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“Trevor Weeks, 46, Founder of East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service: ‘The demand for our service has been huge this summer. We are doing at least 30 rescues a day and responding to call-outs each evening until 1am, or even later. Some nights, I’ve only managed to get two or three hours’ sleep. For example, we have had two or three calls each day for the past six weeks about hedgehogs suffering in the heat. They are so hot in their nests, they are coming out in the daytime and people are finding them very dehydrated and overheated. We’re also seeing a lot of baby birds, who have jumped out of their nests in roofs because they are too hot. They cannot fly yet and…'”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/29/heatwave-britain-how-affects-jobs-summer-hot-weather