Can UK wildlife cope with drought?

The BBC website have produced a good article about the possible impact on wildlife if there is drought conditions this year. Already the water levels are below that of the same time in 1976, which was one of the hottest years ever in the UK. To this day my parents and their friends are convinced that the heat frazzled my 6 month old brain along with my friends, as the class of 76 were renowned for being daft as brushes and mad as march hares, compared to our siblings born in years before and after. Haha ;0)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17130206

Wildlife that could be affected include newts and the rare Natterjack toad, whereas other species like snakes thrive in the drier conditions.



The film above is a Natterjack toad in Slitere National Park in Latvia, here in the UK they can be found in parts of the South of England and the coastline of Cumbria and Dumfries. http://slitere.lv/