Conservation is key to our success. Wild Britain helps conservation through its links with other conservation bodies, through its links with butterfly farms overseas and by actively conserving its hay meadows and other habitats.

	Species List As part of our conservation and research work we maintain lists of species recorded here...		Research Current projects include monitoring the spread of Yellow Rattle in the hay meadow...
	Management Plan The hay meadows are cut only when the majority of wildflower seeds are mature.  This usually means that the hay is cut...

Links with Conservation Bodies
Wild Britain is an associate member of The Wildlife Trust and the Entomological Livestock Group. Its Director, Mr Andrew Green, is a life member of Butterfly Conservation. Wild Britain is licenced to operate as a zoo under the Zoo Licencing Act.

Links to Butterfly Farms
As well as breeding our own butterflies, we also trade with butterfly farms overseas. Butterfly farming is recognised as a sustainable form of development for communities living in rainforest areas. Instead of clearing the rainforest, the farmers are encouraged to grow plants on which to feed caterpillars. The farmer receives an income by selling the pupae. We receive butterflies from a cooperative in the Philippines and from a cooperative in Tanzania (The Amani Butterfly Project).

Our Environment
Part of Wild Britain is designated as a County Wildlife Site. We manage the site to maintain its biodiversity. The site had several mature oak trees, mature hedges, three ponds and 5 acres of traditional hay meadows.