Guildford in Bloom is aiming to raise awareness to declining butterfly numbers in the UK.

Network Rail says wildflowers and trees planted along tracks help create a "wildlife corridor".

The number of brown hairstreak butterflies on a nature reserve is stable, a wildlife trust says.

An insect that went extinct in England in 1976 is breeding again in a specially chosen woodland.

The project will run until the end of 2026 on land around Dover Castle and Western Heights.

Harris McCutcheon, 17, is representing Scotland on a new Butterfly Conservation panel.

The charity has created the 850-metre boundary to keep cows and sheep grazing for a perfect habitat.

In a year when a butterfly emergency has been declared, one species is doing better than most.