Butterfly Conservation
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| Headquarters location | Wareham, United Kingdom |
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| Motto | Saving butterflies, moths and our environment |
| Presidents | David Attenborough |
| Founded | 1968 |
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| ID | 2473885 |
About Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly Conservation is the UK wildlife charity dedicated to saving butterflies, moths and our environment. The charity uses its research to provide advice on how to conserve and restore butterfly and moth habitats and it runs projects to protect more than 100 threatened species of Lepidoptera.
UK butterfly numbers at highest level since 2019
... Research by the Butterfly Conservation wildlife charity recorded more than 1...
Red Admiral butterflies: Climate change sees migratory species stay in UK, says charity
... Butterfly Conservation said " there can be no doubt climate change is the driver" behind the increase...
'Extinct' butterfly species reappears in UK
... The charity Butterfly Conservation, which monitors butterfly numbers in Britain, told the BBC the insects will have been released, but they don t know by who or why...
Big Butterfly Count: Sightings worryingly low, say UK conservationists
... Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation said it expected this year s warm summer to result in better figures, and is concerned that more were not seen...
Big Butterfly Count: People asked to join in to help address extinction
... Butterfly Conservation says two-fifths of British butterflies are under threat...
The butterflies we may never see again in Britain
... A report by Butterfly Conservation warns that 24 of 58 species may soon disappear from our shores...
Wildlife's winners and losers of 2021 - and how extreme weather set the tone
... LosersButterflies have had a particularly bad year with the lowest numbers of the insects recorded in the Butterfly Conservation s Big Butterfly Count...
Big Butterfly Count: good weather increases the species in the UK
... Zoe Randle, a surveys officer at Butterfly Conservation, said the high numbers were not as significant, because the butterflies are vital food for other animals, such as birds, hedgehogs and dragonflies...
'Extinct' butterfly species reappears in UK
By Frank GardnerBBC security correspondent
Blink and you could miss them - But mysterious sightings of an extremely rare butterfly have set The Hearts of enthusiasts fluttering.
The species, thought to have been extinct in Britain for nearly a hundred years, has suddenly appeared in countryside on The Edge of London.
Small numbers of black-veined whites have been spotted flying in fields and hedgerows in south-east London.
To the non-expert, they could easily be mistaken for the common or garden Cabbage White butterflies seen in Britain every summer.
But there's nothing common about the black-veined white on This Side of the Channel.
First listed as a British species during the reign of King Charles II, they officially became extinct in Britain in 1925.
This month they have mysteriously appeared among their favourite habitat: hawthorn and blackthorn trees on The Edge of London, where I and other naturalists watched them flitting between hedgerows.
As their name suggests, they are a medium-sized white butterfly with distinctive black vein markings on their wings.
The Charity Butterfly Conservation , which monitors butterfly numbers in Britain, told The Bbc the insects will have been released, But they don't know by who or why.
They added that while it's lovely for people to be able to see them, it probably does not signify a spontaneous recovery of an extinct species.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
