UNBELIEVABLE: Butterfly conservation - Caught on Camera

Record heatwaves bring Britain’s second-best butterfly season in 16 years

Volunteers counted almost 1.4m common butterflies and moths, with painted ladies up 335% on last year

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16

In 1952, one of England’s rarest moths was last recorded at a Northumberland estate; more than 70 years later, conservationists returned after the landscape was restored and found a hidden population within 10 minutes

Conservationists have triumphantly rediscovered a rare moth population that had been missing for seventy years at the National Trust's Wallington Estate in Northumberland. Thanks to extensive habitat restoration efforts, this elusive species, once threatened by extinction in England, has made a hopeful return, inspiring optimism for uncovering other hidden insect…

The Times of India · Aug 26

Hidden population of rare moth discovered after conservationist’s lifetime hunt

National Trust’s Wallington Estate is only the second known site in England for dark bordered beauty moth and provides hope for the species.

Evening Standard · Aug 13

Britain’s favourite butterfly revealed – and it’s a familiar backyard beauty

More than 20,000 votes cast in Butterfly Conservation’s poll of 60 native species to find nation’s favourite for first time

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12

The ‘showstopper’ butterfly named Britain’s favourite in nationwide poll

Its striking colours and distinctive ‘eye-spots’ saw it clinch the top spot

The Independent UK · Jun 11

Get set for a painted lady summer: big year for orange butterflies in Britain

Migrant insects have been seen in large numbers along east coast thanks to heatwave and benign southerly winds

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5

Britons to vote in inaugural contest to find nation’s favourite butterfly

Butterfly Conservation poll is open until 7 June with choice of 60 species from small tortoiseshells to purple emperors

The Guardian - UK · May 15

More than half of Britain’s butterfly species in decline, monitoring scheme shows

Warmer weather has benefited some species in Britain, but others that rely on specific plants or habitats have struggled

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15

Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK

Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9

Egg hunt reveals record numbers for rare butterflies after hedges grow wild

Boost to brown hairstreak butterfly in south Wales after landowners change hedgerow regime.

Evening Standard · Feb 3