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Farmland butterflies bounce back
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/26242496Farmland butterflies have flourished thanks to last year's hot summer, the charity Butterfly Conservation says.
The annual Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) recorded almost double the number of insects compared with the previous year.
Long, sunny periods provided perfect breeding conditions for some of the UK's brightest species, it suggested.
But experts warned the mild winter could reverse the insects' fortunes if they emerged too early for spring.
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Nice to hear some progress once in a while. 