On Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:49:47 PM UTC+1, yttiw wrote:
On 2013-05-15 23:31:56 +0000, Tudor Hughes said:



On May 15, 8:42�pm, Richard Dixon wrote:

On Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:18:25 UTC+1, Dave Cornwell �wrote:

Following last year's wet summer Scientists are saying that they are at

their lowest numbers since humans inhabited the planet.



With fewer butterflies flapping their wings I guess the numerical

models will have better forecasts with less chaos about...



Richard



mode="Black Country" I like it; it's a good one is that./mode



I'm sorry, I don't know enough about butterflies to be serious about

this.



Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.



Does one need to know a lot about a subject in order to take it seriously?

Seen plenty of orange tips, some large and small whites, red admirals, speckled woods and a peacock, but nothing else yet. I'd agree with the consensus that the winter has made inroads into the butterfly population. Given a decent summer, allowing several broods to hatch and they'll hopefully recover. Big crossed fingers on that one, as recording butterflies is an interest.