Birds, beetles and butterflies: conservationists reveal wildlife affected by UK fires

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Birds, beetles and butterflies: conservationists reveal wildlife affected by UK fires

The National Trust has laid bare some of the varied species of wildlife that have been affected by April’s spate of wildfires. After the driest March in decades, and warmer than average temperatures in April, the UK has had one of the worst fire seasons on record. Fires in recent weeks have included one spanning 1,600 hectares – roughly 400 times the size of Cardiff’s Principality Stadium – at the National Trust’s Abergwesyn Common in Powys, Mi…