2024 was the worst year for the Small Tortoiseshell butterfly. Since the first UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme results in 1976, its abundance has plummeted by 86 per cent. Footage by Butterfly ...

More than half of the UK's butterfly species have populations in long-term decline, a survey has found. The UK Butterfly ...

Species including the small tortoiseshell, the chalk hill blue and small copper suffered their worst year ever. Richard Fox, from Butterfly Conservation, said he was “devastated” by the ...

Pic: PA The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, run by a coalition of conservation organisations, said renowned butterfly species including the small tortoiseshell, the chalk hill blue and small ...

It reveals 31 have declined since monitoring began, with 22 species suffering significant declines including widespread species such as the small tortoiseshell whose numbers have plummeted 86% ...

Credit: John Eveson/Alamy Live News. Picture: Alamy According to the figures, last year was the worst on record for the small tortoiseshell, the chalk hill blue and small copper. The UK Butterfly ...

Species including the small tortoiseshell suffered their worst year ever, the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme said (Iain H Leach/PA) More than half of UK butterfly species are now in long-term ...

Among them was the small tortoiseshell butterfly, numbers of which plummeted by 86% in the past 49 years, while the green-veined white butterfly saw a 28% decline. Common butterflies that live in ...

The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, run by a coalition of conservation organisations, has also revealed that 2024 was one of the worst on record for butterflies in the UK with species including the ...

More than half of UK butterfly species are now in long-term decline, as humans destroy habitats, use pesticides and drive climate change, experts said. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, run by a ...