Feathered Friends

Many familiar bird species are becoming rare sights in Britain. Land use, farming practices, house design as well as rising pollution have contributed to the fall. More than a third of UK bird species are in decline. The house sparrow has seen the population crash in England. But numbers are increasing in Wales. The great tit is a common sight around houses. Human feeding over the winter is believed to be helping. Certain species are getting so rare that they could soon disappear altogether, e.g. the skylark.

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