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Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years

Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years

12 June 2018

Britain only has 58 wild mammal species to start with, and many have declined sharply in number since 1995 – with hedgehogs suffering a particularly severe fall
A deadly predator could save the UK’s threatened red squirrels

A deadly predator could save the UK’s threatened red squirrels

7 March 2018

Britain’s native red squirrels have been retreating for decades in the face of invasive grey squirrels, but predators called pine martens could help save them

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