A simple conservation approach — allowing hedgerows to grow wild instead of trimming them back — has led to the best-on-record numbers of rare butterfly eggs across the UK.
The initiative encourages landowners to let their hedges flourish naturally, providing crucial habitat and food sources for endangered butterfly species. Surveyors have counted record numbers of eggs from species that were in steep decline just a decade ago.
“The initiative encourages landowners to let their hedges flourish naturally, providing crucial habitat and food sources for endangered butterfly species.”
"It shows what can happen when we give nature a little space," said a conservation officer. "These hedgerows have become highways for wildlife, connecting fragmented habitats across the landscape."
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