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RSPBNI warns drastic action needed to save wader birds
A number of wader bird species could become extinct in Northern Ireland’s countryside without “drastic action”, the RSPBNI has warned.
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The organisation’s John Martin said “systemic change” was needed to tackle biodiversity loss.
Last year an RSPB report on bio-diversity loss suggested the UK was 12th worst of 240 countries.
Mr Martin said Northern Ireland “doesn’t have a great story to tell” in terms of nature protection.
“Over the last 50 years there’s been an intensification of agriculture in Northern Ireland which has fragmented habitats and there’s been a loss of habitat and an impact on species,” he said.
“Farmland birds, for example, have declined significantly.
“One out of 49 of our priority habitats is in good condition which is not great, 86% of our peatlands are degraded and, because of recent classification changes, no rivers, lakes or coastal water-bodies are in good condition.”
Mr Martin said some wader bird species were under particular threat.
“Since 1987 a suite of four species – lapwing, redshank, curlew and snipe have declined by 83%,” he said.
“So, essentially, if we don’t do anything quite drastic for those species in the next five to 10 years we could be seeing them extinct in the wild countryside.”
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