Half a billion birds fly over Israel during the autumn migration.
A leading Israeli ornithologist tells the Today programme that Israel is at the junction of three continents: from the political point of view, it's a disaster (the airspace is crowded enough); from the ornithological point of view, it's heaven.
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Country diary: the buzz of springtime
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*Ferry Meadows, Peterborough:* The sun is shining and tiny furrow bees join
other species feeding on pollen and nectar
Spring arrives on many small wings...
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