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Wildlife Suffers In Cold Weather
12 Jan 2010
The sheer length of the severe cold snap in Britain is depriving birds and other wildlife of access to both food and water as the ground and water are frozen solid. Due to its severity the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has declared a wildlife emergency.
The RSPB says “the bird’s natural food is covered in snow and ice and impossible to get to. Water birds may be forced to leave iced-over lakes and rivers. The ground becomes too hard for birds like thrushes and lapwings to probe, and natural food like berries, acorns and seeds are buried.”
