Today, the UK is one of the most nature- depleted nations in the world, but it’s not too late to help our wildlife recover. Simon Barnes finds out how the fortunes of three much-loved species can be transformed by protecting and connecting their wild habitat.
If we think we can live without insects, we’re wrong: 80% of our crops, as well as fruit trees, herbs and most garden and wild flowers are pollinated by bees, wasps, beetles and flies. It’s said that if bees died out, we would follow four years later.
