We have many endangered species both in England (hedgehogs, dormice and water voles are a few) along with many others worldwide.
The IUCN Red List is the place to find current statistics, and learn how to help. The shocking news is that there are 44,000 threatened species (almost a third of all of them).
Save Our Species is unique in that it includes information on British endangered wildlife, then offers tips like how to:
Build a bird box (never use tin/coloured ones as they over-heat and attract predators – learn more on how to help garden birds)
Other creatures profiled to help include:
Britain’s nature is in serious trouble. Thanks for being part of the solution. You care about nature, and that is incredibly important. Our wildlife needs you on board desperately.
All manner of wildlife habitats have been lost to development. Chalk downlands, heaths, bogs, freshwater marshes, seacoasts, estuaries, Caledonian pine forests and meadows. We have lost 97% of our flower-rich meadows since the 1930s.
Governments of the day kick environmental concerns into the long grass. Decision makers are in thrall to the lobbyists for big business, and economics entranced by models like ‘growth’ which pay no attention to the quality of life.
Big infrastructure projects make politicians’ eyes light up. We are caught in a cultural insanity that holds tidiness in high esteem in the garden, yet leaves the countryside littered.
About the Author
Dominic Couzens is a leading nature writer and lecturer. He has written around 45 books, writes three magazine columns and has published over 700 articles.
A bird expert, he is passionate about nature, and writing on what we can do to help the planet.
