Country Diary
Mar 04, 2020
3 minutes
Patrick Laurie
I sometimes think I have a favourite bird, but there are so many candidates that it is never an easy choice. How do you measure a kingfisher against a green woodpecker? Is it possible to stand a barn owl next to a bittern and draw a clear line between them?
In pondering the subject in these dark days of early spring, I’ve come up with a compromise; that a favourite bird should be
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