On Tuesday, 15 December 2015 09:25:07 UTC+1, Dawlish wrote:
Sad, but fits with my observations and counts this summer. This was a poor year, especially for gatekeepers.

http://butterfly-conservation.org/48/news-and-blog.html

Periods of longer summer droughts, likely to be associated with UK climate change this century, may well exacerbate the problem.

Nature August 2015 (actually free to read!!)

http://bit.ly/1ml9ZiZ

Stop talking ******** Garvey. Weather prediction 50 years into the future is impossible, despite any computer model fantasies you have.