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People across Leicestershire are being asked to help scientists better understand the impact of climate change on the UK鈥檚 butterflies by taking part in this year鈥檚 'Big Butterfly Count'.

It's thought that last year鈥檚 record UK temperatures, heatwave and drought caused some of the plants that caterpillars feed on to wither and die. Extreme drought take a heavy toll on butterflies, with numbers crashing the following year and taking almost a decade to recover.

To help discover the effect of this extreme weather, the public are being asked to spend 15 minutes recording the number and type of butterflies they see.

Richard Jeffery is Leicestershire's butterfly recorder and explains to Ben Jackson how people can get involved.