What If the Birds All Die? “Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds. The early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of…

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That’s quite lovely but so small compared to years ago. I used to watch them over West Pier Brighton many years ago. Sign of the times; declining #BirdPopulation 😢