Delight as rare butterflies seen
Conservationists say rare butterflies are thriving at a nature reserve in a Teesside town.
Examples of Speckled Wood, White-Letter Hairstreak and Clouded Yellow species were among those spotted on the Hart to Haswell Walkway in Hartlepool.
Scientists have said some butterflies are moving northwards as a result of climate change.
The Speckled Wood was first seen in the area last year but the White-Letter Hairstreak had not been seen for years.
Hartlepool Council local nature reserves officer Joe Davis said: "The Speckled Wood is a butterfly which is slowly moving northwards due to climate change.
"The White-Letter Hairstreak hadn't been seen on the Walkway for several years, so many people thought it had long disappeared.
"We were especially thrilled to see a Clouded Yellow, which migrates from southern Europe in May.
"There are normally fewer than 500 seen each year in the whole of Britain, so it was an extremely rare sighting."
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Examples of Speckled Wood, White-Letter Hairstreak and Clouded Yellow species were among those spotted on the Hart to Haswell Walkway in Hartlepool.
Scientists have said some butterflies are moving northwards as a result of climate change.
The Speckled Wood was first seen in the area last year but the White-Letter Hairstreak had not been seen for years.
Hartlepool Council local nature reserves officer Joe Davis said: "The Speckled Wood is a butterfly which is slowly moving northwards due to climate change.
"The White-Letter Hairstreak hadn't been seen on the Walkway for several years, so many people thought it had long disappeared.
"We were especially thrilled to see a Clouded Yellow, which migrates from southern Europe in May.
"There are normally fewer than 500 seen each year in the whole of Britain, so it was an extremely rare sighting."
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