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Top 10 most-sighted butterflies in 2025’s Big Butterfly Count – in pictures
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Top 10 most-sighted butterflies in 2025’s Big Butterfly Count – in pictures
The results of Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count are in, and while the numbers are a vast improvement on 2024’s record lows, the charity has warned that urgent measures are still needed to reverse long-term decline.
- Large white: 396,510 sightings
Photograph: Keith Warmington/Butterfly Conservation
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9. Common blue: 39,602 sightings.
The common blue bounced back 228% from last year, which was its worst on record. However, its numbers are still 57% down since 2010.
Photograph: Butterfly Conservation
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10. Green-veined white: 39,272 sightings.
Green-veined Whites are known for their prominent green veins which set them apart from the small white. It also bounced back from its worst year on record, but to a lesser degree than the common blue. It was 67% up on 2024 but still at half the abundance of 2010 levels.
Photograph: Iain H Leach/Butterfly Conservation
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