Weatherwatch: climate change means lots of birdsong, even in November
by Stephen Moss from on (#398KC)
Unlike other birds, robins have always sung throughout the season, but now other species are joining them due to their warming environment
The Victorian humorist and poet Thomas Hood took a dim view of the penultimate month of the year: "No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! - November!"
If he meant no bird song, then, when he was writing, during the cooler climatic interlude known as the Little Ice Age, he would have been spot-on.
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