{"id":687803,"date":"2026-07-12T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687803\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:14:10","slug":"berkshire-picks-brimstone-as-its-top-butterfly-in-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687803\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkshire picks Brimstone as its top butterfly in vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The vote took place as part of Butterfly Conservation\u2019s first nationwide poll to name Britain\u2019s favourite butterfly, with the Peacock coming out on top nationally.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Other Berkshire favourites included the Red Admiral (second), Orange-tip (third), Holly Blue (fourth), and Peacock (fifth).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Brimstone can be spotted during the Big Butterfly Count, which runs this year from July 17 to August 9 and asks people to spend 15 minutes counting butterflies in any sunny outdoor space.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kate Merry, head of engagement at Butterfly Conservation, said: &#8220;It\u2019s been wonderful to see so many people in Berkshire get behind their favourite butterflies in the vote.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Now we want that passion to turn into action.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It\u2019s easy, fun for all the family, and a great excuse to get outside and experience the simple joy of spotting butterflies.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Download the app, mark the date, and get ready to get out for the Count!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The vote took place as part of Butterfly Conservation\u2019s first nationwide poll to name Britain\u2019s favourite butterfly, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-687803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}