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1m metric tonnes of fish caught in the North Sea is subsequently discarded, according to WWF-Germany – it amounts to at least one-third of the entire catch, though...
Starling collision
18th June 2010
"Onlookers said they heard a whooshing sound and the birds just hit the ground.” Alison Sparkes of the RSPCA commented after 75 starlings crashed and died in a driveway in Somerset. Experts say that they may have been spooked by a predator such as a sparrowhawk.
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