Page 60 - BBC Wildlife Volume 36 #10
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NEWS FEATURE




























                    HOW WELL DID WILDLIFE WEATHER

































































         Ducks: Alisdair Macdonald/REX/Shutterstock; blackbird: Erica Olsen/FLPA














                No, it’s not India or Australia.
                It’s a pond in an English village
                (in 2006, another challenging
                year for wildlife). Such sights
                could become more common in
                the UK. Inset, right: baked soil
                made it diicult for insectivores
                such as blackbirds to find food.





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