Lake District mountain ringlet butterfly 'hard to track' (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 week ago by GreyShuck@feddit.uk to c/nature@feddit.uk

0 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Conservationists say they have to be a "bit more inventive" to track the population of a butterfly which is the only one of its kind in England.

The mountain ringlet is only found high up in the mountains of the Lake District in Cumbria, according to ecologist Dr Rosa Menendez at Lancaster University.

Due to the remote location, and the fact they only fly for three weeks in the summer, Menendez said setting up multiple walks to count mountain ringlets in the peaks could be "quite demanding".

no comments (yet)

sorted by: hot top new old

there doesn't seem to be anything here

this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2026

8 points (100.0% liked)

UK Nature and Environment

813 readers

15 users here now

General Instance Rules:

No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia.
No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies.
No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
Do not share intentionally false or misleading information.
Do not spam or abuse network features.

Community Specific Rules:

Keep posts UK-specific. There are other places on Lemmy to post articles which relate to global environmental issues (e.g. slrpnk.net). Research carried out in the UK that affects the UK as well as elsewhere is acceptable.
Keep comments in English so that they can be appropriately moderated.

Note: Our temporary logo is from The Wildlife Trusts. We are not officially associated with them.

Our current banner is a shot of Walberswick marshes, Suffolk by GreyShuck.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

GreyShuck@feddit.uk

Kim@feddit.uk