Guardian: Changing climate patterns threaten the rare black grouse, with numbers believed to have fallen by 40% in two years in the Pennines. Consecutive cold, wet summers, the worst conditions in almost two decades, have set back recovery, with the number of males dropping from 1,200 to 850. Dr Phil Warren, of the North Pennines Black Grouse Recovery Project, said it was a “huge blow”. “We have had cold, wet weather in June when the chicks hatch. Breeding productivity was well below the 1.2 …