Small Blue Butterfly Numbers Explode in Scotland - with 523 Seen at Single Site

Small Blue butterfly numbers explode in Scotland - with 523 seen at single site

Numbers of one of Scotland's fastest-declining butterflies have exploded following warm spring weather.

Scottish Government invests £55 million in restoring biodiversity and there’s a ‘staggering butterfly boom’ but they get no credit for it

Professor John Robertson OBA, Biodiversity Correspondent (Today) From Discover Wildlife today, the above and: More than 500 small blue butterflies have been spotted at a single site in Scotland – a record-breaking number for one of the UK’s most threatened butterflies. Butterfly Conservation volunteer Richard Aspinall logged 523 small blues in just 90 minutes at Balnagown Estate near Invergordon. It more than doubles last year’s total and marks …

"Staggering" butterfly boom in Scotland a sign of hope, say conservationists

Conservation efforts and a warm spring have sparked a population "explosion" for the small blue butterfly across the Scottish Highlands.