The spring from hell
Jun 23, 2021
3 minutes
Over the past few years, I have covered scores of species that breed up here, not only in the north of England, but further north as well. What happens to many of them when we get a spring like this year’s, with severe frosts as well as unseasonal snowfall?
Despite the cold, the first of our birds arrived no later than normal, with curlew, lapwing, golden plover and others turning up from early March onwards. However, their
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