Nature for Wellbeing
Learn how interacting with the amazing life in your garden or local green space can do wonders for your mental health
Comma butterfly by Will Langdon (2015/2020) by Will Langdon and Butterfly ConservationButterfly Conservation
Nature for wellbeing
Research suggests that spending time in nature watching wildlife, taking a walk or even doing some gardening can have positive benefits for mental health and wellbeing; so you can do good for nature and reap the rewards for yourself.
Here's our ambassador Dr Amir Khan
By helping nature, we're helping ourselves
Large White butterfly by Mark Searle (2015/2020) by Mark Searle and Butterfly ConservationButterfly Conservation
Tackling anxiety and isolation
As we’ve all had to spend more time in our homes over the past year feeling the worry and anxiety of the global pandemic, discovering the nature around us can be a calming, mindful activity.
Common Blue (Male) butterfly by Ian A Kirk (2015/2020) by Ian A Kirk and Butterfly ConservationButterfly Conservation
Listen to award-winning writer and wildlife gardener Kate Bradbury read 'The Soul of a Butterfly' by Thomas Wentworth Higgenson.
Spot a butterfly on your walk? Take some time out and contribute to conservation by logging your sighting.
Spotted something and you don't know what it is?
You can identify the butterflies or moths you spot in your garden, local park or green area using our Identify a butterfly and Identify a moth pages.
Scarlet Tiger moth by Dominic Waite from Oxford (2020) by Dominic Waite and Butterfly ConservationButterfly Conservation
Try some pollinator-friendly gardening
From large plots to small pots, anyone can help butterflies and moths through gardening. Go to our gardening blog pages for the latest seasonal hints and tips.
How to: Grow Nasturtiums from seed | Create an Insect A+E (2020) by Butterfly Conservation and BumbleBee Conservation TrustButterfly Conservation
Planting for pollinators
Hear from our pollinator gardening specialist and Helping Hands Project Officer Anthony McCluskey as he sows nasturtium seeds for garden caterpillars.
Emperor Moths in lockdown (2020-06-10) by Butterfly ConservationButterfly Conservation
Discovering Emperor moths in lockdown!
Butterfly Conservation's Volunteer Development Officer Kate Barrett shows us her discovery of Emperor moths during lockdown 2020.
Take a mindful moment
walk with us through a meadow and listen to the sounds and images of the nature found there
