Huge decline seen in British birds
A story as relevant to the Manhood Peninsula as to the Cambridge countryside where it begins.
New figures from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) published on Sunday, to coincide with International Dawn Chorus Day, show total numbers had declined by one third in the last 50 years.
It includes the disappearance of nearly 30 million house sparrows, 20 million starlings, four million skylarks, two million blackbirds and one million chaffinches.
The BTO warned that future generations would no longer be able to hear cuckoos or song thrushes if the declines continued.
Head to https://data.bto.org/doorstep-birds to find out which species have been lost where you live.
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