Four UK bird species including puffins 'face extinction'
Posted: 29 Oct 2015, 09:36Puffins are among four UK bird species now at risk of extinction, according to the latest revision of a global conservation database.
Atlantic puffins, European turtle doves, Slavonian grebes and pochards are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species for birds.
This means the number of UK species on the critical list has doubled to eight.
Another 14 UK species are considered to be "near threatened".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34664385
Atlantic puffins, European turtle doves, Slavonian grebes and pochards are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species for birds.
This means the number of UK species on the critical list has doubled to eight.
Another 14 UK species are considered to be "near threatened".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34664385