The swing from a mild winter to snow means confused animals may struggle for food, conservationists say.
Cold weather and recent snow may be causing problems for wildlife, a charity says.
It said climate change was causing some of the "seasonal shifts" that created confusion for wildlife.Friday saw a second day of snowfall across the West Midlands, closing schools and causing travel disruption.
"They are used to a calendar of when things should happen and that impacts their body clock and their behaviour and their hibernation and their breeding and if that is changing it completely knocks them out of sync," she explained.
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