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Ducks are outnumbered by thousands of knot and oystercatcher as they congregate and perform spectacular murmurations at Snettisham, Norfolk on October 20, 2020. This spectacular happens when a high tide forces the birds from their feeding ground on The Wash, further up the beach and onto the shingle, before the tide recedes and they can feed on the mudflats again. (Photo by Paul Marriott/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Ducks are outnumbered by thousands of knot and oystercatcher as they congregate and perform spectacular murmurations at Snettisham, Norfolk on October 20, 2020. This spectacular happens when a high tide forces the birds from their feeding ground on The Wash, further up the beach and onto the shingle, before the tide recedes and they can feed on the mudflats again. (Photo by Paul Marriott/Rex Features/Shutterstock)



A couple of European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) couple nest in the lower valley of the River Bourbeusein in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. Europe’s breeding bird populations have shifted on average a kilometre north every year for the past three decades, probably driven by the climate crisis, according to one of the world’s largest citizen science projects on biodiversity the European Breeding Bird Atlas. (Photo by Dominique Delfino/Biosphoto/Alamy Stock Photo)

A couple of European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) couple nest in the lower valley of the River Bourbeusein in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. Europe’s breeding bird populations have shifted on average a kilometre north every year for the past three decades, probably driven by the climate crisis, according to one of the world’s largest citizen science projects on biodiversity the European Breeding Bird Atlas. (Photo by Dominique Delfino/Biosphoto/Alamy Stock Photo)



A critically endangered helmeted hornbill in Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia in October 2020. Wildlife in Fraser’s Hill is threatened by a development of a 15-storey resort and spa that will be operated by Accor when it is completed in six years. (Photo by W.K. Liew/The Guardian)

A critically endangered helmeted hornbill in Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia in October 2020. Wildlife in Fraser’s Hill is threatened by a development of a 15-storey resort and spa that will be operated by Accor when it is completed in six years. (Photo by W.K. Liew/The Guardian)



A Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) peaches over a bamboo stick on the water with a small fish in its beak at a lake in Myanmar, 17 Novemb​er 2020. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE)

A Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) peaches over a bamboo stick on the water with a small fish in its beak at a lake in Myanmar, 17 Novemb​er 2020. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE)



A critically endangered helmeted hornbill spotted in a mountain village in Malaysia on September 2020 known for its highland rainforest and extensive birdlife, which is under threat from a resort and spa development. (Photo by W.K. Liew/The Guardian)

A critically endangered helmeted hornbill spotted in a mountain village in Malaysia on September 2020 known for its highland rainforest and extensive birdlife, which is under threat from a resort and spa development. (Photo by W.K. Liew/The Guardian)



A great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) also called concave-casqued hornbill and one of the larger members of the hornbill family, flies under the blue sky in Bago Region, Myanmar, 16 December 2020. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE)

A great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) also called concave-casqued hornbill and one of the larger members of the hornbill family, flies under the blue sky in Bago Region, Myanmar, 16 December 2020. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE)



A pair of Cotton pygmy goose fly at Chandubi Lake in Kamrup (metro) district of Assam, India, 29 December 2018. The Cotton pygmy goose are rarely seen nowadays as there are very few left in the wild in Assam. Chandubi Lake is a major tourist destination of Assam where tourists come in large numbers for picnic during this time of the season. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)

A pair of Cotton pygmy goose fly at Chandubi Lake in Kamrup (metro) district of Assam, India, 29 December 2018. The Cotton pygmy goose are rarely seen nowadays as there are very few left in the wild in Assam. Chandubi Lake is a major tourist destination of Assam where tourists come in large numbers for picnic during this time of the season. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)



A male belted kingfisher holds a fish in its beak as it sits on a branch in Ventura, California in November 2020. (Photo by Jon Osumi/Alamy Live News)

A male belted kingfisher holds a fish in its beak as it sits on a branch in Ventura, California in November 2020. (Photo by Jon Osumi/Alamy Live News)



Egrets fly before taking position for fishing in a waterhole in Barpeta district of Assam, India, 10 December 2020. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)

Egrets fly before taking position for fishing in a waterhole in Barpeta district of Assam, India, 10 December 2020. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)



Red kites at the Red Kite Feeding Station near Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway in November 2020. (Photo by William Dickson/South West News Service)

Red kites at the Red Kite Feeding Station near Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway in November 2020. (Photo by William Dickson/South West News Service)



A silver pheasant makes a leap at the Exiandong nature reserve in Nanjing County, southeast China's Fujian Province, October 14, 2020. (Photo by Chine Nouvelle/SIPA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A silver pheasant makes a leap at the Exiandong nature reserve in Nanjing County, southeast China's Fujian Province, October 14, 2020. (Photo by Chine Nouvelle/SIPA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)



A Flamingo (aka Phoenicopterus Roseus) flies over a reservoir in Atlit, north of Tel Aviv, on October 18, 2020. Flamingos pass through Israel on their way to Africa then again when they return to Europe in the summer. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP Photo)

A Flamingo (aka Phoenicopterus Roseus) flies over a reservoir in Atlit, north of Tel Aviv, on October 18, 2020. Flamingos pass through Israel on their way to Africa then again when they return to Europe in the summer. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP Photo)



The endangered antipodean albatross, which is often caught in fishing nets, won most first-choice votes out of the more than 55,000 votes cast during the 2020 New Zealand’s bird of the year competition. (Photo by Wildestanimal/Getty Images)

The endangered antipodean albatross, which is often caught in fishing nets, won most first-choice votes out of the more than 55,000 votes cast during the 2020 New Zealand’s bird of the year competition. (Photo by Wildestanimal/Getty Images)



Cute silver-throated tits, which are also called panda birds, attracted by ripe fruit appear in a park in Daqing city, northeast China's Heilongjiang province, 27 October 2020. (Photo by Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Cute silver-throated tits, which are also called panda birds, attracted by ripe fruit appear in a park in Daqing city, northeast China's Heilongjiang province, 27 October 2020. (Photo by Rex Features/Shutterstock)



A pelican catches fish in a pond at closed Prague Zoo amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Prague, Czech Republic, November 10, 2020. The zoo offers meal vouchers for people to contribute to feed its animals as a part of a fundraising project during lockdown. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)

A pelican catches fish in a pond at closed Prague Zoo amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Prague, Czech Republic, November 10, 2020. The zoo offers meal vouchers for people to contribute to feed its animals as a part of a fundraising project during lockdown. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)
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