Egg count for rare butterfly sees 'positive result'
The number of brown hairstreak butterflies on a nature reserve is stable, a wildlife trust says.
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Oxfordshire nature reserve offers refuge to vulnerable butterflies
An egg count carried out at Asham Meads Nature Reserve has shown a stable number of a threatened species of butterfly.
Small Somerset village is on a mission to save its rarest butterflies
On Saturday, January 11, MP for Tiverton and Minehead, Rachel Gilmour, rolled up her sleeves and joined Friends of the ...
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DESCRIPTION: Adult Thorne's hairstreak butterflies have wingspans of about one to 1.2 inches. The forewings and hindwings are reddish brown with dark copper shading on the margins; the ventral surface ...
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Rare bats and dormice among team's nature wins
There were also a record number of ospreys spotted, they said, and a rare brown hairstreak butterfly was located in one of the reserves. More than 2,000 schoolchildren spent time in nature through ...