Ask Your Council to Create Moon Meadows

We need your help to save moths! Can you help us remind local authorities of the difference they can make for moths? Use our template to ask your council whether their Biodiversity Plan includes tackling the threat of light pollution to save moths.

Moths are important indicators of environmental health, but because they are active after dark, we often miss the warning signs they are sharing with us. In the last 50 years we have lost 33% of moths from the UK’s night skies, and with them, an essential part of nighttime ecosystems.

Alarming new research using Met Office data shows nocturnal insects decline most sharply in areas with high artificial light at night. But did you know that lighting can be missing from local biodiversity plans, and out of the control of biodiversity teams?

Local authorities, as caretakers of our environment, can help moths by creating Moon Meadows, green spaces free from light pollution. This doesn’t mean turning lights off, but adjusting them to nature-friendly alternatives to protect people and wildlife. By all of us making changes, we can save moths together.

We need your help to save moths! Can you help us remind local authorities of the difference they can make for moths? Use our template to ask your council whether their Biodiversity Plan includes tackling the threat of light pollution to save moths.

Moths are important indicators of environmental health, but because they are active after dark, we often miss the warning signs they are sharing with us. In the last 50 years we have lost 33% of moths from the UK’s night skies, and with them, an essential part of nighttime ecosystems.

Alarming new research using Met Office data shows nocturnal insects decline most sharply in areas with high artificial light at night. But did you know that lighting can be missing from local biodiversity plans, and out of the control of biodiversity teams?

Local authorities, as caretakers of our environment, can help moths by creating Moon Meadows, green spaces free from light pollution. This doesn’t mean turning lights off, but adjusting them to nature-friendly alternatives to protect people and wildlife. By all of us making changes, we can save moths together.

Ask Your Council to Create Moon Meadows

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We need councils like you to save nocturnal pollinators like moths!

We are in a nature emergency, and this affects not only the butterflies we see during the day in our parks and gardens, but also the moths which visit the same green spaces at night.
Moths are important indicators of the health of our environment, but often as we do not see them, we miss the warning signs they are sharing with us. In the last 50 years we have lost 33% of moths from the UK’s night skies, and with them, the loss of an essential part of nighttime ecosystems.

New research using Met Office data has found that the number of nocturnal insects such as moths has declined, with areas with more artificial light at night showing lower numbers of insects overall. We need local authorities to urgently make the changes needed to reverse this trend before it’s too late.

Does your Biodiversity Plan include tackling the threat of light pollution to save nocturnal wildlife?

Local authorities can make simple adjustments to lighting in and around green spaces to create Moon Meadows to help save moths. A Moon Meadow is an area rich in plants that moths and their caterpillars can feed, breed and shelter in, free from the glare that disrupts their lifecycles.

These small changes to lighting can include:
•	Retrofitting shielding to prevent light from escaping ‘upwards’ or spreading further than where it needs to be.
•	Adjusting the bulb colours in lighting – warmer bulb colours are more beneficial to nocturnal insects like moths
•	Introducing timers on non-essential lighting, for areas that do not need lighting throughout the entire night

Will you include tackling light pollution in your biodiversity plan, and create Moon Meadows to save moths?

By making these changes, you’re taking steps towards becoming a Butterfly Friendly Council, and joining a network of councils across the UK who are committing to saving butterflies and moths in their area.

Join me in taking action for butterflies and moths. Please contact campaigns@butterfly-conservation.org for advice and to become a Butterfly Friendly Council.

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