The 2026 Big Butterfly Count was Britain's second-best in 16 years, but drought could threaten butterflies and their ...

UK volunteers recorded a stunning butterfly season in 2026, but the very conditions that sent populations soaring may now be ...

Professor Richard Fox, head of science at the conservation, said adult butterflies loved hot weather, but warned they could ...

Record heatwaves bring butterfly boom, new data shows - While butterfly counts have surged, conservationists warn the UK may be on track for a ‘population crash’ ...

Other species such as oaks, hawthorn, birches, apples and willows all provide homes for caterpillars of a wide array of ...

Thousands of butterflies were spotted fluttering across Herefordshire this summer. A total of 782 people took part in the Big Butterfly Count, recording 18,349 butterflies and day ...

Hertfordshire recorded more than 22,000 butterflies and day-flying moths sightings during this year’s Big Butterfly Count.

Wiltshire recorded more than 31,000 butterfly sightings this summer thanks to hot, dry weather ...

Across Dorset, 2,672 people took part, spotting 38,438 butterflies and day-flying moths during the three weeks of the Big Butterfly Count ...

HOT and dry weather led to a surge in butterfly sightings across Yorkshire during this summer's Big Butterfly Count.

Eagle-eyed Lancashire residents spotted 27,765 butterflies this summer thanks to hot, dry, weather.

A total of 25,229 butterflies and day-flying moths were recorded by 1,912 participants in Oxfordshire.