Within my lifetime (b. 1970) some local (I'm UK - SW England) species have declined by horrendous amounts. The second link I provide hs some harrowing statisti

Within my lifetime (b. 1970) some local (I'm UK - SW England) species have declined by horrendous amounts. The second link I provide hs some harrowing statistics: eg - Tree sparrow -95 per cent. That was from 1970 to 1999. I recall recently (Countryfile - BBC programme that covers agri, countryside and enviro. issues) that Turtle Doves are now (2023) 90% down. They were ~70% down in 1999. I remember seeing and hearing turtle doves on farmland back in the day (late 70s - early 90s). One of my grandads retired to a small holding in S Devon with a mere 30 acres to worry about. https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7381/insect-decline-and-uk-food-security/#:~:text=Insect%20numbers%20are%20difficult%20to,and%20pest%20or%20weed%20regulation https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7381/insect-decline-an.... https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/how-you-can-help-birds/where-have-all-the-birds-gone/is-the-number-of-birds-in-decline/ https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/how-you-ca...