British farmland birds population plummet by 11 per cent since the mid 1990s | Bird decline, insect decline and neonicotinoids

Official figures show that farmland bird populations have plummeted by 11 per cent across England since the mid 1990s - and that once common species such as the starling Sturnus vulgaris, turtle dove Streptopelia turtur and corn bunting Miliaria calandra are suffering the most.