It has been a bumper year for butterflies in 2023 with more counted than in the last four years, although figures show a significant decrease in the long term, according to conservationists.

EXPERTS have sounded the alarm over worryingly low UK butterfly numbers after a woeful annual count. Conservationists fear we will face "extinction events never before seen in our lifetime" unless ...

A Sept. 15 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows British media personality and political commentator Katie Hopkins discussing purported events in the U.K. "The butterfly population in the ...

More than half of the butterfly species in the UK are in long-term decline for the first time and experts say human actions are to blame. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, run by a coalition of ...

Butterfly numbers have fallen by nearly a fifth since the 1970s, with species that need specific habitats faring even worse, official figures show. Conservationists warn falls in butterfly numbers are ...

Conservationists on Wednesday voiced concern at a fall in the number of butterflies found in the UK, declaring a "butterfly emergency" and calling for greater protections for under-threat species. "It ...

A national butterfly emergency has been declared after a citizen count showed a hugely concerning decline in numbers in the UK, warns a conservation charity. Overall, participants spotted just seven ...

Climate change could mean fewer butterfly species in the UK, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change today. As extreme droughts become more frequent, local populations of butterflies ...

BUTTERFLY numbers fell more than one-fifth across the UK countryside last year, a study has revealed. The 22% drop in butterflies in 2011 is thought to be the result of an unusually cold summer and ...

Finally, some good news! Conservationists have successfully reintroduced previously extinct large blue butterflies to the UK, with the creatures populating parts of the country for the first time in ...

09:13, Tue, Jun 10, 2025 Updated: 09:27, Tue, Jun 10, 2025 Garden enthusiasts are being called to take immediate action as alarming new figures have emerged showing a drastic decrease in butterfly ...

Butterfly numbers have fallen by nearly a fifth since the 1970s, with species that need specific habitats faring even worse, official figures show. Conservationists warn falls in butterfly numbers are ...