Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Fluttering Back


Interesting news that 'farmland' butterflies in the UK had a good summer in 2013 (http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/19/british-farmland-butterflies-species-survey). They had, admittedly, had a very poor 2012, so a hot summer the following year was pretty well certain to be an improvement. It will be interesting to see what they do after this very wet winter. The Small tortoiseshell (illustrated) certainly bounced back but other species (e.g. the Red admiral) had a tougher time.
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