We must all take urgent action if we are to save our wild places like Blakeney Point.

That's the message from the National Trust, the RSPB and Worldwide Fund for nature after Sir David Attenborough took to our screens for what may be his final series Wild Isles on Sunday night.

It will feature Blakeney Point's seals and birds at the RSPB's Snettisham reserve.

The conservation groups, who have joined forces to launch the Save Our Wild Isles campaign, say it highlighted how profoundly threatened nature is.

Eastern Daily Press: Seals at Blakeney PointSeals at Blakeney Point (Image: Paul Geater)

Chris Bielby, countryside manager for the National Trust’s Norfolk Coast, said: “Norfolk is a very special place for wildlife, it underpins so much of what this county is important for. 

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"For me, the grey seal colony at Blakeney Point is one of the greatest wildlife spectacles anywhere on the planet, never mind the UK. 

Eastern Daily Press: An aerial view of Blakeney PointAn aerial view of Blakeney Point (Image: National Trust)

"As a conservation charity, we work hard to look after this stretch of coastline for these stunning creatures.

“However, our wildlife is in significant decline. Without urgent and collective action to protect and restore UK nature, our economy, the climate and our health are all under threat."

Eastern Daily Press: Sandwich terns, which nest on Blakeney PointSandwich terns, which nest on Blakeney Point (Image: RSPB)

In the last 50 years, 38m birds have vanished from our skies, while 97pc of our wildflower meadows have been lost since the 1930s and a quarter of our mammals are at risk of extinction. 

The three groups say protecting nature is the key to halting climate change which threatens our planet and our way of life.

Eastern Daily Press: Sir David Attenborough, whose new series Wild Isles has inspired a campaign to save our wild places Sir David Attenborough, whose new series Wild Isles has inspired a campaign to save our wild places (Image: PA)

They said in a joint statement: "The science is clear about what we need to do and there are already amazing people transforming farms, businesses, coasts, urban spaces, transport networks, energy supplies and communities for nature. We just need much more of it.”  

Sir David said: “It’s easy to feel overwhelmed or powerless by the scale of the issues facing our planet, but we have the solutions."