2008Aug15: Chaffinches and robins are laying their eggs about a week earlier than in the 1960s, according to the annual State of the UK’s Birds report. Dr Mark Avery, conservation director for the RSPB, said: “This year’s report shows that climate change is with us already and from our gardens to our seas, birds are having to respond rapidly to climate change simply to survive. As often before, birds are acting like the canaries in a mine shaft and giving us early warning of dangerous change” (UK Guardian, 2008).
Reference: UK Guardian. 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/15/wildlife.conservation
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