After conservationists successfully persuaded landowners not to cut back their blackthorn hedges each year to allow the rare brown hairstreak butterfly to lay its eggs, record numbers were found near Llandeilo this winter, showing a 50% increase from last year after decades of decline.
(c) David Trinks

Les propriétaires gallois aident les papillons rares à renaître

THE GUARDIAN

Grâce à une gestion durable des haies près de Llandeilo, la thécla du bouleau a vu sa population bondir de 50 % cet hiver. En évitant la taille annuelle, les agriculteurs ont permis d’atteindre des records de ponte, inversant ainsi des décennies de déclin pour ce papillon emblématique.

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