A species of butterfly which is thought to have died out in England more than 60 years ago is showing signs of breeding in Kent.
The large tortoiseshell butterfly was common in the UK but disappeared in the 1960s, possibly because of Dutch elm disease, although scientists have been unable to confirm this.
Now they are making a comeback, with more than 30 spotted in a Kent woodland this year.
Weird this would be an article a day after all the articles about decline is insect numbers.
Yes, but this is in a specific nature reserve. Good conservation management for wildlife in reserves has been shown time and again to work extremely well - and can counteract declines due to poor weather and even climate change to some extent - in those specific areas.
However, there are nowhere near enough nature reserves around to counteract the overall decline nationally or internationally. If we just stick with what we have, they will at best become ‘wildlife ghettos’. Rewilding much, much larger areas might go someway towards reversing declines, but it’s clear that we need to deal with climate change too.
Yeah I agree, I just think it’s funny that reports like this come out on the back off damming reports.
Almost like someone paid to have this made to confuse the argument
