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CLIMATE change is putting British wildlife at risk as temperatures keep rising, conservationists warned today.
A new report by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) warns that rising temperatures are shifting species’ ranges north, squeezing available habitat and prompting new arrivals to Britain’s shores.
Numbers of birds such as the lapwing, which thrives in cooler climes, are dropping, while southern European migratory birds like the bee-eater are now nesting in Britain.
When it comes to extreme weather events, from wildfires to flash floods, it’s firefighters who are on the front line of defence, but services have been cut to the bone, and government is not taking seriously its responsibility for the environment, says STEVE WRIGHT
