#butterflyconservation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #butterflyconservation, aggregated by home.social.
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Hidden moth population found after 70 years
A hidden population of one of #England 's rarest #moths has been found at a site where it had not been seen for more than 70 years.
Evie Lake, 13 August 2026
"Head of conservation at #ButterflyConservation Dr Dave Wainwright has spent his career searching for the dark bordered beauty and said he felt an 'overwhelming feeling of relief' when they were found at #WallingtonEstate, in #Northumberland.
"For decades, the only site where the moth was found in England was at Strensall Common, in Yorkshire, but the population there has been in decline due to #ClimateChange and a wildfire.
"The discovery has given conservationists new hope for the species and opened up the possibilities of where more can be found.
"Once widespread across northern England and Scotland, habitat loss has caused significant decline in the #DarkBorderedBeautyMoth.
"The custard-and-chocolate-coloured moth was found at the National Trust site previously but had not been seen since 1952."
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"The moth's caterpillars will only eat two plants - #aspen and #CreepingWillow - which makes it a challenge to conserve, according to #ButterflyConservation."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1712kz5qpgoArchived version:
https://archive.ph/7lodA#SolarPunkSunday #EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredMoths #UK #UKSpecies #Conservation #SpeciesConservation
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Norfolk woman wins two awards for butterfly garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1922066/norfolk-woman-wins-two-awards-for-butterfly-garden/ #AmandaThomas #ButterflyConservation #ButterflyCount #garden #MsThomas #SandringhamFlowerShow #TranquilGarden
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Scientists urge gardeners to spend 15 minutes counting butterflies this week – how to get involved with the world’s largest butterfly survey https://www.allforgardening.com/1914663/scientists-urge-gardeners-to-spend-15-minutes-counting-butterflies-this-week-how-to-get-involved-with-the-worlds-largest-butterfly-survey/ #15Minutes #butterflies #ButterflyConservation #ButterflyCount #ButterflyPopulations #garden #gardener #gardening #WildlifeSurvey
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Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count
17 July - 9 August
https://butterfly-conservation.org/#SolarPunkSunday #WildLife #Nature #ButterflyConservation #Butterflies #Moths #CitizenScience #Gardens #Conservation #BigButterflyCount
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Butterfly Conservation Guide
Jobs to do in your garden in August
https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/the-secret-gardener-jobs-to-do-in-your-garden-in-august#SolarPunkSunday #WildLife #Nature #ButterflyConservation #Butterflies #Moths #Gardening #Gardens #Conservation
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Dorset gardeners encouraged to make their garden a butterfly haven this summer https://www.allforgardening.com/1900717/dorset-gardeners-encouraged-to-make-their-garden-a-butterfly-haven-this-summer/ #BritishGardenCentres #ButterflyConservation #ButterflyCount #ButterflyHouse #ButterflyPopulation #ButterflyPopulations #garden #gardener #gardening #PictureOfButterfly #TortoiseshellButterfly
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Meet four eye-catching moths to spot in your garden – The Irish News https://www.allforgardening.com/1886073/meet-four-eye-catching-moths-to-spot-in-your-garden-the-irish-news/ #BigButterflyCount #ButterflyConservation #garden #gardening #HummingbirdHawkMoth #JerseyTigerMoth #MintMoth #moths #SixSpotBurnet #uk
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How to create a perfect garden setting for butterflies https://www.allforgardening.com/1846735/how-to-create-a-perfect-garden-setting-for-butterflies-2/ #butterflies #ButterflyConservation #ButterflyCount #caterpillars #FoodPlants #garden #gardens #KateMerry
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How to create a perfect garden setting for butterflies – The Irish News https://www.allforgardening.com/1846727/how-to-create-a-perfect-garden-setting-for-butterflies-the-irish-news/ #BigButterflyCount #butterflies #ButterflyConservation #garden #gardening #uk
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Why caterpillars can be the gardener’s best friend https://www.allforgardening.com/1834059/why-caterpillars-can-be-the-gardeners-best-friend/ #ButterflyConservation #caterpillar #FoodSource #garden #gardening #JosieStuart #KateBradbury
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Voting Opens for your Favourite Butterfly
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Happy 100th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough, message from Butterfly Conservation
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Wild Spaces for Butterfly Conservation
https://wild-spaces.co.uk/#SolarPunkSunday #Butterflies #ButterflyConservation #Conservation #WildLife #Nature #BioDiversity #ReWilding #WildSpaces #UK
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Butterfly Conservation
Scroll down and zoom in/out to find a wild space for butterflies on the map
https://wild-spaces.co.uk/#SolarPunkSunday #WildSpaces #ButterflyConservation #Butterflies #Conservation #Nature #WildLife #Butterfly #BioDiversity #Habitat #Maps
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Creature believed to be extinct spotted again in the UK | UK | News
A butterfly once classified as extinct has been spotted in southern England according to a conservation group. Over…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #ButterflyConservation #ClimateChange #extinctcreatures #Kent #LargeTortoiseshellButterfly #Science #UK #UKWildlife #UnitedKingdom
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Yesterday, I was at Stirling University for Butterfly Conservation, Scottish Spring meeting. Was lovely to catch-up with fellow butterfly enthusiasts and listen to some great updates. Meeting was videoed so should be up on YouTube soon.
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Report: State of the Butterflies in the United States
🦋 More than one-fifth of our butterflies disappeared between 2000 and 2020.
🦋 Over 40% of assessed species fell in numbers by 50% or more—and two dozen species suffered more than 90% losses.
🦋 "Butterfly habitat should be woven into all parts of our landscapes—farmland, utility corridors, solar arrays, bike paths, roadsides, natural areas, and backyard and community gardens—to provide homes for common and wide-ranging butterflies as well as rare and at-risk species."
🦋 "To recover butterflies, we must combine efforts across towns and cities, working lands, and natural areas as well as in the linkages and stepping stones which provide connecting pathways."
👉 All is not lost! Have a garden, pots or access to a natural area or park? Join me in building back habitat for butterflies. I will post useful resources and share my experiences and tips. Share yours as well.
🌷 I'll also post butterfly gardens from my travels. Many have a head start in this.
https://xerces.org/publications/scientific-reports/state-of-butterflies-in-united-states
#ButterflyConservation 🧵
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Gardeners urged to ‘deadhead’ their flowers to attract 1 pretty animal https://www.allforgardening.com/1352028/gardeners-urged-to-deadhead-their-flowers-to-attract-1-pretty-animal/ #butterflies #ButterflyConservation #deadheading #flowers #garden #gardening #gardens #plants #RoyalHorticulturalSociety
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Butterflies as a metaphor for what it is for us humans to live, to exist.
Maybe that’s what fascinates me. I see in them our own fragile beauty, whose appearance for so short a time has been anticipated for aeons and watched in awe by the rest of the cosmos.
#butterfly #butterflies #SaveOurButterflies #ButterflyWatch
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'...collapse in British butterfly populations a “warning from nature” about the resilience of the UK’s ecosystems ... raising concerns about threats to national food security as the planet continues to heat.'
#ButterflyConservation #butterflies #ClimateCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/20/tony-juniper-uk-nature-chief-ecosystem-collapse-as-butterfly-numbers-halve -
Butterfly population in Britain halves in 2024.
Tony Juniper #NaturalEngland chair: 'The butterfly data is an early signal of what lies ahead.. a warning from nature as to how far we’ve gone towards taking the resilience out of natural systems.This circles back on people in terms of our food security which depends on that web of life still functioning.'
#nature #butterflies #SaveOurButterflies #ButterflyConservation
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We had a blast of summer yesterday, & with it an influx of butterflies into our garden. I was excited to see the only Painted Lady this year, & a Red Admiral - both species Vanessa. I got my phone out & got a quick shot. But when Iooked at the photo the Painted Lady isn’t there! The butterfly here is definitely a Comma!? Maybe the Painted Lady flew off seconds before I pointed my camera?
#butterflies #ButterflyConservation #SaveOurButterflies #Vanessa #Gaygardener #PaintedLady #RedAdmiral -
Gatekeeper butterflies are amongst the declining species on Uk The changing climate is influencing this, but also here local agricultural practices, including hedgerow management. This week, finally, I’ve spotted a few gatekeepers in the garden and on the lane, like this one resting at the foot of a hedgerow on warm dead foliage after the hedge has been cut for traffic management
#butterfly #butterflies #ButterflyConservation #ButterflyWatch #SaveOurButterflies
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I’d given up waiting for Small Tortoiseshell butterflies to visit #InMyGarden - assuming the locals had been wiped out. There are much reduced numbers in many places in UK. So this specimen appearing yesterday gave me great joy.
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Dark green fritillary on spear thistle. Such brave, strong fliers, but this one was more interested in feeding than flitting away. Let me get close for phone pic. #Scotland #nature #butterfly #wildlife #ButterflyConservation
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Gatekeeper butterflies are amongst the declining species on Uk -my pic dates to last year, as I have yet to spot any in our local hedgerows. The changing climate is influencing this, but also here local agricultural practices, including hedgerow management.
#butterfly #butterflies #ButterflyConservation #ButterflyWatch #SaveOurButterflies
#gatekeeper