{"id":937,"date":"2013-09-13T05:51:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T07:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/blog\/?p=937"},"modified":"2013-09-13T05:51:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T07:51:22","slug":"butterflies-small-tortoiseshells-have-a-great-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/butterflies-small-tortoiseshells-have-a-great-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies &#8211; Small Tortoiseshells have a great year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the\u00a0British Trust for Ornithology<\/p>\n<div><span>After last year\u2019s wet summer and this year\u2019s cold spring, it was touch and go for many butterfly species. However, the hot, dry weather at the beginning of July was a turning point for many, including the Small Tortoiseshell. Although their numbers normally increase at the end of the summer, with new butterflies emerging from the second brood, the BTO\u2019s Garden BirdWatch reporting rate exceeded expectations for the time of year, and was double that seen the same time last year. <\/span><span>Find out more and see some of the latest GBW outputs<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the\u00a0British Trust for Ornithology After last year\u2019s wet summer and this year\u2019s cold spring, it was touch and go for many butterfly species. 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