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All the better for moorland butterflies
The decline of three of the UK’s most threatened butterflies could be reversed across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset with the launch of a ground-breaking conservation project.
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Extreme weather can lead to butterfly declines
Extreme weather can hamper UK butterflies, study reveals
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Fracking threatens biodiversity, study reveals
Several areas of the UK earmarked for fracking support some of the country’s richest wildlife, a new study involving Butterfly Conservation has revealed.
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Mystery of butterfly disaster summer
Big Butterfly Count results reveal tough summer for UK butterflies
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One in 10 UK species threatened with extinction, study finds
State of Nature 2016 report paints bleak picture
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Look out for the Speckled Wood butterfly
Head into the woods to discover a butterfly success story...
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Butterfly Boost at Haldon Forest
One of the UK’s most endangered butterflies has more than doubled its population in parts of a Devon forest in the last decade... -
Attenborough 'soggy summer risk to UK butterflies'
Sir David Attenborough is warning that this year’s slow spring and soggy summer could pose a risk to the UK’s common butterflies.
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Continued Success for Rare Butterfly on Exmoor
A rare butterfly introduced to part of Exmoor two years ago has more than doubled its population at the site... -
B&Q boost for butterflies
Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is pleased to announce a new partnership with B&Q to encourage customers to take action to help butterflies and other pollinators.
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Is the UK set for a Humming-bird summer?
Is a spectacular Continental moth that acts like a Humming-bird attempting to colonise the UK?
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Titchmarsh - "Plant a pot for pollinators!"
Alan Titchmarsh launches gardening campaign to help pollinating insects
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Help hungry and homeless pollinators
Butterfly Conservation is playing a key role in a project to help our hungry and homeless pollinators.
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Small Copper slumps as butterflies struggle in cold summer
Major annual butterfly survey reveals alarming decline of Small Copper
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Help solve the riddle of back garden butterflies
A new survey aims to lift the lid on the lives of our back garden butterflies
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Retirement of Dr Martin Warren as Butterfly Conservation Chief Executive
Dr Martin Warren announces his retirement as Butterfly Conservation Chief Executive
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National Award For Devon Naturalist
A woman from Bratton Clovelly near Okehampton has received an Outstanding Volunteer Award from a national wildlife charity. -
Rare Butterfly Spreads Its Wings
One of the UK’s most endangered butterflies has colonised new areas of a Forest in Devon, Butterfly Conservation (BC) can reveal. -
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40 year slump for UK Butterflies
More than three-quarters of the UK’s butterflies have declined in the last 40 years with some common species suffering significant slumps, a major scientific study has revealed.
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Waitrose Supports Woodland Pearls
Waitrose shoppers in Torquay have raised money to help secure the future of a rare butterfly found at Haldon Forest near Exeter, Butterfly Conservation (BC) can reveal. -
Mediterranean blue butterfly invades south coast
A striking continental butterfly has emerged on the South Coast in record numbers for the second time in three years...
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Rare Butterfly Returns To The Moor
The population of one of the UK’s rarest butterflies has been strengthened following the introduction of the Heath Fritillary to a new site in the Exmoor National Park. -
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Moorland Butterfly Project Receives Funding Boost
A project to protect the south west’s threatened moorland butterflies has received nearly £23,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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Bees & Butterflies in the Tamar Valley
Join the Tamar Valley AONB team and Butterfly Conservation for a Bee & Butterfly Day at Greenscombe Wood, Luckett. -
Critically Endangered Butterfly Hits 10- Year High
One of the UK’s rarest butterflies has recorded its best year for a decade thanks to 2014’s warm spring weather and work to restore its habitat, a study has revealed.
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Continental Crusader Conquers British Winter
A spectacular European butterfly has travelled to the UK and for the first time on record, survived the British winter, Butterfly Conservation can reveal.
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Torbay Thinks Big About UK’s Smallest Butterfly
Conservationists in Devon have gone to extraordinary lengths to move a colony of rare butterflies from their home in an abandoned quarry after the site was scheduled for redevelopment
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Silver-Lining For Blue Butterfly In Devon
A rare and beautiful blue butterfly has made a comeback on a small patch of heathland in South Devon after years of no sightings and YOU can help secure its future by volunteering at Bovey Heathfield in Newton Abbot.