The Big Butterfly Count is back again this summer, running from Friday 18th July until Sunday 10th August 2025. The event ...

Topline A butterfly once thought to be extinct in Scotland's Ochil Hills due to habitat loss was rediscovered this week, when a Northern Brown Argus was found to be breeding in the garden of a ...

Wondering which butterflies you might spot in your garden this summer during Big Butterfly Count, the annual UK-wide survey aimed at helping us assess the health of our environment my counting the ...

10 new butterfly species in Scotland thanks to climate change – study - Research shows that over the past 40 years, butterflies traditionally found in England and Wales have become more common ...

The Holly Blue butterfly had only occasionally been recorded in Scotland prior to the 2000s, but after becoming firmly established in Edinburgh from 2006 and in Ayr from 2008, the species has ...

A butterfly species relatively new in Scotland boomed this summer, while another which declined in the 20th century enjoyed a revival, new figures show.

A woman in Stirlingshire found a butterfly in her garden, the area’s first sighting of the species in 100 years, wildlife experts said. Photo from Peter Mason via Unsplash While in her garden in ...

While in her garden in Scotland, a woman spotted a small creature. The animal’s looks might not have been shocking, but its presence certainly was. The species had been considered locally ...

A red admiral butterfly sits on colourful flowers – the species has boomed in Scotland due to climate change (Owen Humpreys/PA Wire).

While in her garden in Scotland, a woman spotted a small creature. The animal’s looks might not have been shocking, but its presence certainly was. The species had been considered locally ...

A woman in Stirlingshire found a butterfly in her garden, the area’s first sighting of the species in 100 years, wildlife experts said. Photo from Peter Mason via Unsplash While in her garden in ...

A woman in Stirlingshire found a butterfly in her garden, the area’s first sighting of the species in 100 years, wildlife experts said. Photo from Peter Mason via Unsplash While in her garden in ...