Lowest numbers of butterflies recorded in 11 years.

[sphexx]

Big Butterfly Count 2020 sees lowest numbers of butterflies recorded in 11 years:

Big Butterfly Count 2020: The Results

Big Butterfly Count 2020 sees lowest numbers of butterflies recorded in 11 years. Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation has today released data about the number of butterflies counted in this year’s Big Butterfly Count (17th July – 9th August 2020). Worryingly this summer’s Count has seen a...

butterfly-conservation.org

 

[Box Brownie]

With everything else affecting non human survival, such reports are concerning

 

[jerry12953]

I note that the report does caution that due to the warm and sunny spring some species emerged early and presumably died out earlier, so that could have contributed to the decline.