It has been predicted that two consecutive hot summers (and the fact that many people are operating near their homes in the Covid-19 lock-down) will result in 'bumper' numbers being recorded in the Big Butterfly count process (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/17/britains-big-butterfly-count-surge-summer). This has not, however, been my experience in deepest South Wales, where both butterfly numbers and species variety have been locally unimpressive. This could, of course, be partially a consequence of the lock-down limiting my access to some of my traditional haunts. I have to say, however, that the local weather this year has been very variable rather than uniformly hot.
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