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The UK has 59 species of butterflies – 57 resident species of butterflies and two regular migrants – the Painted Lady and Clouded Yellow. Five species of butterfly have become extinct in the last 150 years.
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This is a list of butterflies of Great Britain, including extinct, naturalised species and those of dubious origin. The list comprises butterfly species listed in The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Emmet et al. [1] and Britain's Butterflies by Tomlinson and Still. [2]
Oct 22, 2024 · The UK ‘all-species’ index includes 50 resident species out of the 58 regularly occurring species of butterflies (26 habitat specialists and 24 generalist species) for England, the ‘all ...
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- This release covers 2 measures of annual butterfly population abundance in the UK: the first for habitat specialist butterflies (species strongly a...
- Habitat specialist butterflies, which are vulnerable to semi-natural habitat loss and fragmentation, have not recovered from declines experienced i...
- The butterflies of the wider countryside index for the UK has not changed in either the long-term (1976 to 2022) or the short-term (2017 to 2022) (...
- Butterflies of the wider countryside on farmlandAnalysis of the smoothed trend for butterflies of the wider countryside on farmland over the long-t...
- The ‘all-species’ butterflies index for the UK shows significant declines in both the long and short term. This assessment of change is made on an...
- AssessmentLong and short-term assessments of the statistical significance of changes over time (since the time series began in 1976 and over the la...
- Defra is currently undergoing the process of obtaining National Statistics accreditation for these statistics: National Statistics are accredited o...
- The State of UK’s Butterflies in 2015 is available on the UKBMS websiteFurther information about the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is available on...
Feb 3, 2023 · The State of the UK’s Butterflies 2022 is based on nearly 23 million records of butterfly sightings, most of which are submitted by citizen scientist surveyors. The report is produced by Butterfly Conservation, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and BTO.
The number of butterflies in the UK has risen to its highest level since 2019, according to conservationists. Research by the Butterfly Conservation wildlife charity recorded more than 1.5...
In the UK, long-term trends show that 80% of butterfly species have decreased in abundance or distribution, or both since the 1970s. On average, UK butterflies have lost 6% of their total abundance at monitored sites and 42% of their distribution over the period 1976-2019.
May 14, 2023 · The all-species distribution indicator shows that, on average, UK butterflies have lost 42% of their distribution since the 1970s and habitat specialists have fared even worse (68% decrease). The State of UK’s Butterflies 2022 contains, for the first time, separate species abundance and distribution trends, as well as multi-species indicators ...
