article_snippet.sent: Part of the reason is the widespread loss of the traditional hedgerows that used to line every country road.
article_snippet.sent: But the loss of bushes and hedges in back gardens is also thought to have played a role in the animal’s demise.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Most of the reason is down to the change in the way we manage our countryside -
article_snippet.sent: the loss of hedgerows and woodlands has removed hedgerows and woodlands habitat and the increase in the use of pesticides has removed a lot of the beetles and other animals hedgerows and woodlands feed on.
article_snippet.sent: But there are concerns about the way we garden as well.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Part of the reason is the widespread loss of the traditional hedgerows that used to line every country road .