Yet again the British media roll out another “expert” who does not mention anything about the way birds navigate by using the earth’s electromagnetic field. How long will this question be ignored! As scientific studies like this pile up.
Britain’s favourite birds are disappearing, in a pattern that could have devastating consequences, writes Colin Tudge.
Britain is losing some of its best-loved birds, and at an alarming rate, according to the latest UK Breeding Bird Survey. Cuckoos were down by 44 per cent nationwide between 1995 and 2008 (including an astonishing 71 per cent in the South West) – and then fell by another 21 per cent between 2008 and 2009. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has now added the cuckoo to its Red Data List of endangered species. Kestrels have declined by 36 per cent since 1995, and in the North East, the Northumberland National Park has lost 38 per cent of its curlews. There were big falls, too, in grey partridge, starlings and lapwings. Read the rest of this entry »
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