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Duke of Burgundy

Big Butterfly Count

Help the Big Butterfly Count take nature’s pulse by recording and identifying all the butterflies you find. The more people that participate in the count, the more we can learn about butterflies and how they are doing. The count runs until the end of August so there’s still time to record your findings. Counting butterflies […]

Dukes return to Steyning

One of Britain’s rarest butterflies has been handed a lifeline in Steyning, thanks to a conservation project between a the Steyning Downland Scheme (SDS), South Downs National Park Authority and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Duke of Burgundy butterfly is one of the most rapidly declining and threatened species of butterfly in the UK. […]

"The Downs...too much for one pair of eyes, enough to float a whole population in happiness."