Conservationists say they expected this year's warm summer to be a much better one for butterflies.
The Gatekeeper, a species often found along hedgerows and in woodland, was the most spotted butterfly during this year's countButterfly sightings are "worryingly low" and continuing to decline, UK conservationists have warned.
Almost 100,000 butterfly counts were submitted as part of one of the UK's biggest citizen-science projects.Dr Richard Fox, the head of science at the organisation, has called for more to be done to protect and restore butterfly habitats. It asks people across the UK to record the number and types of butterflies they saw in gardens, parks and in the countryside during a three week period in July and August.The results allow scientists to gather information on how moths and butterflies are affected by environmental changes.
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