According to a report released recently by the UK National Trust, due to the impact of climate change, many alien species entered the UK in 2019, bringing various impacts on local species.

According to the report, warm weather in the early half of this year led to a large number of species such as butterflies, moths and dragonflies coming to the UK from countries in the South and East. For example, the report mentions the discovery of more than 420000 little red nymphals, the first time in a decade that such a large-scale little red nymphal has arrived.

This summer, Britain experienced more rainstorms. In June, a large number of dragonflies appeared in the UK; some rare birds also came to the UK this summer, such as a large sea bird called Brown bonito, which is common in the Caribbean, but is currently found in many parts of the UK.

The report said such weather conditions also pose a challenge to the survival of some local wildlife such as squirrels, birds of good knowledge and terns.

Ben McCarthy, head of nature conservation and ecological restoration at the UK National Trust, said that it was exciting to see more and more exotic insects and birds being observed, but it also raised concerns about whether the changes would affect local species, which themselves had been under pressure from human land occupation, habitat fragmentation and climate change.

Source: China Environmental News