Recent headlines celebrate a 64% increase in #MonarchButterfly populations. But is this the turning point for these pollinators? In this episode of Animal, Nature, and You, I explore what this increase means and the ongoing challenges monarchs face.

#butterflyconservation #wildlifeconservation

Yesterday, I was at Stirling University for Butterfly Conservation Scottish Spring meeting. Was lovely to catch-up and listen to some great updates. Should be up on YouTube soon. Also had a tombola win getting a lovely watercolour

#Butterfly #Butterflies #Moths #Lepidoptera #ButterflyConservation

The de-extinct butterfly 'Extinct' butterfly seen across England in suspected de-extinction process.

'Extinct' butterfly seen across England in suspected de-extinction process #Butterflies #Nature #BritishWildlife #UKButterflies #Conservation #Species #ButterflyConservation

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Numbers of Rare Butterfly Eggs are Best on Record After Hedges are Allowed to Grow Wild Numbers of rare butterfly eggs have skyrocketed in South Wales after landowners let their hedgerows grow wild. Volunteers for the UK nonprofit Butterfly Conservation have counted record tallies of Brown Hairstreak eggs this winter around the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire. The success, they say, is down to two partner organizations that agreed to reduce the […] The post Numbers of Rare Butterfly Eggs are Best on Record After Hedges are Allowed to Grow Wild appeared first on Good News Network.

Numbers of Rare Butterfly Eggs are Best on Record After Hedges are Allowed to Grow Wild: Numbers of rare butterfly eggs have skyrocketed in South Wales after landowners let their hedgerows… @goodnewsnetwork.org #ButterflyConservation #WildlifeProtection #Carmarthenshire #Biodiversity #NatureLovers

Just saw this and thought it may be useful as sightings may be possible, will need better weather though I think #thegardenjungle #Butterfly #Moth #ButterflyConservation

Happy Monday everyone! Recently went to the #butterflyconservation and it was so amazing. I was able to get the pic of a Large Tree Nymph (Idea leuconoe). I hope it makes you smile as much as it did for me. #nature #butterfly #photography

‘Stained glass window’ butterfly has a good year in Dorset thanks to local charity - Inside Ecology One of the UK s rarest butterflies has had a good year in Dorset thanks to decades of work by local residents. Numbers of Marsh Fritillary have increased in many places and one site has seen its highest figure ever. It comes after years of work by national charity Butterfly Conservation, which is based in Dorset, [ ]

Great news for the 'stained glass window' butterfly in Dorset! How do you feel about local charity efforts helping wildlife thrive? #ButterflyConservation

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Saving Nature 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 #Butterflyconservation #Butterflies @SkyNews #fyiskykids
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TX Dia de los Muertos festival celebrates monarch butterfly Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…

Houston’s Baker Montessori blends Día de los Muertos with monarch conservation. The school’s butterfly gardens are part of @nationalwildlife.bsky.social’s Monarch Heroes program, linking science, culture, community. This year’s festival is Nov. 8, 2–5 PM CT. #ButterflyConservation #EnvironmentalEd

Small brown butterfly with a pretty white spotted pattern on its wings

🦋Grizzled Skipper habitat work is back on track—literally! 🚂
Volunteers are transforming old railway sidings into butterfly havens by exposing egg-laying plants and sowing food sources.
Read the blog to find out more: nottsbag.org.uk/blog/

#GrizzledSkipper #ButterflyConservation #Habitatrestoration

An infographic advertising Butterfly Conservation's beginner introduction to Leaf-mining moths walk. There is a photo of a leaf-mining moth which is brown with some white stripes.

Tiny miners, huge impact 🌿🦋

Join Butterfly Conservation at Gartmorn Dam, 2 Nov 11 am for a beginner‐friendly walk into the world of leaf-mining moths.

Book now – spaces are limited! Visit Butterfly Conservation's website for more info!

#NatureWalk #Moths #ButterflyConservation #Scotland

Autumn workday at Common Wood I joined seven volunteers from the Dartmoor Preservation Association on my patch at Common Wood on western Dartmoor on 6 October, to continue our improvement of the habitat for butterflies. To the …

On the 6th of October, Kate Ashbrook joined seven DPA volunteers for a conservation workday at Common Wood, where the team continued work to improve butterfly habitat.

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#volunteering #Dartmoor #butterflyconservation #habitatmanagement

A great Glos Butterfly Conservation AGM

An absolutely great informative and inspiring talks from Mike Slater from Warwickshire Butterfly Conservation

@savebutterflies.bsky.social #Butterflies #Butterfly #butterflyconservation #conservation #Gloucestershire

Lancaster declares itself a Butterfly-Friendly City - Inside Ecology Lancaster City Council has announced a pledge to become a Butterfly-Friendly City in partnership with national charity Butterfly Conservation. Councillors have made the announcement following the results of the charity’s 2025 Big Butterfly Count which showed yet more evidence of native species in long-term decline. The authority has promised to achieve five goals in the [ ]

🌼 Did you know Lancaster is now a Butterfly-Friendly City? Join the movement to protect our pollinators! What butterflies have you spotted? #ButterflyConservation

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End of season overwinter crew -

#Garden #Gardening #NewLife #Butterfly #Butterflies #EasternBlackSwallowtail #ButterflyGarden #Swallowtail #Nature #NaturesBeauty #NatureLover #ButterflyConservation #Pollinators #PollinatorGarden #Caterpillar

Common Blue (male) laden in dewy droplets.
It should really be called a ‘Liberace Blue’ with the morning ‘Bling’ and its Crystal Lapels embellished to add a little sparkle.

#butterflyphotography #butterflyconservation #savebutterflies #ukbutterflies #sunrise #commonblue #dewdrops #canonuk

Become a Butterfly Recorder with iRecord Butterflies! 🦋 @ButterflyConservation’s iRecord Butterflies app makes it easy to log sightings & contribute to one of the largest wildlife databases in the world. Find out more tinyurl.com/3s3e9k9x

#BetterNatureForAll #CitizenScience #ButterflyConservation

Fun-sized as their name suggests, Small Coppers are a distinctive orange-red butterfly. They favour sunny grassland habitats, where they can often be seen flitting around the yellow flowers of Common Ragwort.

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#SmallCopper #SaveButterflies #ButterflyConservation

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RUINS author Peter Kuper will be giving a talk at the Butterfield Library in Cold Spring, New York on August 22nd!

#Ruins #indiecomics #peterkuper #indiecomics #graphicnovel #butterflyconservation

Mrs Brown (Hairstreak) came down 😍 🙌
And how nice to meet some friendly Devon butterfly people during this exciting event! #savebutterflies #devonbutterflyconservation #hairstreaks #butterflyconservation
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Clouded Yellows at Predannack Woolas on the Lizard
4-5 of these restless flutterers out today. First of year for me
#🦋 #cornwallbutterflyconservation #butterflyconservation #ukbutterflies #naturephotography

Brimstone Butterfly on my last Big Butterfly Count of the year on the Butterfly Trail at Haldon Forest - on my two hour walk I saw 11 species of butterfly in my 15 minute count 5 species 4 of which were on the count! #butterfly #butterflyconservation #bigbutterflycount #insects

The last weekend of this year’s #bigbutterflycount 🦋

That’s still so much time to head out and do one (or multiple) 15-minute counts this weekend!

#savebutterflies #butterflyconservation #devonbutterflyconservation #mothsmatter

Get Out For The Butterfly Count The Big Butterfly Count has reopened for 2025, running between the 18th of July and 10th of August.

Final weekend for the butterfly count - ends 10th of August...read more on thedirt.news #BigButterflyCount #butterflies #ButterflyConservation #wildlife #getoutforthecount
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A refreshingly wet and breezy day of habitat surveys with ##NationalTrust and #ButterflyConservation for heath fritillary #butterflies, #Exmoor #Somerset today. I definitely needed a soak in the bath when I got home! 💚

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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 […]

Intricate underside of the Wall Brown at Perran Sands
#naturephotography #butterflyconservation #cornwallbutterflyconservation #🦋 #wildlifephotography

brilliant morning at Big Butterfly Count walk at New Monks Farm Nature Reserve in Lancing! 🦋 thank you to the amazing butterfly spotters who joined us. The enthusiasm was contagious! 🙌

#BigButterflyCount #Lancing #NewMonksFarm #ButterflyConservation #Wildlife #GetOutdoors #Community #Butterflies

Photo of a Painted Lady Butterfly taken whilst the insect is in flight towards a large Buddleia plant. It has been taken on a warm day in a garden.

Photo of a Red Admiral Butterfly on a Buddleia flower.

Photo of a Painted Lady Butterfly feeding from a Buddleia flower.

Destination Buddleia.

#BigButterflyCount #ButterflyConservation #Butterflies #Lepidoptera #PaintedLady #RedAdmiral #Buddleia

Saw these at work today: Pieris brassicae (Large White butterfly) alongside Euplagia quadripunctaria (Jersey Tiger moth) increasingly seen in southern UK. Both active pollinators. 🦋🌸

#Lepidoptera #ButterflyConservation #UKMoths #Pollinators #InsectEcology #Biodiversity #UrbanWildlife