Independent: The sharp decline in some of Britains most common bird species is resulting for the first time in their disappearance from some parts of the United Kingdom, conservationists warn today.
An annual stocktake of bird populations by a coalition of nature groups shows that many of the countrys 107 most familiar species, such as the starling and grey partridge, are suffering plummeting population changes compared with the 1990s.
But as well as losing numbers across the board, The State of the...