Most UK adults think nature is in urgent need of protection – poll

Fifty-eight per cent of respondents said they had noticed a decline in the number and variety of birds they see in their local area. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A majority of the public believe nature is under threat and needs urgent action to protect and restore it, according to a YouGov poll.

The poll for the National Trust, RSPB and WWF comes as they and other mainstream green groups are mobilising their millions of members to counter what they say is the government’s attack on nature.