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2012-11-23 UK has lost 44 million birds since 1966
These shocking
statistics are contained in the State of
the UK's
Birds 2012 report just published. The scientists producing the report
estimate that there are 166 million nesting birds in the UK, compared
with 210 million nesting birds in 1966.
The House Sparrow
has seen one of the greatest losses of any bird in the UK, with 20
million fewer sparrows than it had in 1966. |