Editing Brighton (section)

===Liz Williams Butterfly Haven===
[[File:Small_Blue_butterfly_in_the_Liz_Williams_Butterfly_Haven.jpg|thumb|Small blue butterfly in the Liz Williams Butterfly Haven on a horseshoe vetch flower]]
The Liz Williams Butterfly haven ({{Gbmappingsmall|TQ 309 072}}) is a purpose-built area that has been created to attract and provide a habitat for butterflies. It is situated between [[Dorothy Stringer School|Dorothy Stringer]] and [[Varndean College]], north of Stringer Way. It was the brainchild of Dan Danahar with funding from the [[BBC]], in conjunction with the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]], through the Breathing Places scheme.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Dan |first=Danahar |title=The Dorothy Stringer High School Butterfly Haven |url=https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/features/archives/2011-butterfly-haven.php |url-status=live |access-date=5 October 2021 |website=Butterfly Conservation - Sussex Branch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810050214/https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/features/archives/2011-butterfly-haven.php |archive-date=10 August 2020}}</ref> This site was created between 2006 and 2007, and by September 2008 the late Liz Williams, botanist, had recorded 97 wildflower species and 10 species of grass. This was an order of magnitude increase in the floral diversity of the site within one year. As a tribute to her work, the site has been renamed the Liz Williams Butterfly Haven in 2011.<ref name=":1" /> Since its creation up to 2021 twenty-seven species of butterfly have been recorded here including [[Adonis blue]], [[chalkhill blue]], [[green hairstreak]], [[Dingy skipper|dingy]] and [[Carterocephalus palaemon|chequered skipper]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 February 2021 |title=Butterflies as agents of change within a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve |url=https://www.earthoptimism.cambridgeconservation.org/stories-of-hope/saving-species/butterflies-as-agents-of-change/ |url-status=live |access-date=5 October 2021 |website=Earth Optimism: Cambridge Conservation Initiative |language=en-GB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305094406/https://www.earthoptimism.cambridgeconservation.org/stories-of-hope/saving-species/butterflies-as-agents-of-change/ |archive-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>