This confirms that some species are already discovering that we’ve cleaned this site up. Do you still remember what “hilltopping” is? This summer we were delighted to see this animal, the Macaronius owlfly (Libelloides macaronius), which seeks out unvegetated elevated areas within the range of its occurrence for mating flights. And the brown one is the woodland grayling (Hipparchia fagi). For its mating strategy, it likes small hills with solitary trees. Males perch on trunks, low-lying branches, or rocks and wait for passing females willing to mate. This is called the wait-and-see mating strategy. Well, hopefully it was successful and we will gradually get to see an abundance of rare species here.
