General Article Climate change is making rare breeding birds increasingly vulnerable to extinction, ...

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...new RSPB report warns

“Birds in the UK are showing changes in abundance and distribution.”

By Kathryn Snowdon

Rare breeding birds are becoming increasingly vulnerable to extinction in the UK due to climate change, a new report reveals.

Species such as dotterel, whimbrel, common scoter and Slavonian grebe are all said to be in danger, based on projections around the impact of global warming. 

The findings come from a new report compiled by the RSPB, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) a...

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