Article 398KC Weatherwatch: climate change means lots of birdsong, even in November

Weatherwatch: climate change means lots of birdsong, even in November

by
Stephen Moss
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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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