More than 1,000 people help create Wild Spaces in Scotland - Butterfly Conservation
Children in pyjamas and residents of urban tenement blocks joined a three-year project to help boost wildlife on their doorsteps in Scotland.
In total, more than 1,000 people took part in a host of wild activities as part of Perth and Stirling Wild Spaces.
The scheme, run by national charity Butterfly Conservation, created and maintained 20 Wild Spaces for butterflies, moths and other wildlife to live in, helping local people to connect with nature.
As the project came to an end in December, lead officer Alice Kenny has reflected on its achievements.
She said: "The moth mornings we held were always great. We did one in Bannockburn and a family let us use their back garden! We set up the moth trap the night before then we all came back at 8am with many of the children who lived locally coming along in their pyjamas. We caught pink-and-green Elephant Hawk Moths, Large Yellow Underwings and Ermine moths, which have soft white fur with little black dots like an ermine coat. They’re all amazing insects that you just never normally see, and the kids came away from it absolutely inspired. The next time I saw them they were reminding me about things we saw last time and saying they'd been taking pictures of wildlife in the meantime."
Posted On: 14/01/2025
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