Independent (UK): Britain's smallest bird, the tiny goldcrest, may have suffered a population crash after being hit extremely hard by the harsh conditions of last winter, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) said yesterday. Confirming fears that the species, which had been increasing in number because of the warmer winters of the past two decades, would suffer a serious reverse in the freeze, the BTO said the number of gardens in which goldcrests were spotted had fallen by almost half. Across ......
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Goldcrest numbers plummet after harsh winter conditions
Posted by Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed on June 17th, 2010
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