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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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
Walking With Butterflies
Nature lovers in Somerset and Bristol will be able to discover some of the UK’s rarest and most beautiful butterflies following the launch of a new guidebook for the area.
Hot Chocolate For Caterpillars
An education project aimed at bringing Dorset and Somerset schoolchildren closer to nature has received an important funding boost from the GALAXY Hot Chocolate Fund...
Somerset & Bristol Branch now on Twitter
The branch is now on Twitter.