Overwintering adult butterflies are the first out in the spring weather in search of a mateButterflywatch: fluttering by with just one thing on their mindsA male brimstone is jinking across the garden as I write this. Hearts have been given a much-needed lift across the nation this week as the first authentic spring weather of 2020 heralds the first butterflies. Last summer was the best butterfly year since 1997, the eighth best in 44 summers of scientific recording. Butterflies steadily build up their population if there is a series of fine summers (the late 1940s were famously good). Could good butterfly summers come in threes?

Source: The Guardian March 27, 2020 21:22 UTC