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Around 60 percent of the British animal as well as plant species declined in

last 5 decades, leaving one out of 10 species to disappear revealed the

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latest State of Nature report. The State of Nature report is compiled

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together by 25 wildlife organisations, which include RSPB and British

Lichen Society. The report assembles assessments of 3148 species, while

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also hinting towards 59000 species of UK.

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The species in which largest declines were observed included hedgehogs,

turtle doves, red squirrels and water voles. The report indicated that there

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were various reasons for the decline in these species but major factors

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were habitat degradation and rising temperatures.

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The worst affected are the species which require specific habitat, but are

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Naturalist Sir David Attenborough launched this report and explained that

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The State of Nature report extracts data from individual reports which were

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published in the recent past and explained the positions of mammals,

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moths, bees and birds of UK. The report revealed gaps in certain data,

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the populations of these species fell in past 5 decades. Conservationists
explained that it was difficult to provide the definitive list of most
endangered species of UK because of complexities involved in comparison
of different species.

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