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Heath Fritillary
Reference: BU118
Location: East Blean Woods, Kent
Gallery: Butterflies,
If suitable sites are allowed to grow unchecked then over 3-5 years food plants and nectar sources are shaded out and this weak flying species isn’t able to colonise new areas effectively. It has only been effective management that has brought the Heath Fritillary back from the brink of extinction.