National Moth Night in Cornwall
National Moth Night is an event jointly organised by Atropos (the journal for butterfly, moth and dragonfly enthusiasts) and Butterfly Conservation.
Please note: Atropos and Butterfly Conservation have agreed that there will be no National Moth Night in 2011. The time will be used instead to regroup, reconfigure and reinvigorate NMN in preparation for the 2012 event. In the meantime, please remember to submit your records for NMN2010 before 1st December. National Moth Night will return in 2012 and a date will be announced in due course.
The aims of the event are:
- To encourage widespread moth recording and to gather useful data.
- To stimulate a wider interest in moths and raise their profile amongst the public.
- To raise funds for moth conservation projects.
National Moth Night (NMN) is the UK’s annual celebration of moths and moth recording. Originally launched in 1999, the date varies each year to focus recording effort on different parts of the season. Atropos founded the event and it is now run jointly with Butterfly Conservation.
The theme of NMN 2010 was Moths and Bats, and we are pleased to be collaborating with the Bat Conservation Trust. We are encouraging participants to look out for bats in addition to moths, and to submit sightings of both.