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Butterfly numbers are dropping but here are five species you may see more of

Increasingly warm and sunny weather over the last half century – driven in part by climate change – has helped some British butterfly species to flourish, according to one of the world's biggest insect monitoring schemes

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

species. “We just need to do a lot more of it,” he said. The 50-year [UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme](https://ukbms.org/official-statistics) (UKBMS) dataset, jointly run by Butterfly Conservation, the UK Centre for Ecology

Typical English roast dinner potentially ‘drenched’ in 102 pesticides, says report

butterflies and hedgehogs. Since the end of the second world war, the use of pesticides has become standard practice to eliminate weeds, insects and fungi that get in the way of efficient agricultural production. “However

‘Hold your nerve and trust nature’: birds, bats and butterflies rebound at Somerset rewilding farm

butterfly species rise from 11 to 24 and small mammals grow in number. Heal Somerset, the first site acquired by the charity [Heal Rewilding](https://www.healrewilding.org.uk/), has produced a state of nature report mirroring