We’ve “lost” 97 per cent of our hedgehogs Coatsey/Alamy Stock Photo
To my shame, I’ve not been minding my language. I just said to someone that “we’ve lost 97 per cent of our flower-rich meadows since the 1930s”. During this year’s Springwatch series on BBC television, I heard myself saying “we’ve lost 86 per cent of the corn bunting population”. On another occasion, I spoke of “a loss of 97 per cent of our hedgehogs”.
Loss, lost… as though this habitat and these species have mysteriously disappeared into the ether, like they have been inadvertently misplaced, like they have annoyingly,…
