Bugless Britain Leaving UK Birds Hungry This Summer (Earthweek)
A second consecutive wet, cool and unsettled summer across Britain has wiped out large populations of bees, moths and butterflies, according to a new National Trust report.
It warns that the drop in the number of winged insects could cause birds and bats go to hungry for the remainder of this year.“Insect populations have been really very low. Then when they have got going, they’ve been hit by a spell of cool, windy weather... so our environment is just not bouncing with butterflies or anything else,”said Matthew Oates, a National Trust naturalist who worked on the report.It says that the dearth of airborne insects could cause martins, swifts, swallows and warblers to struggle to survive in the coming months.A delayed spring that started with the coldest March in 50 years across the U.K. caused frogs and toads to struggle to breed in water that was still frozen in many rural locations.http://www.earthweek.com/2013/ew130705/ew130705d.html
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| Common Blue Butterflies (Earthweek) - Butterflies have been very scarce across the United Kingdom this year, according to a National Trust report. |
It warns that the drop in the number of winged insects could cause birds and bats go to hungry for the remainder of this year.“Insect populations have been really very low. Then when they have got going, they’ve been hit by a spell of cool, windy weather... so our environment is just not bouncing with butterflies or anything else,”said Matthew Oates, a National Trust naturalist who worked on the report.It says that the dearth of airborne insects could cause martins, swifts, swallows and warblers to struggle to survive in the coming months.A delayed spring that started with the coldest March in 50 years across the U.K. caused frogs and toads to struggle to breed in water that was still frozen in many rural locations.http://www.earthweek.com/2013/ew130705/ew130705d.html
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