Prospects

Big Butterfly Count @Peel Park & the Coppice LNR
2025-08-01 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Peel Park and the Coppice Local Nature Reserve, Main car park off Peel Park Avenue (next to the bowling green), Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 6HL, United Kingdom
Join PROSPECTS as we take part in the UK’s biggest insect monitoring scheme. This session will take place at Peel Park & the Coppice LNR, starting at the car park, we will then move to Pleck Meadow. Depending on how much time we have we will move up to the heathland for one final count.

Date: Friday 1st August 2025
Time: 11am-1pm
Meeting Location: The Coppice Car Park, next to the bowling green.

Each big butterfly count will entail a 15 minute observation in a park, allotment or wildlife reserve, to count every butterfly that is using the area.
Not only does it provide us useful data on what pollinators are using our green spaces, it contributes to a huge pool of data collected by participants nationwide. Butterfly Conservation’s expert data analysts are then able to use this huge pool of data to inform our understanding of butterfly populations in the UK.
Family-friendly, under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Contact robert.gabryszak@prospectsfoundation.org.uk for more info.
