Join a butterfly workshop or survey

Do you know what butterflies are out and about visiting your backyard and can you identify them?

Now is the perfect time to observe a diversity of these fabulous fluttering invertebrates as many species return for the season. 

It’s also a great time to collect data and record their distribution across the landscape.

Sunshine Coast Council is partnering with a number of environmental organisations and groups to host a series of butterfly count walks and workshops during October and November for the Sunshine Coast Big Butterfly Count.

You can even conduct your own survey and record butterfly sightings from anywhere across the Sunshine Coast at any time. You don’t have to be a butterfly expert to participate!

Build your butterfly identification skills and knowledge and contribute to the conservation of these amazing pollinators during the Sunshine Coast Big Butterfly Count.

Workshop dates:

Monday 28 October, 8am-4pm: 'Butterfly's and their Immature Stages' Train the Trainer Workshop at the Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens, Arts and Ecology Centre. 

Friday 1 November, 9-10am: BushCare Big Butterfly Count survey at Geoge Watson Park, Moffat Beach. 

Wednesday 13 November, 8-10am: Big Butterfly Count survey at the Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens. 

Thursday 14 November, 8-10am: Big Butterfly Count survey at the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary. 

Thursday 14 November, 9-10am: BushCare Big Butterfly Count survey at Golden Beach Foreshore. 

Friday 15 November, 8-10am: Big Butterfly Count survey at Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve. 

Saturday 16 November, 10-11.30am: Spring Big Butterfly Count, Barung Landcare Garden for Wildlife. 

Tuesday 26 November, 9-10am: BushCare Big Butterfly Count survey at Point Cartwright Reserve. 

To learn more or register for an event visit the Big Butterfly Count.

Special thanks to our partners - Mooloolah River Landcare, Barung Landcare, ECOllaboration, Forest Heart Eco-Nursery, Sunshine Coast Environment Council, Coolum Community Native Nursery, Brisbane Catchment Networks and Brisbane Big Butterfly Count.