general info and issues

Much has changed in London since these films were made. Sparrows, which were the most common city birds are now hard to find. Their population has decreased by 62 percent since the 1980s. The city has got hotter, carshave got bigger, money to care for wildlife has become scarcer. Here you will find general information about the cities wildlife and conservation issues.

• STREET TREES therole and benefits of trees in the city

• TREES biology of trees

• FUNGI fungi, lichens, liverworts and mosses

• WILDFLOWERS flowers that grow and propogate on their own

• INSECTS insect life pattern and sensibilities.

• BUTTERFLIES butterflies on grassland and in woodland.

• BEES,WASPS,GALLS pollinating bees and wasps and tree galls

• SPIDERS,OTHER INSECTS garden spiders, grasshopper,pond insects.

• MAMMALS AND AMPHIBIANS foxes. cats, rats, squirrels, toad and frogs.

• BIRDLIFE thebiology of birds

• TOWN BIRDS the life of city birds

• MIGRATION global movement of birds

• PONDLIFE the life on city ponds

• SUCCESSION the natural transition from grassland to woodland

Information

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