Some good news for Heath Fritillaries in Somerset.

 Photo by Jen Spittle, North Devon National Trust

Rounding off National Insect Week with some good news!

More than 1,000 Heath Fritillaries have been recorded so far this year on the National Trust’s Holnicote estate in Somerset.

This is a significant rise from around 600 at the same time last year.

The Heath Fritillary was almost extinct in Britain in the early 1980s, but targeted conservation work has brought it back from the brink.

Read the full story Conservation success news on Butterfly Conservation website.