Butterfly Transect

Butterfly Transect walker required

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Project Summary

Butterfly transects are the backbone of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) which aims to monitor changes in butterfly populations throughout the UK.

Need to know

  • Start Date: 08/07/2025
  • End Date: 30/09/2025
  • County: Highland
  • Organisation Name: Cairngorms National Park for RSPB Insh Marshes
  • Project Category: Other

 

Project Description

Walking the transect once a week between April and August is quite a commitment for one person and so the plan is to get together a team of three or four walkers who can share the transect between them.

Potential transect walkers will need to be …….

· Confident at butterfly identification.

· Reasonably fit because it takes up to one and a half hours to walk the transect and return to the start. Also, some of the route is over rough, boggy ground.

· Live relatively close to the site to take advantage of sunny periods of limited duration.

The transect starts and ends in Insh village.