Butterflies and moths
Tees Valley Moths
Moths have an undeserved reputation for being the drab and dull relatives of butterflies and yet they are a fascinating group with a huge variety of species, many with beautiful wing markings.
If you have the time and patience moth identification can become a rewarding and absorbing hobby and by taking part in local and national monitoring projects you can contribute valuable information which can help in their conservation.
In the Tees valley there are a small but growing number of people with expertise and interests in moths who communicate via email and assist each other with public events and monitoring projects.
The Tees Valley Biodiversity Partnership is planning to start work on an action plan for moth conservation in the Tees Valley in 2009.
Listed below are some introductory guides to moths with some stunning pictures by Robert Woods. If you have moth related news, photos or information which you would like to share please contact us as we are setting up a moths webpage as part of this website.
Tees Valley Moths-Autumn guide
Tees Valley Moths- Spring guide
Tees Valley Moths-Summer guide
M0ths on INCA sites in the Tees Valley 2008
Butterfly Conservation Trust
The Butterfly Conservation Trust web site is the gateway to a range of butterfly and moth survey projects.
Butterflies for the New Millennium covers the whole British Isles. It assesses the distribution of each butterfly species. Anyone can submit records of sightings, whether from back gardens or mountain tops.
The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme assesses changes in butterfly abundance across a network of over 750 sites, by a combination of weekly ‘transect counts’ and single visit ‘timed’ counts.
Moths Count assesses the distribution of moths throughout the British Isles. Anyone can take part. The project also includes Garden Moths Count and National Moth Night.
