Have you always wanted to learn the names of the beautiful butterflies in your garden? Now you can, with the new (and free!) eLearning course on the Garden Butterfly Monitoring Scheme developed by The National Biodiversity Data Centre and Leave No Trace Ireland.
Take the opportunity to learn how to identify Ireland’s 20 most common butterfly species in your garden.
On the course, you will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to Leave No Trace
- Introduction to the Garden Butterfly Monitoring Scheme and butterflies
- Identification of the 20 the Garden Butterfly Monitoring Scheme species
- Garden Butterfly Monitoring Scheme recording method
- Registering your garden on the National Sampling Framework
- Submitting your data
- Butterfly identification support
Butterflies are under threat in Ireland and across Europe from land use change, the intensification of agriculture and climate change. We need your help to gather accurate information on how their populations are changing, both in the number of butterflies and how species are distributed in the Irish landscape. By having accurate data, we help conserve butterflies and respect wildlife in Ireland. By learning to identify butterflies and sending records to the National Biodiversity Data Centre, we can learn more about our local biodiversity.
Adopting the Leave No Trace Principles into your life can make that all important difference to minimising your impact on the biodiversity surrounding you. Learn more by taking our amazing new interactive course here. Make sure to get in touch with us and let us know how it goes.
