Increasing populations of Red Kite Milvus milvus, Corn Crake Crex crex and Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus within the United Kingdom are rightly seen as conservation success stories, but unfortunately other species are not faring so well. Declining farmland birds such as Sky Lark Alauda arvensis and Corn Bunting E. calandra have received much attention in recent years but, worrying though their situa

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