Shards

A recent survey of UK wildlife has revealed that most species are struggling and that one in three have halved in number in the past half century. The report, based on scientific analysis of tens of millions of observations from volunteers, shows that from woodland to farmland and from freshwater streams to the sea, many animals, birds, insects, fish and plants are in trouble.

The causes include the intensification of farming, with the consequent loss of meadows, hedgerows and ponds and increased pesticide use, as well as building development, overfishing and climate change. Three in every five of the 3,148 species analysed for the report have declined in the last 50 years and one in 10 are at risk of extinction.

So, I figured that this photo of a long dead tree in a large field devoid of hedges, with the tallest building in Europe as a backdrop kind of symbolises the predicament we are in, and nature's struggle.

Time to turn things around, don't you think?