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Beeston Common Field Trip Report
BEESTON COMMON FIELD TRIP REPORT 17 June 2017 A very pleasant day with lots of sun and light wind. 18 people attended the walk. Francis Farrow kindly led us round as it is his patch. -
Butterfly man awarded in Queen's Birthday Honours
A naturalist who almost single-handedly saved a rare butterfly from extinction in Sussex, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his long-standing services to wildlife conservation.
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Butterfly Alert No 11
Hello and welcome to alert number 11- feels like an early summer now. I've had reports today of Small Skipper and White Admiral , plus a report of what may have been a Silver-washed Fritillary. -
Butterfly Alert No 10
Hello and welcome to alert number 10 - coming rapidly now. We now have Gatekeeper and Ringlet reported for the county -
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Butterfly Alert No 8
Hello and welcome to alert number 8 We now have Meadow Brown and Large Skipper reported, while a single Clouded Yellow has been seen. -
Find the UK’s most pollinator-friendly county
Gardeners are being asked to help the UK’s beleaguered butterflies, bees and moths by making their county the most pollinator-friendly in the UK.
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Report on Field Trip to Mid Harling Heath
Report on Field Trip to Mid Harling Heath An excellent walk at Mid Harling. 14 of us enjoyed the lovely May sunshine, Skylarks were singing and yellow hammers calling from the tops of the bushes. There was an abundance of butterflies. -
Butterfly Alert No 7
Hello and welcome to alert number 7 We have Common Blue now reported, while there's been a number of sightings of Painted Lady moving in across the coast -
Report on Field Trip to Cut-Off Channel
A survey for Dingy and Grizzled Skippers was conducted in favourable conditions on the Feltwell area of the Cut off-Channel on Thursday 11th May. -
Butterfly Alert No 6
Butterfly Alert Number 6 And the big news is that the first Swallowtail has been reported today from Potter Heigham (10 days earlier than last year) -
BC welcomes B&Q move to drop neonicotinoids
Butterfly Conservation welcomes B&Q's decision to stop using controversial pesticides
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Butterfly Alert No 2: A very early spring
Butterfly Alert No 2: A very early spring The last alert brought reports of the two whites and I've just had the first sightings of Small Copper and Green Hairstreak - a very early spring indeed - no surprise really given the current weather. -
Butterfly Alert No 3
Butterfly Alert No 3 Hi all - no new species have been reported in Norfolk - but reports from elsewhere suggest a very early spring - these haven't made the BC first sightings page yet.: -
Butterflies crash in fourth worst year on record
UK butterflies suffered their fourth worst year on record in 2016 with the majority of species experiencing a decline in numbers, a study has revealed.
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Legal history made as butterfly collector sentenced
Butterfly Conservation has strongly welcomed the sentencing of a collector found guilty of illegally catching and killing the UK’s rarest butterfly.
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Partnership helps species come back from the brink
Butterfly Conservation involved in partnership that will help threatened species come back for the brink of extinction
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Collector convicted for illegally catching and killing the UK's rarest butterfly
Collector convicted of catching and killing the UK's rarest butterfly
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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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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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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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AGM Report 1st Oct 2016
Members afternoon – Hethersett Hall, Saturday 1st Oct We were honoured to welcome our main speaker, Matthew Oates who had travelled from Gloucestershire to speak to us.