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[sazandra]

Evidence of the biggest meteorite ever to hit the British Isles has been found http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7314329.stm

They always say animals can sense a storm approaching http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7311847.stm

From the annual bird watch each January:
National top 10 birds seen
1: House sparrow
2: Starling
3: Blackbird
4: Blue tit
5: Chaffinch
6: Woodpigeon
7: Collared dove
8: Robin
9: Great tit
10: Goldfinch

Top 10 birds seen in Oxfordshire
1 House sparrow
2 Starling
3 Blackbird
4 Blue tit
5 Chaffinch
6 Woodpigeon
7 Goldfinch
8 Great tit
9 Robin
10 Collared dove

I'm not surprised goldfinchs are higher up the top 10 around here than nationally, we see quite a few in our back garden on the feeders.

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I'm glad to see house sparrow topping the list. They seem to be few and far between here.

No mention of magpies, though. They are plentiful round here, which perhaps explains the lack of house sparrows.