On 15/05/13 18:40, yttiw wrote:
On 2013-05-15 17:18:25 +0000, Dave Cornwell said:

Following last year's wet summer Scientists are saying that they are
at their lowest numbers since humans inhabited the planet. A bit of a
sweeping statement and difficult to prove I would think but I have
been concerned. Having said that I have seen more at this stage than I
actually did last year. Plenty of Commas, Brimstones, Orange Tips and
Peacocks so far plus s few Small Tortoiseshells and Green Veined
Whites. Perhaps because April was better.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ing-wet-summer


I think that is does no harm to issue sweeping dramatic statements such
as that one - if only to wake most people (who think everything is rosy
in the countryside) out of their dreamworld before there are none left.


Hmmm, not so sure about that. It seems in modern societies people in
general are so disconnected from the natural world that they may well
say "so what".