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Wild Isles: starling murmuration in BBC documentary reveals as much about people as it does about birds

Wild Isles: starling murmuration in BBC documentary reveals as much about people as it does about birds: Starlings flock to Brighton Pier. SamuelJB/Shutterstock I’m sitting on the sofa, watching starlings. There are thousands of them circling above and around me, swirling into spectacular, ever-shifting shapes. They curve and loop in a hypnotic dance, merging at …

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Travel hotspots of Greek, Canary and Balearic isles could be added to quarantine-free list

South Africa in the news: Travel hotspots of Greek, Canary and Balearic isles could be added to quarantine-free list: An aviation minister said the UK Government will take an ‘island approach for border measures where possible’, raising the prospect of summer travel to the Greek, Canary and Balearic islands.: “South Africa” – BingNews Law firm …

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Cool The Summer Isles image

A cool Camps Bay Beach image: The Summer Isles Image by John of Wirral Wester Ross, Scotland. The Summer Isles It all started on the summit ridge of Ben Mor Coigach, one of the more prominent peaks of Wester Ross that rise in splendid isolation on the coast of north west Scotland. With a lull …

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Image from page 9 of “A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles” (1862)

Check out this Paternoster image: Image from page 9 of “A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles” (1862) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: historyofbirdsof03bree Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles Year: 1862 (1860s) Authors: Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886 Subjects: …

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Image from page 7 of “A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles” (1859)

A cool Paternoster image: Image from page 7 of “A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles” (1859) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: historyofbirdso01bree Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles Year: 1859 (1850s) Authors: Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886 Fawcett, Benjamin, …

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