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Dead insects on a windshield

21/10/2023 GMT

What do windscreen splats tell us about insect decline?

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We ask whether the ‘windscreen phenomenon’ suggests falling numbers of insects

Do you notice fewer insect splats on windscreens than you used to? There’s a study in the UK trying to measure this ‘windscreen phenomenon’, as it’s become known. We hear more about the study and whether we can draw conclusions about insect numbers in general, from reporter Perisha Kudhail, Dr Lawrence Ball from the Kent Wildlife Trust and Professor Lynn Dicks from the University of Cambridge.

Presenter: Ben Carter
Reporter/Producer: Perisha Kudhail
Series Producer: Jon Bithrey
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot

(Photo: Dead insects on a windshield
Credit: shanecotee / Getty)

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