Conservation grazing plays an essential role in the management of #DanewayBanks and many other reserves here in #Gloucestershire. Livestock are truly central to our work (as are the volunteers who regularly check on them) #WildIsles

Simply amazed at the life cycle of the large blue butterfly... Catch #WildIsles on BBC One and BBC iPlayer now!

Once extinct, now flourishing. 🦋 It’s great to see large blue butterflies in #SouthWestEngland on tonight’s episode of #WildIsles. Over the last 30 years, our flagship #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme has helped change the fate of some of our most threatened species.

We're so proud to have played a small part in the incredible #WildIsles BBC One. Not only has it given us a chance to see the relationship between the large blue and the red ant up close, the series highlights just how essential and endangered our #wildlife is.

#Exclusive Members-only event 🦋 Excited to partner with BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland on this joint meeting to #Daneway Banks, a #nature #reserve renowned for its large blue #butterflies recently featured in the third episode of David Attenborough’s #WildIsles #Register: royensoc.co.uk/event/conserva…

This #Saturday, 17 June 🦋 Joint meeting partnered with BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland to #Daneway Banks, a #nature #reserve co-owned by RES & @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and renowned for its large blue #butterflies, recently featured in EP3 of David Attenborough’s #WildIsles #Register: royensoc.co.uk/event/conserva…

What an absolute treat today to see LARGE BLUE butterflies: a wonderful story of reintroduction but also one of the fearsome animals we have in the UK Royal Entomological Society

Thank you so much for this thread Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー, and for visiting our conservation team, David Simcox and Sarah Meredith at Daneway Banks for New Scientist podcasts. It's lovely to see some of the amazing life you found at our nature reserve 🦋

RES #Conservation #Science team publish findings in Insect Conservation and Diversity on #endangered #LargeBlue. Read about this #research bringing together 4 decades of work in the field 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/news/insect-co… #InsectDecline #EndangeredSpecies @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Sarah Meredith

Show your love of #insects and support our work with our beautiful #LargeBlue butterfly collection from the ethical Teemill. This species was saved from extinction in the UK with the aid of the RES #ConservationScience team 🦋 View the collection 🔽 royentsoc.shop/collection/lar…

It was great to see @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Daneway and the Large Blue feature in the Observer's five examples of conservation projects giving hope for nature's return. Fab long-term partnership with Royal Entomological Society, see more here: theguardian.com/environment/20…

RES #conservation team gathered for the Large Blue Butterfly Committee to discuss our work with the endangered #LargeBlue More on #ConservationScience 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/about-us/conse… Stay tuned for exciting updates #BigGive National Trust Natural England The King's Trust @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

It starts now 🦋 We need your help to support the endangered #LargeBlue butterfly. Starting today, this week only, your contributions will be DOUBLED - Help us raise £10,000 match funded via #BigGive Read more & donate - 22–29 April 🔽 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS… @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

Our #BigGive campaign aims to 🐜 Upskill volunteers to monitor Large blue sites 🐛 Monitor how #ClimateChange affects populations & new sites 🦋 Increase distribution & resilience via re-introductions Make double the difference this week 22-29 April 🔽 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS…

Our partners, the Royal Entomological Society, are taking part in the Big Give Green Match from 22 - 29 April. We co-own our Daneway banks site with them, and we'd love it if you could support their work for the Large Blue Butterfly. Find out more here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS…

The RES #ConservationScience team recently published their findings in Insect Conservation and Diversity on the dispersal rates of the #endangered #LargeBlue butterfly 🦋 Meet the RES Conservation Team and read the #OpenAccess paper 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/news/insect-co… @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust #BigGive

🦋 The endangered #LargeBlue butterfly has a bizarre life cycle - Its caterpillar feeds on thyme plants and mimics the Myrmica sabuleti ant, who then cares for it for the next 10 months. Double your donation from 22-29 April with #BigGive 🔽 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS… @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

There's still time to show your support for insect #ConservationScience with #BigGive. Your generous donations will support the next generations of the #LargeBlue in the UK & beyond 🦋 📢Double your impact before midday 29 April 🔽 buff.ly/lyGUtQ7 @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Big Give

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Get ready for #InsectWeek, your annual chance to share and celebrate the fascinating world of insects 🦋 This year, we're Standing Tall for the Small and encouraging everyone to take action for insects. #StandTallForTheSmall from 23-29 June ⬇️ insectweek.org