Monitoring Purple Hairstreak at Strawberry Hill
This summer, the butterfly recording team at Strawberry Hill in Bedfordshire monitored the population of Purple Hairstreak using a new method. This method was introduced by the UK Butterfly…
Blog: Butterflies
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Banking on Butterflies – one year on
Matt Hayes, PhD student and Wildlife Trust BCN Trustee, gives an update on how this innovative project has fared in the year following the banks being built.
Butterflies and climate conditions
Matt Hayes, research assistant at the Cambridge Museum of Zoology, has worked with the Zoology Department's Insect Ecology Research Group to conserve endangered butterflies. Maintaining…
A spring awakening for wildlife on our reserves
Our Trust promoter Harry Hog is back out and about at some of our best reserves for spring. Find out what to look out for when you visit
The last few butterflies and dragonflies of summer - Harry's Hog Blog
Trust promoter Harry Hog has been out and about at Waresley Woods and Trumpington Meadows, making the most of the last flush of summer insects...
Here and Nowhere Else
Our three counties are a special place for wildlife, and here's why.
Chequered Skipper Re-introduction
Jamie Wildman, PhD environmental science student, gives an update on the Chequered Skipper reintroduction project in the Rockingham Forest
How hot is that butterfly?
Dr Andrew Bladon tells us about his innovative project to assess the impacts of climate change on butterfly species living on some of the Trusts most important reserves
Meet the volunteer - Sam Buckton
Sam is a University of Cambridge Biodiversity Intern who has been volunteering with The Wildlife Trust BCN since June.
Insects and hot summers
With Britain experiencing a sustained heatwave, our Chief Executive, Brian Eversham, looks at the effect warm summers have on Britain's insect populations.