Scottish Spring Gathering 2026

In March 2026, Butterfly Conservation hosted a Spring Gathering event for our supporters in Scotland. To find out more about our work in Scotland please visit https://www.butterfly-conservation.org/scotland Chapters: 00:00 - Our 'disappearing' butterflies by Anthony McCluskey, Conservation Manager (Scotland) 22:07 - Glasgow Wild Spaces project by Claire Martin, Wild Spaces Project Officer 28:07 - Breeding and introducing the Dark Bordered Beauty moth by Adam Button, Experienced Invertebrate Keeper at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland 46:33 - Project updates by David Hill, Head of Nature Recovery Scotland 55:58 - Update on Scottish survey progress for the Barred Tooth-striped by David Hill, Head of Nature Recovery Scotland 01:11:23 - Butterflies (and some moths) of NH97 by Geoff Ballinger, Chair of the East Scotland branch 01:28:27 - The Future of the Small Blue in Scotland by Zhilin Yu, University of Edinburgh 01:38:09 - Are non-native moths on the rise in GB? by Lisbeth Hordley, Postdoctoral Researcher 01:54:37 - Community moth trapping in SW Scotland by Malcolm Haddow, Environmental Records Centre for SW Scotland 02:09:33 - Moths and woodland expansion at Mar Lodge Estate by Patrick Cook, Ecologist We are grateful to NatureScot for funding of this event. Thumbnail photo by Tim Melling