Survival of UK Plants and Wildlife in a Changing Climate

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Action is needed now to prevent the loss of some of the UK's most valued plants and wildlife as a result of climate change, according to a new report launched today by Barry Gardiner, Minister for Biodiversity.

Within Britain, the greater horseshoe bat is confined to southwest England and south and west Wales, while being absent from Ireland. Individuals have been recorded as travelling up to 180 km. Recent records show that individual bats from south Wales colonies are overwintering in north Wales so there is likely to be potential for establishment of new breeding colonies at distance. The projected extension of climate space across Britain and Ireland contrasts with the distinctly south-western distribution at present.

 

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