the little signs are the biggest ones.... i've been stressing to my boyfriend for so long about the daffodils wasting energy sprouting too early only to be bitten back by frost, and the struggling apple tree that's been desperately putting out flowers in January. I wish I could lean in and warn them to wait, and that I'm so sorry
I think predators gonna end this one's story earlier than the weather itself, i've seen numerous time tits predating on cooled insects. We got similar phenological perturbations in Poland last few years, unusually warm springs or short periods of very high temperatures during winter (we had 15-18 degrees for nearly a week at beginning of the january this year, or in the middle of february in the previous year) caused major shifts in emergences of some species, even 3-4 months before their usual flight time. The other troubling issue are dry springs that have major impact on abundance of vegetation. In this year it looks like we gonna have colder and more humid start of the season, which after all i think gonna be better than hotter/drier spring anomalies. Once again, thank you for amazing job your're doing with gifting us such a great educational content on your channel! :)
A wonderful answer. I'd noticed your very mild conditions at the start of the year. We're pretty normal at the moment in this part of the UK. The last four or five years usually see high pressure conditions, which means we get the dry weather, but slightly cool for week after week. Pretty similar currently, but snow and ice forecast. Should be only short-lived, but snow rare in Nottinghamshire in recent years. It's been very dry here as well, so difficult conditions for many insects if the dry weather continues. And many thanks for your kind words regarding the channel contents.
So do I Ben. What we're seeing is still the start and in my opinion, will regrettably mean we'll lose some species over time. On the plus side, we'll likely gain species such as the Long-tailed Blue perhaps, although I'm not sure there are many butterflies rapidly expanding they're range north through Europe.
It is such pleasure to listen to your kind chat, I wish you the best!
Thank you.
the little signs are the biggest ones.... i've been stressing to my boyfriend for so long about the daffodils wasting energy sprouting too early only to be bitten back by frost, and the struggling apple tree that's been desperately putting out flowers in January. I wish I could lean in and warn them to wait, and that I'm so sorry
I think predators gonna end this one's story earlier than the weather itself, i've seen numerous time tits predating on cooled insects. We got similar phenological perturbations in Poland last few years, unusually warm springs or short periods of very high temperatures during winter (we had 15-18 degrees for nearly a week at beginning of the january this year, or in the middle of february in the previous year) caused major shifts in emergences of some species, even 3-4 months before their usual flight time. The other troubling issue are dry springs that have major impact on abundance of vegetation. In this year it looks like we gonna have colder and more humid start of the season, which after all i think gonna be better than hotter/drier spring anomalies. Once again, thank you for amazing job your're doing with gifting us such a great educational content on your channel! :)
A wonderful answer. I'd noticed your very mild conditions at the start of the year. We're pretty normal at the moment in this part of the UK. The last four or five years usually see high pressure conditions, which means we get the dry weather, but slightly cool for week after week. Pretty similar currently, but snow and ice forecast. Should be only short-lived, but snow rare in Nottinghamshire in recent years. It's been very dry here as well, so difficult conditions for many insects if the dry weather continues. And many thanks for your kind words regarding the channel contents.
Incredibly concerning. It's no wonder why we're seeing such declines in butterfly and moth numbers. I struggle to think how this can be helped
So do I Ben. What we're seeing is still the start and in my opinion, will regrettably mean we'll lose some species over time. On the plus side, we'll likely gain species such as the Long-tailed Blue perhaps, although I'm not sure there are many butterflies rapidly expanding they're range north through Europe.