Global Warming Forces Britains Birds to Take Flight

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Global warming forces Britain's birds to take flight

By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor

Published: 19 August 2005

The Scottish crossbill may be going; the black kite may be coming. Climate change appears to be widely affecting Britain's wild birds, a study shows

Some bird populations are shrinking, some are increasing, and others are moving under the influence of rising temperatures, says the report from a coalition of conservation groups, led by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

The report has compelling evidence to indicate that although global warming is widely thought of as a phenomenon of the future, it is already changing the natural world.

Hotter, dryer summers and warmer, wetter winters are starting to affect bird numbers, and mean we may soon lose some attractive species, such as the native crossbill of Scotland's pine forests, according to The State of the UK's Birds 2004, which is being launched today at the British Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water.

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