National Trust’s annual audit reveals a dire year for animals from toads and bats to birds and butterflies
also had a bad year. Only one pair nested, compared with more than 3,000 in 2021, possibly because the mild winter had boosted numbers of rats.
It has also been a good year for the chough, a symbol of Cornwall, with the population swelling to about 200 birds.Ben McCarthy, the National Trust’s head of nature conservation, said an alarm had been sounded: “Some habitats like wetlands and grasslands completely dried out in some areas, impacting all those species that make them their home.
He said some species would adapt better than others. “Wildlife that utilise a broad range of habitats, so called generalist species, such as robins, wood pigeons or common blue butterflies that we may see in our gardens, are better able to respond to the pressures of extreme weather as there is more space to support them.
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