|
|
Post by Cotham Marble on Apr 30, 2020 16:07:51 GMT
"Participation
The fourth year of the Garden Butterfly Survey saw a small increase in participation, with 1,110 gardens taking part compared to 1,053 in 2018. The total number of sightings (records) submitted went up by a much greater extent,thanks to the generally higher numbers of butterflies around. Overall, nearly 85,000 sightings were logged through the GBS website in 2019, a 19% increase on 2018. The map below shows the location of all gardens contributing GBS records in 2019."
|
|
|
|
Post by rowanberry on Apr 30, 2020 21:21:25 GMT
Thanks for posting that link!
I hope the butterflies do well this year; we never get very many in our garden, but the ones who do come are usually peacocks... they love the buddleia.
|
|
|
|
Post by aeshna5 on May 1, 2020 4:27:12 GMT
It's certainly been an excellent season so far with the excellent weather we'd been having until the start of the week- though we did need the rain.
I've been surprised by the abundance of Peacocks. It's often said butterfly numbers are often lower after a mild, wet winter such as what we've recently had as there are more active pathogens.
The Big Butterfly Count often seems to co-inside with a deterioration in the weather, but good to see positive results for many species last year.
|
|
