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Butterfly numbers fall by 84% in Netherlands over 130 years – study

Butterfly numbers fall by 84% in Netherlands over 130 years – study

April 9, 2019February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Butterflies have declined by at least 84% in the Netherlands over the last 130 years, according to a study, confirming the crisis affecting insect populations in western Europe. Researchers analysed 120,000 butterflies caught by collectors between 1890 and 1980 as well as more recent scientific data from more than 2 million sightings to identify dramatic […]

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The flight of the painted lady butterfly shows migration in all its beauty

The flight of the painted lady butterfly shows migration in all its beauty

July 7, 2016December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 2 Comments

Every summer, a wave of intrepid migrants travel from north Africa to Europe, seeking a better life for their offspring. Many thousands, occasionally millions, reach Britain. The painted lady, a beautiful and powerful insect that is probably the most successful butterfly in the world, will star in a 90-minute BBC4 documentary in July in which […]

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Rare yellow-legged tortoiseshell butterfly spotted in UK

Rare yellow-legged tortoiseshell butterfly spotted in UK

July 23, 2014December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 3 Comments

A butterfly last seen in the UK more than 60 years ago has been spotted in parts of East Anglia. The yellow-legged tortoiseshell, also known as the scarce tortoiseshell, was seen at RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk. Additional sightings have since been reported in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, said Butterfly Conservation. Experts believe the butterflies, usually found […]

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Continental swallowtail breeding in UK for first time

Continental swallowtail breeding in UK for first time

June 20, 2014December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Britain may have a spectacular new butterfly: dozens of continental swallowtails have been spotted along the south coast after being filmed emerging from pupae in gardens and allotments for the first time. Unprecedented footage, which will be broadcast on Springwatch tonight, shows the first British generation of this charismatic, colourful butterfly hatching out in an […]

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Grassland butterflies in rapid decline in Europe

Grassland butterflies in rapid decline in Europe

July 29, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 2 Comments

Europe’s grassland butterfly population has plummeted in the past two decades, new research published on Tuesday shows, with a near halving in the numbers of key species since 1990. The precipitous decline has been blamed on poor agricultural practices and pesticides, by the European Environment Agency, which carried out the research. Falling numbers of butterflies […]

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Butterfly obsessives go on the trail of the elusive purple emperor

Butterfly obsessives go on the trail of the elusive purple emperor

July 23, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 2 Comments

“It’s like a living stained-glass window,” enthused the broadcaster Nick Baker, as a group of naturalists bowed down before a purple emperor swooping through the oak trees. Two teams of butterfly obsessives on Friday took to battered Land Rovers in a hair-raising race to woods, meadows, chalk downland and an industrial park to find as […]

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Warm summer helps butterflies bounce back in the UK

Warm summer helps butterflies bounce back in the UK

July 20, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

The Azores high is seeing small tortoiseshells and meadow browns returning to gardens and the countryside in heartening numbers after butterflies suffered their worst year on record in 2012. People are being urged to help measure how these insects are bouncing back in the sunshine by joining the Big Butterfly Count, the world’s largest butterfly […]

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On the trail of the large tortoiseshell, the UK’s most elusive butterfly

On the trail of the large tortoiseshell, the UK’s most elusive butterfly

June 18, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 4 Comments

It was, joked Matthew Oates, a “lunatic fringe” mission. Scouring the hedgerows for the caterpillar of a butterfly that has been extinct for more than half a century might not be most people’s idea of fun, but Oates, a National Trust naturalist, has spent 50 summers tracking down the most elusive British butterflies. I joined […]

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