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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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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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Saving Fritillaries In The Forest
One of South East England’s most threatened butterflies is set to receive a boost in its last remaining forest stronghold, thanks to a project to create and improve habitat and to investigate its sudden decline. -
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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Rare moth wins Hampshire MP’s vote
Conservative MP for Winchester and Chandlers Ford, Steve Brine, has ‘adopted’ one of Hampshire’s most threatened moths in a bid to boost its numbers. -
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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Walking with butterflies In Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Nature lovers across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will be able to discover some of the UK’s rarest and most beautiful butterflies this summer, following the launch of a new guidebook - order your copy today! -
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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Island Search For Endangered Butterfly
Nature enthusiasts are being invited to help one of the UK’s rarest butterflies on the Isle of Wight this weekend! Take part in this free ID workshop and start looking for the Glanville Fritillary. -
250 Years of butterfly recording in Hampshire
Butterfly Conservation (BC) are encouraging wildlife enthusiasts to celebrate 250 years of butterfly recording in Hampshire by getting outside and recording what they see!
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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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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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Winchester Butterfly Reserve Celebrates 25 Years
A Hampshire wildlife reserve which once formed part of a WW1 army camp is celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer! -
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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.
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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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Roadside Paradise For Rare Moth
On March 9th 2015 work will begin on an exciting project to create a colourful habitat for the rare Striped Lychnis moth on the verges of the B3404 at Magdalen Hill Down, just outside Winchester. -
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.