Guardian: It was an odd sort of year for weather: effectively two springs and not an awful lot of summer. But it proved an interesting one for Britain's flora and fauna.
The National Trust, which produces an annual end-of-year report on how the British weather has affected its creatures and plants, recorded a boom year for creatures ranging from the grey seal to the large blue butterfly.
A warm spring meant creatures such as mining bees, which nest in the ground, and their parasite, the bee fly, thrived......
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Confusing year of weather for Britain’s wildlife
Posted by Guardian: Steven Morris on December 27th, 2011
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