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  • Street lights affect wildflower pollination

    21 Jan 2019

    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

    04 Dec 2018

    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

    26 Sep 2018

    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

    24 Sep 2018

    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

    24 Aug 2018

    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

    06 Aug 2018

    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

    25 Jul 2018

    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!’

    20 Jul 2018

    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

    21 Jun 2018

    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

    14 Jun 2018

    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

    24 May 2018

    The Chequered Skipper has been returned to England after 40 year absence

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  • Titchmarsh: “Make a metre for pollinators”

    08 May 2018

    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

    10 Apr 2018

    Major study reveals another tough summer for UK butterflies

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  • Churchill's favourite butterfly to return

    06 Apr 2018

    Climate change has provided a window of opportunity for a previously extinct butterfly

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  • Much-loved i-SPY Butterflies guide gets reboot

    06 Mar 2018

    Spot butterflies and moths to earn i-SPY points

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  • Saving butterflies and moths for 50 years

    05 Mar 2018

    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

    11 Jan 2018

    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

    11 Dec 2017

    A major new conservation project spanning Northern Ireland, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland will help butterflies, birds and other species.

  • Inspirational tree-planter’s legacy delivers £1.9m windfall for nature

    16 Nov 2017

    Charities benefit from Patsy Wood Trust legacy grants

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  • Ivy lifeline for autumn moths

    12 Oct 2017

    UK braced for influx of rare continental moths looking for ivy to feed upon

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  • Red Admiral thrives despite wet summer

    25 Sep 2017

    The Red Admiral enjoyed a record summer in this year's Big Butterfly Count...

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  • Can autumn offer a butterfly boost?

    04 Sep 2017

    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

    17 Jul 2017

    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

    14 Jul 2017

    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

    16 Jun 2017

    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

    02 Jun 2017

    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

    27 Apr 2017

    Butterfly Conservation welcomes B&Q's decision to stop using controversial pesticides

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  • Butterflies crash in fourth worst year on record

    12 Apr 2017

    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

    07 Apr 2017

    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

    31 Mar 2017

    Butterfly Conservation involved in partnership that will help threatened species come back for the brink of extinction

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