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'Emergency' as number of butterflies in Wales lowest on record, warns charity

The 2024 Big Butterfly Count saw the lowest number of butterflies spotted in Wales per Count in its 14-year history.

18 Sept

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Hairy hogs act as 'living lawnmowers' to help UK's rarest butterfly

Mangalitsa pigs and Longhorn cattle have been drafted in to create the perfect habitat for the butterflies.

12 Jun

Big Butterfly Count aims to help understand climate change

Last year's count revealed that some species of butterflies had almost halved in Northern Ireland.

14 Jul 2023

One of Europe's rarest butterflies discovered in Lake District

'Time is running out' as half of UK butterflies added to red list

ITV Bees: How to make space for pollinators in your garden

ITV bees: How to make space for pollinators in your garden

Butterflies have poor year in 2021 – but some threatened species fare better

How a 19th century-notebook could help to stop butterfly decline

Big Butterfly Count 2021

Rare butterflies found living in Victory Wood

One of UK's rarest butterflies is discovered in east Kent

Butterfly preserved for nearly 400 years between pages of Cambridge Uni book

The mystery of butterfly flight has been solved

How some butterfly species are thriving in the South and South East