Climate change is a massive problem to birds, humans and other animals. It could change our ecosystem as we know it.

Climate change is caused by the earth’s atmosphere trapping in heat from the sun. It traps this heat by being ‘thicker’ with gasses such as carbon dioxide. Like a blanket or a greenhouse.

What is climate change? (click here to reveal)

Climate change is the change in weather patterns over a long period of time due to human activity. Such as an area getting hotter, windier, wetter, or more snowy.

Climate change has many effects, not just hotter temperatures...

Scotland will get hotter. More birds from warmer countries will move here, and native Scottish birds may then have to compete for limited food and shelter. 

Less rainfall will mean that plants do not grow. Insects will not be able to pollinate as many flowers. 

Warmer winters mean that summer-visitors like the Blackcap or Tree Pipit might stay all year round.