BBC Wildlife Magazine

MARK CARWARDINE

Pictures of pollution-free skies, wild boar roaming the centre of Barcelona and Kashmiri goats causing havoc on the streets of Llandudno could make you believe that nature is bouncing back during the coronavirus pandemic.

For some species, lockdown may indeed be good news. There is some evidence that the number of hedgehogs killed on Britain’s roads has halved, for example, while in India there has

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