After conservationists successfully persuaded landowners not to cut back their blackthorn hedges each year to allow the rare brown hairstreak butterfly to lay its eggs, record numbers were found near Llandeilo this winter, showing a 50% increase from last year after decades of decline.
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Terratenientes en Gales ayudan a mariposas raras a recuperarse

THE GUARDIAN

Tras acordar limitar la poda de setos, los propietarios en Llandeilo lograron un aumento del 50% en la población de la mariposa tecla parda este invierno. Este cambio en el cuidado de la tierra ha revertido décadas de declive, permitiendo que esta especie encuentre un refugio seguro para prosperar.

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