Bird experts are ringing alarm bells over the decline of one of the UK's most recognizable birds: 40 million starlings have disappeared from the European Union, including the UK, since 1980. In 2002, the starling Sturnus vulgaris was added to the UK ‘red list’ of the Birds of Conservation Concern, because its population had halved during the previous three decades. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said the starling has recorded the greatest loss of any European farmland bird. Starling numbers recorded in the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Birdwatch have fallen by 80% since 1979 across the UK.
Source: Redhill and Reigate Life, 30 July 2012
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