BIRDS - Songbirds in decline a tragedy for Britain's culture, as well as its environment

This is the season of songbirds the nightingales and skylarks whose voices resonate in poetry and music as well as nature. But with their numbers in freefall, could we lose them for ever?It all began at two minutes to six on May Day last year, when the sonorous tones of Sir David Attenborough combined with the equally unmistakable call of the cuckoo, heralding the start of Tweet of the Day.The response to the Radio 4 series, produced by my old co ...

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