Our butterflies are in trouble. Butterfly Conservation and its
partners have produced three influential State of Britain's/UK's
Butterflies reports, which summarise the key results and
conservation implications of our recording and monitoring
programmes. The most recent was published in 2011 (with previous
ones in 2007 and 2001). "The State of the UK's Butterflies 2011"
was published by Butterfly Conservation in collaboration with
the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and summarises the findings
of over 10 years of intensive survey, monitoring and
conservation effort. The report is based on millions of
butterfly records collected by over ten thousand volunteers
through the Butterflies for the New Millennium recording scheme
and UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. The report highlights the
continuing decline of the UK's butterflies, measured by the
changes in their distribution and population levels over a
10-year period and the implications for conservation. Key
findings include: - Many butterflies have continued t