He added: "We assessed 1,118 farmland species, including birds, mammals and plants, finding that 123 are facing extinction in the UK, which is a terrible statistic.” UK wildlife is at “crisis” point with over 25 species now at risk of extinction due to intensive farming, the State of Nature 2016 report will warn. The Sunday Times ’s Richard Gregory says the problem is not the farmers but “the industrialisation of agriculture driven by subsidies.” Those hardest hit are butterflies, birds such as the skylark and wild bees of which 120 species are now extinct in the UK . As we have previously noted, the fall in the numbers of bees, for instance, will have "major implications for biodiversity, agricultural biosecurity, global economies and human health."
UK wildlife is at “crisis” point with over 25 species now at risk of extinction due to intensive farming, the State of Nature 2016 report will warn. The Sunday Times ’s Richard Gregory says the problem is not the farmers but “the industrialisation of agriculture driven by subsidies.” Those hardest hit are butterflies, birds such as the skylark and wild bees of which 120 species are now extinct in the UK . As we have previously noted, the fall in the numbers of bees, for instance, will have "major implications for biodiversity, agricultural biosecurity, global economies and human health."