Isle of Wight Pearl recognises the inherent beauty of butterflies and their amazing life-cycles and, with the help of Butterfly Conservation, is seeking to make its land more attractive to butterflies.
Isle of Wight Pearl has invited the IOW Group of Butterfly Conservation to undertake a survey of the butterflies on its site during the spring and summer of 2014. Over forty species of butterfly are found on the Isle of Wight and many of these can be seen within the environs of Isle of Wight Pearl and along the Island’s spectacularly beautiful south-west coast.
Isle of Wight Pearl has allowed some of the grassed areas to the rear of its property to revert to meadow and Butterfly Conservation is helping Isle of Wight Pearl to make its site more attractive to butterflies and wildlife in general.
Visitors to Isle of Wight Pearl are encouraged to report sightings of butterflies seen on the site and to also participate in the Big Butterfly Count which takes place between Saturday 19th July and Sunday 10th August.
First launched in 2009, the Big Butterfly Count is the world’s largest survey of butterflies and the results are providing scientists with vital information about population trends and changes in the behaviour of butterflies in response to climate change and other environmental pressures.
To coincide with this, The Isle of Wight Pearl will be at St Thomas Square, Newport on Saturday 19th July performing a monster butterfly give away. The South Wight business will be giving away butterflies and when the butterflies are brought home to The Isle of Wight Pearl in Brighstone, the company will be giving away a free Freshwater pearl bracelet!
It’s a monster give away on which Isle of Wight Pearl have spent a lot of time and investment, designed to encourage people to visit the attraction and to attract awareness for the great cause that is the Butterfly Conservation Society here on the Isle of Wight. Whilst guests will not only receive their totally free bracelet, they can take part in the great national butterfly count and sign up to the conservation society which needs many more members on the Island.
More information can be found at https://www.iowpearl.com/our-story and www.bigbutterflycount.org.
