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SONGS FROM AN URBAN SCRUBLAND

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Deep within urban west London lies an oasis known as Wormwood Scrubs. At first glance, the Scrubs, as it is a ectionately known, may not look like the sort of place that would attract birdlife.

Covering 74 hectares and surrounded by urbanity, it is an

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