25th July 2024
The butterfly count has been down this year. Too much rain. Too much wind. Their fragile wings have been battered and drenched. So I was delighted to see this Gatekeeper on this wonderfully bright and cheery Ragwort.
And so I claim this photo for Yellow, my seventh title of #2024picofthemonth, as set at Of Maria Antonia
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The changing climate has played havoc with the wildlife number
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We’re beginning to see them again. But there’s also the farmers with their various sprays, and if not locally, then in their over-wintering grounds. It’s all very sad.
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Yes these sprays are so harmful for the insects
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Lots of protest about them. I know we need food, and we also need housing which eats into the arable land, but we need beauty too to soothe our stressed-out souls
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Exactly! Perhaps scientists c can find sprays that are not that deadly
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Such a nice yellow! I like that you got a butterfly too!
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In truth, I was out with the camera hunting for butterflies!
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