Peregrine falcons nesting at Corfe Castle. Picture: National Trust
EXTREME weather including one of the hottest years on record, as well as lockdown restrictions, has had a huge impact on UK wildlife in 2020 – with peregrine falcons nesting in a popular tourist spot in Dorset.
National Trust say 2020 is likely to be one of the three warmest years on record, with a mild winter with very little snow, a long dry spring followed by the sunniest and driest May on record created the perfect conditions for some species to thrive, particularly certain species of birds, butterflies and moths.
Fewer people during the peak breeding season of spring has seen wildlife move in and plants thrive in locations that would ordinarily be considered tourist hotspots, especially in Dorset.