British butterfly emergency declared by experts
The Big Butterfly Count takes place over three weeks ... and just three species, red admirals, holly blues and small coppers, ...
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Sir David Attenborough backs world's biggest butterfly count
This year could be a good one for the red admiral butterfly But ... According to Butterfly Conservation, three-quarters of British butterflies are in decline. Five species of butterfly have ...
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A gardener's guide to butterfly-friendly plants
Nettles are the food plant for the caterpillars of red admiral, small tortoiseshell ... The Wildlife Garden contains small meadow areas, ideal habitat for certain British butterfly species providing ...
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Butterfly bonanza takes place at Conwy nature reserve
Ray Sandiford bred the insects at his butterfly ... about 1,000 red admirals over the summer - a far greater number than would have survived in the wild, he said. Like 75% of British butterflies ...
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Oxfordshire nature reserve offers refuge to vulnerable butterflies
An egg count carried out at Asham Meads Nature Reserve has shown a stable number of a threatened species of butterfly.