So how do we know which species have left permanently because of climate change?

One way is to combine our observations of Nowhere Wood with observations from other woods across the country. This helps us to see the ‘bigger picture’.
When we do this, we can see that we do have a problem: London’s Natural History Museum reports that “UK’s flying insects have declined by 60% in 20 years”.
Three reasons are given for this fall in numbers, rising temperatures caused by climate change, loss of suitable habitats and the use of harmful chemicals as pesticides.
Many insects are food for birds and other animals. A loss of insects could lead to a reduction in the number of these animal, too.
- Bee hotels are sometimes used as a way to help encourage solitary bees to breed and survive. Learn how to do this here.
- Imagine what a world would look like without insects. Does it matter if we lose our insects?
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