Many Butterflies May Go Extinct in Britain

Many of Britain's butterflies are hovering on the brink of extinction. Wet summers, housing developments, and intensive agriculture are to blame. Some of the affected species are:

• high brown fritillary
• wood white
• small tortoiseshell
• pearl-bordered fritillary

According to Tom Brereton, head of monitoring at Butterfly Conservation:

If we have a nice, sunny year, some species will bounce back, but some species got to such a low ebb on some sites we're not sure if it has tipped them over the edge of extinction.

The cuckoo is also on the verge of being listed as an endangered species in Britain, as less pairs are migrating from Africa because of the scarcity of food and water.

Via:  Daily Mail

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Posted by Jennifer Lance at April 9, 2009 1:49 AM