UK Wildlife Threatened by Wildfires
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Wildfires pushing rare wildlife to extinction, say conservationists
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UK 's rarest wildlife is being "torched alive" and pushed closer to extinction after weeks of intense grass fires.
They include endangered birds like hen harriers and water voles, which are now the UK 's fastest declining mammal.
110 sq miles ( 284 sq km ) of land has been burnt by wildfires around the UK - an area larger than Birmingham .
In south Wales , grassfires have increased by 1,200% from the same time period last year.
In north Wales, crews have attended 170 fires this year , and Mid Wales Fire and Rescue said it had tackled 772 blazes.
Wildfires are also up in England and Northern Ireland compared to last year , figures show.
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