Butterflies are a wonderful symbol of a summers day adding extra colour to our beautiful countryside. Many of us enjoy and appreciate butterflies but by learning how to do identify and monitor butterflies, we can make a real contribution to understanding their status and distribution across Ireland. Please see below for a brief introduction to each one of the monitoring schemes, how to register your transect/garden and links to free online training for the different monitoring schemes.
We also co-ordinate the Marsh Fritillary Monitoring Scheme which requires monitoring from the end of August to September.