News: Butterflies

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Marsh fritillary on Bracketts Coppice © Errin Skingsley

The State of Nature revealed in new report

The new 2019 State of Nature Report has been published revealing that the amount and distribution of the UK’s species has, on average, declined since 1970. Wildlife is thought to be suffering…

Chalkhill Blue butterfly by Ken Dolbear

Record number of rare butterflies found in Dorset

After years of declining butterfly populations, a recent survey by the Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has found a record number of a rare butterfly species on the Upton Heath nature reserve.