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Birdwatch: Britain’s dry springs put beloved blackbird under threat

Species already threatened by Usutu virus finding it difficult to extract worms from sun-hardened soil Few, if any, British garden birds are as well-known or well-loved as the blackbird. Yet a combination of warmer, drier springs and a mosquito-borne disease in the UK – both the result of the climate crisis – have put this member

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