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Farmers urged to help songbirds through winter 'hungry gap'

Farmers are being urged to help farmland birds through the ‘hungry gap’ now winter is well underway.

Abi Kay
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Farmers urged to help songbirds through winter 'hungry gap'

Farmers are being urged to help farmland birds through the ‘hungry gap’ now winter is well underway. In the latest Birds of Conservation Concern review, 14 of the 26 farmland birds in the UK were assigned...

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