Nature spills on to world's empty city streets

As humans retreat into their homes due to Covid-19, wild animals are slipping cover to explore the empty streets of some of our biggest cities

It is certainly great news for species like the common toad and the spotted salamander. The amorous amphibians are being spared from being "crushed crossing busy roads" in their haste to find a mate, said Jean-Noel Rieffel, of the French biodiversity office .

With walkers and boating banned, "the puffins who used to stay on the islets in the highest protected areas are not gathering on the sea," he said.And it is the same for plants. Wild orchids – which are supposed to be protected – are often picked by walkers when they blossom in late April and May, said Rieffel. This year they will be spared that fate.

Stuck indoors, with their worlds reduced to a few square metres, confined urbanites have suddenly become avid birdwatchers.

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