Radio 4 Today programme.

[Pawpawsaurus]

This morning's Today programme on Radio 4 included an interview with Dr. Marc Botham from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology about the 'comeback of rare butterflies'.
The interview is available online here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01g65gl
starting at 2:47:40.

I'm off to look for some Drizzled Skippers.

Paul

[David M]

I'm off to look for some Drizzled Skippers.

...along with maybe a Green Hailstreak, a Cloudy Yellow and a Speckled Flood!

This must be the wettest drought ever.

[millerd]

October 1976 was the wettest drought I can remember...

Dave

[Lee Hurrell]

Drizzled Skipper - very good

Here's a link to the BBC story, presumably with details and quotes from the show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17769868

Lee

[Pawpawsaurus]

Drizzled Skipper - very good

'Fraid I'm not taking any credit or blame for that one; it was unintentional humour from the lips of an ignorant interviewer.

But I may as well mention Orainge Tip, Grimstone, Greyling and Lack-of-rained White.

Paul