Small Blue surveys, East Coast, May – July 2026
- What: Through Species on the Edge we have succeeded in expanding the monitoring currently being carried out for Small Blue along the inner and outer Moray Firth. Read more about our survey and monitoring work here: Protecting the future of the Small Blue along the Moray Firth. There’s still opportunity to help collect vital data, including helping to fill in some blanks in our current survey and monitoring work. You could:
- Survey an un-surveyed site from the map below (black dots)
- Re-survey one of our priority sites (amber and red dots)
- Choose a site to conduct long-term monitoring at (can be either timed counts or a single species transect)

Survey priorities map
- When: Surveys are from early May to early July
- Where: Moray, Banffshire, East Ross and Sutherland
- For more information, email: tmunro@butterfly-conservation.org