Take part in the big butterfly count 15th July to 7th August

The big butterfly count is a nationwide survey aimed at assessing the health of our environment.

It was launched in 2010 and has rapidly become the world's biggest survey of butterflies. Over 52,000 people took part in 2015, counting over 580,000 individual butterflies and day-flying moths across the UK.

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Friends of Chestnuts Park are holding a special event on 16th July:

If you can't come this Thurs to tend new hedge with tcv, come on 16 July 11-2 #BigButterflyCount & to tend new beds? pic.twitter.com/kGQbABazeo

— FriendsChestnutsPark (@ChestnutsPark) July 5, 2016

or download what you need from the Big Butterfly Count website (there's even an app to make it easy) and spend 15 minutes counting butterflies in your garden, park or green space.