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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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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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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... -
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. -
Rare African Gem Discovered In Devon
An African moth which hasn't been seen in this country for 45 years has been found in Devon. It is only the second ever sighting in Britain of the Accent Gem... -
Pollinators Pushed Up The Agenda
Butterfly Conservation welcomes the Government’s National Pollinator Strategy. The newly published document is a clear steer from Government that the declines in bees and wild pollinators including butterflies and moths are being taken seriously.
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Horror Moth Ghosts In For Halloween
The UK’s scariest moth caused pandemonium in a suburban street after appearing unexpectedly in a back garden, just days before Halloween.
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Globally Endangered Butterfly Needs Your Help As Numbers Fall
One of the UK’s rarest butterflies - the Large Blue - has declined this summer at its Somerset stronghold, Butterfly Conservation has revealed.
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Munching Caterpillars Secure Wessex Watermark Award
Wessex Water have handed over £750 of funds to help support Butterfly Conservation's education project 'Munching Caterpillars'.
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Small Tortoiseshell Fights Back
One of the UK’s favourite butterflies – the Small Tortoiseshell, continued its fight back this summer after years of decline, despite enduring the coldest August since 1993, results from the Big Butterfly Count have revealed.