Independent: Rare birds have fallen victim to Britain’s prolonged cold weather with the bodies of several breeds found dead across the country.
The remains of eight malnourished stone curlews – one of the UK’s most threatened birds, recently returned from their wintering grounds in Africa and Spain – were discovered in fields in Norfolk, Suffolk and Wiltshire in the past few days, the RSPB has reported.
The malnourished creatures, which weighed around 300g each compared to a healthy weight of 450g, are…

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