The area covered by the Stroud landscape project includes nationally threatened species like the Duke of Burgundy butterfly, greater and lesser horseshoe bats, adders, juniper and pasque flowers to name but a few.
Large Blue butterfly
As our ambitions grow and we improve the grassland habitat on the Commons, there is the potential for us to bring back some of the extinct species. The large blue butterfly sadly disappeared from the Commons about 70 years ago. When we have the conditions right we're looking into a possible reintroduction.