'All the birdsong in the world in one sound': England's nightingale haven at risk from planning bill

Conservationists warn that losing Lodge Hill in Kent to housing could be a catastrophe for one of Britain's most at-risk birds? MPs poised to rebel over planning bill? Ten jewels of nature at risk from developmentNightingales don't sing much during the daytime. So when their clear, pure voices rang out from some brambles in Kent on a late spring morning, it felt as if they were campaigning for their home.Their music has charmed writers from Keats to Oscar Wilde. But over the decades, the little brown bird has had its habitat gradually hacked away because the thick brambles it likes to nest in have little use for humans. Continue reading...