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Street lights affect wildflower pollination
Street lighting operating all night can alter the natural pollination of a common wildflower, a study involving Butterfly Conservation (BC) has revealed.
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Environment Bill
In July 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the Government would bring forward an Environment Bill. Butterfly Conservation (BC) understand that Defra are working on the draft of the Bill, to cover England and reserved matters in devolved countries, and this will be published before Christmas.
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The nocturnal pollinators: scientists reveal the secret life of moths
Scientists have discovered that moths may play a much broader role as plant pollinators than previously suspected.
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Small Tortoiseshell crashes despite heatwave
Numbers of one of the UK’s best known garden butterflies have plummeted this summer despite the record-breaking hot weather, results from the Big Butterfly Count have revealed.
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Scottish Ministers step in to make final decision on controversial golf course proposals
Scottish Ministers have “called-in” plans for a golf course at Coul Links near Embo, East Sutherland after deciding that the case is of ‘national importance’.
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Man the ramparts for marching butterflies
History fans are being asked to take a closer look at castles this summer in a bid to track the changing fortunes of one of the UK’s most striking and overlooked butterflies.
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The Prince of Wales takes part in Big Butterfly Count
The Prince of Wales has recorded dozens of butterflies while taking part in the world’s largest butterfly survey at his home in Highgrove, Gloucestershire.
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Attenborough: ‘Watching butterflies is good for you!’
Sir David Attenborough has spoken of the mental health benefits of watching butterflies as he urged the public to take part in the world’s biggest butterfly survey over the next three weeks.
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Latest trends in butterfly indicators revealed
In the UK, since 1976, the habitat specialists butterflies index has fallen by 77%, whilst wider countryside abundance is down by 46%.
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March of the micros
An increasing number of new moth species are arriving and settling in the UK as a result of the global reach of the horticultural trade and the changing climate, moth experts today revealed.
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Extinct butterfly flies again
The Chequered Skipper has been returned to England after 40 year absence
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Titchmarsh: “Make a metre for pollinators”
Alan Titchmarsh is calling on gardeners to make a metre for wildlife this summer by providing a refuge for struggling butterflies, moths and other pollinators.
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Butterfly revival dashed by wet, gloomy weather
Major study reveals another tough summer for UK butterflies
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Churchill's favourite butterfly to return
Climate change has provided a window of opportunity for a previously extinct butterfly
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Saving butterflies and moths for 50 years
Sir David Attenborough is urging people to take action for butterflies and moths this year, to mark the 50th anniversary of wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation (BC).
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BC welcomes 25 Year Environment Plan
Butterfly Conservation welcomes publication of long awaited 25 Year Environment Plan
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Major new project will collaborate to help the Marsh Fritillary across borders
A major new conservation project spanning Northern Ireland, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland will help butterflies, birds and other species.
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Inspirational tree-planter’s legacy delivers £1.9m windfall for nature
Charities benefit from Patsy Wood Trust legacy grants
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Ivy lifeline for autumn moths
UK braced for influx of rare continental moths looking for ivy to feed upon
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Red Admiral thrives despite wet summer
The Red Admiral enjoyed a record summer in this year's Big Butterfly Count...
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Can autumn offer a butterfly boost?
Gardeners are being urged to keep their eye out for a potential butterfly bonanza this autumn
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Julie Williams elected as Butterfly Conservation Chief Executive
Julie Williams has been elected as the new Chief Executive of wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation (BC), taking on the role after Dr Martin Warren OBE retired from the post last year.
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Sir David Attenborough warns of a 'critical' summer for butterflies
Sir David Attenborough has warned that UK butterflies face a critical summer after a string of poor years has seen the numbers of many common species decline.
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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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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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BC welcomes B&Q move to drop neonicotinoids
Butterfly Conservation welcomes B&Q's decision to stop using controversial pesticides
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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