UK may have failed to protect wild birds with environmental laws, watchdog finds

<p>Government appears not to be meeting legal targets to halt decline of species, Office for Environmental Protection says</p><p>The government may have failed to protect critical wild bird populations by neglecting to implement environmental law properly, the environmental watchdog has found.</p><p>Wild bird populations are declining across the UK. Under the EU, certain parts of Britain’s landscape were designated specially protected conservation zones when the UK was still a member state. They include estuaries, coastal areas and peatlands, as well as wetland areas where wading birds live, and places birds of prey prefer to nest.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/09/wild-birds-uk-environmental-laws">Continue reading...</a>