The State of UK Butterflies 2022 report published by Butterfly Conservation charity based in Dorset

​(https://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2023/02/state-of-uk-butterflies-2022/#more-20727)
Fox R, Dennis EB, Purdy KM, Middlebrook I, Roy DB, Noble DG, Botham MS & Bourn NAD (2023) The State of the UK’s Butterflies 2022. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham, UK. 

The “State of UK Butterflies 2022” report.

​This looks at the incredible range of data collected on butterflies in the UK up to 2019.

Headline findings include:

• Almost twice as many species have decreased in either abundance or distribution (or both) than have increased.
• On average UK butterflies have lost 6% of their abundance and 42% of their distribution between 1976 and 2019.
• The species worst hit are those which need specialist habitats; species which can breed in the farmed countryside and in urban areas have fared less badly.
• The picture is complex: some species are doing well, but overall the view is not good.