The number of birds reported as taken are: blackbird 59, skylark 278, black-headed gull 1, song thrush 2, redwing 8 and fieldfare 10.
It is to my mind unthinkable that we should just sit on our hands and do nothing while the skylark and the song thrush disappear.
Who would have thought that we today would no longer think it commonplace to hear the common hedge-sparrow, the skylark or the song thrush?
It included such birds as the hedge sparrow, song thrush, linnet, chaffinch and moorhen.
Many, if not all, of the species she mentioned—the grey partridge, the song thrush and the dormouse—are afforded protection within the framework of our biodiversity plans.
It resulted, of course, in a list which inevitably included most of our favourites—our national bird the robin, the wren, the song thrush and the skylark.
Over 500 species of vascular plants and 169 of birds have been recorded, including song thrush, reed bunting, kingfisher and skylark.
Species include song thrush, mistle thrush, great spotted woodpecker and whitethroat.
