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Butterflies declining faster in urban areas
Butterflies in towns and cities declining faster than their countryside counterparts
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Caterpillar café heads into the city
A caterpillar café will appear on the streets of Bristol as part of an innovative project to reconnect inner-city children with nature...
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Cold-loving butterflies threatened by climate change and habitat loss
Some of the UK's best-loved birds and butterflies could be wiped out as there is not enough habitat for them to cope with the effects of a warming climate.
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Dr Martin Warren awarded OBE
World-renowned butterfly scientist Dr Martin Warren has been awarded with an OBE for services to the environment.
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Environmental organisations unite for a Greener UK
BC is pleased to join Greener UK, a coalition of 13 organisations who have come together to make sure that the environment doesn't get forgotten about post-Brexit.
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Julie Williams announced as Acting Chief Executive
Julie Williams has been announced as Butterfly Conservation Acting Chief Executive...
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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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One Show Presenter Opens Butterfly Reserve
A Somerset nature reserve which is home to a rare butterfly is being officially opened by wildlife presenter Mike Dilger...
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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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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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Liquorice-Loving Moth Needs Your Help!
Butterfly Conservation (BC) is calling on wildlife enthusiasts around Somerset’s Polden Hills to help stop the decline of a beautiful moth by planting Wild Liquorice seeds on a nature reserve.
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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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The Large Blue Butterfly Needs Your Help!
Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is calling on people in Somerton and Langport to help them secure the future of a globally endangered butterfly. -
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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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.