UKBMS Transect Surveyor (Cheshire - Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve)

Our Transect Walkers help us to understand butterflies in their local area and, by extension, across the UK. They inspire people to better understand the butterflies that they see.

Transect recording is an important aspect for monitoring the status of our butterflies. It involves a weekly walk of a set route to record butterflies between the start of April and the end of September. Its value lies in the fact that butterflies are recorded over a specific route over many years. The records collected form part of the UK Butterfly Monitoring System and help produce scientifically important data which can be used in official statistics.

We are looking for a volunteer or small team of volunteers to survey a long-running transect at Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve near Davenport. Brereton Heath Local nature Reserve has a wide variety of natural habitats and wildlife, including butterflies. Species range from significant numbers of Brimstone and Orange-tip in the spring, to large numbers of Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, and an increasing number of Ringlets in high summer. Other species include Small Copper, occasional Dingy Skipper and Comma.

This transect has been monitored by volunteers for almost twenty years, but now we are looking for new volunteers to take over from them so that the valuable information this transect contributes to both the national data and reserve management can continue.

If you're interested in this role please contact Tim Ward, the Transect Coordinator for Cheshire or the Ranger team that manage the site.

Tim Ward - tim.ward@butterfly-conservation.goassemble.com Rangers - rangers@cheshireeast.gov.uk, telephone 01477 534115.

Please refer to the UKBMS website for more information about what is involved in carrying out a butterfly transect - https://ukbms.org/get-involved

At Butterfly Conservation, we want to create a world where butterflies and moths are enjoyed by everyone, forever. We need people to walk transects to collect data. This data is used to inform decisions which help to conserve butterflies, both locally and nationally.

You will be volunteering with a wide range of people helping us to monitor butterflies in your local environment.