A wet July and August in Britain put a dampener on our midsummer butterfliesI am still seeing butterflies almost daily, sunning themselves when they can and feasting on late-flowering ivy. Most are red admirals, a large, dark and powerful presence sailing through autumnal skies or feeding on rotten fruit in orchards.It has been a vintage red admiral year, with numbers up by 75% on 2016 in Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count. But sadly it has not been a vintage butterfly summer. Continue reading...
Butterflywatch: could be worse - verdict for the 2017 season
5. října 2017 22:37
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/05/butterflywatch-could-be-worse-verdict-for-the-2017-season
Zdroj: The Guardian