Warmer springs in the UK are causing species to appear earlier, and is also causing mismatches in the timing of species dependent on one another.
The Woodland Trust, which has run the Springwatch survey for three years, also expressed concern that rising temperatures are causing increased competition between species, and life cycle problems.
The survey found that some species, such as the Red-tailed bumblebee and 7-spot ladybird, were seen two weeks earlier this year than last year, and that the Peacock butterfly was first seen a month earlier than normal.
The Springwatch report says the earlier arrivals correlate with the fact that the mean temperature for the spring in the UK this year has been three degrees above the 30-year average.
Nick Collison of the Woodland Trust said they “are concerned because the change seems to be so rapid.”
“And we know there is a mismatch of timing, so, for example, when insects would pollinate flowers, the flowers are coming out earlier than the insects are available, and we know this is happening.”
He said it is clear that wildlife is under pressure.
We can read about the changes happening in places like the UK, and we can see changes in our own part of the world. This is real. This is happening.
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