More than half of Britain’s butterfly species in decline, monitoring scheme shows | Butterflies

More than half of Britain’s butterfly species in decline, monitoring scheme shows | Butterflies

“Insectageddon” has not occurred, but there has been a loss of butterfly diversity over the past half a century, according to the world’s largest insect monitoring scheme. More than 44m butterfly sightings scientifically collected in Britain since 1976 show that of the 58 native species recorded, 33 species have declined and 25 have increased in…

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‘If they had played like that for most of season, they would have competed for title’

Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock believes the Reds could have been Premier League title contenders had they performed all season in the same manner as they did in their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Paris St-Germain. Arne Slot’s side provided a much-improved display and threatened to launch a comeback at Anfield before eventually being…

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