?The current issue of Biodiversity Ireland, the extremely attractive seasonal magazine produced the National Biodiversity Data Centre reports that butterflies are in decline.
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Almost one in ten butterfly species extinct in the UK due to lost wildflower meadows
Of the species currently found in the UK, 20 are declining, 21 are stable, and nine are growing in number
11 January 2021 • 8:00pm
A male marsh fritillary, one of the most threatened butterfly species in the UK and Europe, on a purple orchid in the Cotswolds.
Almost one in ten British butterfly species has become extinct due to meadow destruction, scientists have warned in a new study.
Eight per cent of species have been lost in the UK, researchers said, with the overall butterfly population declining by half since the 1970s.