Urbanisation.

Before the redevelopment of the fields nearby, we enjoyed a veritable wealth of wildlife. Flocks of bats could be seen most evenings, every year marked by when the first cuckoo had been heard and the occaisional hedgehog visiting in the garden. And now? Sightings of bats have been reduced severely, no cuckoos. The only birds now seen are pigeons and the rare blackbird, marked by the terror in the rabbits as they run for the bushes in fright. The morning chorus now starts when the lights go on in the Tesco distribution warehouse at dusk and continue until dawn begins, leading to confused flocks and night time flying. No more hedgehogs, no more mice and shrew caught by the cat on her hunting expeditions.

Why do we, as a society tolerate this. We destroy our landscape in the aid of expanding our ever increasing consumerist culture. Every field we destroy is another habitat lost for countless animals. It has to stop.

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