Lancashire news

Butterfly Conservation has strongly welcomed the sentencing of a collector found guilty of illegally catching and killing the UK’s rarest butterfly.

New publication announced. BC Lancashire branch supports new Micro Moth Field Tips book launch. Details of pre-publication offer.

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

Collector convicted of catching and killing the UK's rarest butterfly

Butterflies in towns and cities declining faster than their countryside counterparts

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.

World-renowned butterfly scientist Dr Martin Warren has been awarded with an OBE for services to the environment.

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.

Julie Williams has been announced as Butterfly Conservation Acting Chief Executive...

Extreme weather can hamper UK butterflies, 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.

Big Butterfly Count results reveal tough summer for UK butterflies

State of Nature 2016 report paints bleak picture

Head into the woods to discover a butterfly success story...

Sir David Attenborough is warning that this year’s slow spring and soggy summer could pose a risk to the UK’s common butterflies.

Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is pleased to announce a new partnership with B&Q to encourage customers to take action to help butterflies and other pollinators.

Is a spectacular Continental moth that acts like a Humming-bird attempting to colonise the UK?

Alan Titchmarsh launches gardening campaign to help pollinating insects

Butterfly Conservation is playing a key role in a project to help our hungry and homeless pollinators.

Major annual butterfly survey reveals alarming decline of Small Copper

A new survey aims to lift the lid on the lives of our back garden butterflies

Dr Martin Warren announces his retirement as Butterfly Conservation Chief Executive

Butterfly Conservation joins coalition calling for a new woodland charter

More than three-quarters of the UK’s butterflies have declined in the last 40 years with some common species suffering significant slumps, a major scientific study has revealed.

Could millions of Painted Ladies descend this summer?

One of the UK’s rarest butterflies has recorded its best year for a decade thanks to 2014’s warm spring weather and work to restore its habitat, a study has revealed.

A spectacular European butterfly has travelled to the UK and for the first time on record, survived the British winter, Butterfly Conservation can reveal.