being passed onto the UK Butterfly Conservation Trust as part of their nationwide monitoring effort.

The project’s efforts to recover the landscape will benefit species such as the Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary and the Northern Brown Argus, which are both UK BAP priority species and of high butterfly conservation priority. However, if surveying efforts are not sufficient, we will be unable to track the trends in butterfly species, and so will struggle to make management decisions with these species’ best interests in mind. That’s why we need your help.

Butterfly surveying is a great way to learn about and enjoy nature, get some exercise, and fill your lungs with fresh air! So, whether a life-long butterfly enthusiast or someone who has only recently come to appreciate their beauty and importance, we would love to hear from you!

For full details please see the role description in the link below...