{"id":26730,"date":"2016-09-21T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/where-have-all-the-insects-gone-charlie-hart\/"},"modified":"2016-09-21T14:02:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T07:02:35","slug":"where-have-all-the-insects-gone-charlie-hart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/where-have-all-the-insects-gone-charlie-hart\/","title":{"rendered":"Where have all the insects gone? | Charlie Hart"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBritain\u2019s insect population is struggling – gone are the days when your windscreen was full of bugs at the end of a car journey I miss seeing the back end of a bug.This summer I sensed a disturbance of some sort. There were hardly any ladybirds, almost no butterflies (only the odd cabbage white) and barely a wasp. Very, very odd. I noticed early on that the orchard would crop moderately (as opposed to well); I put this down to the slow spring and accompanying lack of pollinators. But I wonder now whether the silly December we had, with daffodils all over the place and everyone in short sleeves, followed by the later cold snap, followed by the interminably slow spring, may have dealt a seriously deleterious blow to Britain\u2019s overall insect population. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Britain\u2019s insect population is struggling – gone are the days when your windscreen was full...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-6X8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":138616,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/red-admiral-butterfly-population-soars-400-in-uk-as-winters-warm\/","url_meta":{"origin":26730,"position":0},"title":"Red admiral butterfly population soars 400% in UK as winters warm","date":"August 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Sightings rise to 170,000 so far this year as climate breakdown changes behaviour of speciesRed admiral butterflies are enjoying a 400% boom in British gardens this year, data reveals, as the migrant insect favours the warmer climes brought by climate breakdown.Butterfly Conservation has reported 170,000 sightings of the majestic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":115518,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/born-to-rewild-why-now-is-the-perfect-time-to-make-your-lawn-an-eco-paradise\/","url_meta":{"origin":26730,"position":1},"title":"Born to rewild: why now is the perfect time to make your lawn an eco-paradise","date":"April 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r This spring, we\u2019re in a collective moment of questioning priorities and trying new things \u2013 so why not question our commitment to traditional front lawns?Chances are, your lawn isn\u2019t natural, environmentally healthy, or necessary \u2013 but it is part of a prevalent national standard. 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