Butterfly partnership sets out to save rare species in Wales - Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly Conservation has launched a dedicated programme to save one of Wales’s most endangered species.
The charity is training dozens of people, leading survey expeditions and working with landowners to improve habitat for the stunning Marsh Fritillary.
The charity has been awarded £174,000 from the Welsh Government's Nature Networks Fund (round three) to create a Wales Marsh Fritillary Recovery Partnership, and has employed a dedicated member of staff, John Hitchens, as its Wales Marsh Fritillary Recovery Project Officer.
The partnership will be made up of environmental charities, statutory bodies, volunteers, landowners and managers who can share their knowledge and work together to help the vulnerable species.
John, who started his role in June, said: "The Marsh Fritillary is a beautiful butterfly that we are lucky to have in Wales and is worth saving in its own right – but it’s more than that: butterflies are also invaluable indicators of the health of the whole ecosystem, so if we can create an environment where Marsh Fritillaries are doing well, it will also be a healthy environment for lots of other species.”
Posted On: 26/11/2024
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