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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>"From high above, skylarks are singing incessantly, beautifully rich and strikingly continuous songs providing the May soundtrack" — Anja Murray</p>

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Anja Murray: Skylark, lapwing and the dangers of shifting baseline syndrome
My generation is lucky in many ways... to have the privilege to experience wild orchids in abundance, to bask in the soundscape of skylark and cuckoo. We are also the last generations with the potential to turn the current trajectory around
<p>URI doctoral student Colby Slezak places a leg band and GPS transmitter on a female American woodcock at the Francis Carter Preserve in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Images courtesy of Colby Slezak</p>

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Richard Collins: Multi-tasking isn't just for humans
<p>There is no longer an open season on four species: scaup (top left), pintail (centre left), goldeneye (bottom left), and pochard (right).</p>

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Four birds added to hunt ban list
Anja Murray: New farm rules pose extinction risk to threatened farmland birds

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Anja Murray: New farm rules pose extinction risk to threatened farmland birds
Irish Wildlife Trust and Extinction Rebellion protest

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Anja Murray: Up to our knees in dead canaries
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Darina Allen: Warm Roast Duck with Broccoli, Radishes and Anchovy
NATURE TABLE: Snipe
NATURE TABLE: Snipe

The snipe is a small wading bird with richly patterned brown plumage and a distinctive long, straight beak.&nbsp;

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