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6th August
16:00 to 17:00
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Manchester Big Butterfly Count 2025

6th August 16:00 to 17:00
The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is coming to Manchester! Hosted by Manchester Climate Change Youth Board and Butterfly Conservation Trust come along to Mayfield Park and support biodiversity in the city!

The Big Butterfly Count in an annual UK-wide project, organised by The Butterfly Conservation Trust, using citizen science to monitor butterfly populations to understand our ecosystems health! Everyone can get involved by spending 15 minutes to count and record the number and species of butterflies in your area. 

The count us taken place in Mayfield Park, you can follow this link for directions to Mayfield Park

This event is not only for nature nerds but will introduce conservation, specifically the importance of butterfly species, and nature connection to people and communities that have had less interaction with our natural environment in an informative, friendly, and engaging setting!

Join students, conservation professionals and inspiring individuals from Manchester’s universities, organisations, and communities at Mayfield Park on August 6th!

The park has recently won 2nd at the European Garden Awards 2025!

You will be provided with a Butterfly ID guide and be supported as we complete our citizen counts together.

You are welcome to come alone, in a group, with friends or family for as long as you want!

Check out more information about the Butterfly Conservation Trust and their vital work towards protecting our nation’s biodiversity via this link…

https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/about

Associated Badges:

In A Nutshell...

  • Discover ... butterfly biodiversity in the city
  • Contribute ... to citizen science
  • Understand ... the health of our city ecosystem
  • Get to know ... the importance of butterfly conservation
  • Earn up to 10 Rise points ... which can be recognised within your degree.

Schedule

  • place 16:00 to 17:00 on 06/08/25 - Mayfield Park
    Big Butterfly Count 2025
    Come along for as short or as long as you would like to count butterflies!