BBC Countryfile Magazine

SAVED FROM EXTINCTION

HIGH BROWN FRITILLARY

Our most endangered butterfly was once widespread but is now confined to a handful of areas in the west.

AIM To build up numbers to a more sustainable level.

Site management, including mowing and coppicing, works to produce a mosaic of scrub, bracken and grass, plus

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