On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:18:25 PM 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. 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. snip
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Today I noticed the first few greenfly of the season, which is good to see (even though I'm a gardener).

I was a bit worried that the ladybirds I've been seeing over the past week or two were all going to starve, as they also had a hard time of it in the early part of last year.

The winter seems to have culled the slugs and snails, which in my garden are markedly down on normal levels and hugely reduced from the enormous numbers of 2012.

Tom
Blackmore, SW Essex