Participate in the butterfly count and work on your mental health

Hop, just behind your screen! Walk into the garden or the balcony and give your eyes and brain a rest. If you are still outside, you can immediately do something useful and relaxing: counting butterflies.

Not only is focusing on one task relaxing for your brain, that you do it in the open air is also good for your state of mind. Especially when the sun shines nicely, because then you absorb extra vitamin D and that is good for your resistance.

Butterflies count

If you participate in the butterfly count from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 July, then you have all the above benefits and you help the Vlinderstichting with it. Win-win situation! This is how you proceed:

• Walk through the garden or on the balcony and note all the butterflies that you see for 15 minutes.
• Most butterflies show themselves during sunny moments.
• Butterflies are mainly active between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. So that’s the best time to count.
• Count the observations not Together, because then it is possible that your butterflies count twice. Only pass on the highest number of a species that you have seen. Example: you first see three daily paws at the same time. Ten minutes later you see two. Then you pass: three daily pauw eyes.

Do you see butterflies again later in the day or one of the other counting days? Then you can pass it on through a new count. On Friday, July 11, the Telf form will be on This website Available where you can fill in your count.

Butterflies recognize

Maybe you know all the butterflies by heart, but for those who can use a memory support, is This recognition card Can be downloaded. Then you immediately see what kind of butterfly flutter through your garden. Handy!

Butterfly foundation

The Vlinderstichting keeps the garden butterfly count every year to get a better picture of the state of nature in the city and village. The Vlinderstichting has been collecting data over butterflies for years, so that we know better how we can protect them.