butterflies

Have you taken a drive through the countryside on a warm summer evening recently and noticed something strange about your car windscreen?

For those of us born in the 60’s and 70’s, summer drives in our younger years meant one inevitable chore: cleaning a windscreen plastered with countless splattered insects. Back then, a long drive in July or August guaranteed a front bumper and windscreen thick with tiny bugs. Today, you can drive hundreds of miles across the UK and arrive home with a glass windscreen that is almost entirely spotless.

It might feel like a convenience, but in truth, it is a alarming symptom of a ecological crisis unfolding right in front of our eyes.