Big Sussex Butterfly Count Friday

11-Jul-2012

This Friday, naturalists and celebrities are to go head-to-head in a battle to claim butterfly bragging rights in Sussex.

Two teams will scour the county from the back of a Land Rover for The Big Sussex Butterfly Count (BSBC) armed only with their wits and a butterfly net to see who can count the most species in a day.

Sussex butterfly hotspots such as Ashdown Forest, Botany Bay and Cissbury Ring will be searched and the teams are hoping to spot county specialities such as the rare Silver-Spotted Skipper and arguably the UK’s most dramatic species - the Purple Emperor.

Twitterers can follow the teams at:

https://twitter.com/TPurple_emperor. and https://twitter.com/TSilverSkipper .