The report aims to highlight that Yorkshire is not immune to the UK-wide nature crisis, where one in six of the country’s species are now assessed as being at risk. The report shows that nearly 2,000 species have been lost from Yorkshire in the last 200 years, and another 3,000 species are at risk; curlew, for example, has been pushed to a few remaining pockets of safety in the uplands due to the loss of its lowland wetlands, easily-accessible food sources and a changing climate. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Harrogate Advertiser, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
Swifts , once a common species of the summer, have declined by 50% in Yorkshire since 1995 as a result of the rapid decline in insect numbers and suitable roosting sites. The report was compiled and analysed from a number of respected sources and environmental organisations, reflecting years of dedicated and expert monitoring work by a community of species specialists and naturalists. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust CEO Rachael Bice said: “Sadly, many of the species we share this amazing county with have been pushed to the brink of collapse.
“It would be a true tragedy for everyone who calls Yorkshire home if we lost the haunting call of the curlew, the abundance of gannets and puffins on our coastal cliffs, and the uplifting sight of butterflies dancing across our wildflower meadows. Advertisement Advertisement “We are losing what makes Yor.