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The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS)
Welcome to the United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS), a recently formed merger of the long-running Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (BMS) with Butterfly Conservation's co-ordination of 'independent' transects. The resulting UKBMS dataset is one of the most important resources for understanding changes in insect populations... [more]
The scheme has monitored changes in the abundance of butterflies throughout the United Kingdom since 1976. Over the 32 years of the scheme, recorders have made over 170,000 weekly visits to 1500 separate sites, walking over 375,000 km and counting over 12.5 million butterflies!
The UKBMS is based on a well-established and enjoyable recording method and has produced important insights into almost all aspects of butterfly ecology.
A new publication, "The State of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland", was launched on May 15th. This book is a follow-up to the hugely successful Butterflies for the New Millenium atlas, and is available to purchase from the publishers, Nature Bureau (price: £14.50 inc. p&p)
Latest News
2006 Annual Report now available to download (4.15 MB, PDF)
A new publication, "The State of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland", was launched on May 15th. This book is a follow-up to the hugely successful Butterflies for the New Millenium atlas, and is available to purchase from the publishers, Nature Bureau (price: £14.50 inc. p&p)
The UKBMS is run as a partnership between the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Butterfly Conservation (BC) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).
Between 2005 and 2008, the scheme is undergoing major re-development and expansion through funding by a multi-agency consortium led by Defra, and including the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), English Nature (EN), Environment and Heritage Service (EHS), Forestry Commission (FC), Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD), and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
