Almost 100,000 butterfly counts were carried out between 15 July and 7 August, with results showing an average of just under nine butterflies per count, which conservationists say is an all-time low in the 13 years since the project began.
Almost 100,000 butterfly counts were carried out between 15 July and 7 August, as citizen scientists spent a combined total of more than two-and-a-half years counting different species in their gardens, local parks and the countryside.The results show an average of just under nine butterflies per count, which conservationists say is an all-time low in the 13 years since the project began.
The Holly Blue had only occasionally been recorded in Scotland prior to the 2000s, but after becoming firmly established in Edinburgh from 2006 and Ayr from 2008 the species has subsequently spread across swathes of Scotland, the experts said.The Comma has also been making a slow comeback from its low point in the 1910s and expanding its range rapidly northwest, the team added.
"We can create habitat for butterflies such as the Holly Blue and Comma in our gardens, by cultivating Holly and flowering Ivy for the former and growing Hop, elms and nettles for the latter.
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