Big Butterfly Count 2012 is in full swing, but where are all the butterflies? The number of Counts submitted so far this year is low and so are the butterfly sightings. We really need you to take part in The Big Butterfly Count if we are to get a meaningful picture of butterfly numbers this year!
The wettest spring and early summer on record got our Big Butterfly Count off to a very damp start. However, right now things are looking a lot more like the Great British Summer we all dream of. Across southern Britain there’s wall-to-wall blue skies, warm breezes and the smell of summer is finally in the air. But where have all the butterflies gone?…