We are so used to having rain on and off during the winter months and of course the April showers are well known here in England, that it doesn’t seem the same having it dry day after day. There is now talk of a hosepipe ban in the south west, the same as the south east, not because our reservoirs are low, but because our rivers are very low. If the rivers fall below a certain level then the fish die through lack of oxygen, if the fish die , then so do the birds and mammals that feed on them. Also, farmers usually extract water from rivers to water their crops and for their livestock. No rain means no grass growing for them to eat, so eventually the crops die and the animals struggle to survive.
