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Voting
for Britain’s national bird is now open and, with help from the Springwatch
Flickr group, we are celebrating each of the 10 nominated species until the
closing date on midnight on 7th May
The US has the mighty bald
eagle, Austria has the brilliant barn swallow and Guatemala has the resplendent
quetzal.
Britain has no national
bird, except for the robin, which we unofficially adopted in the 1960s.
Now ornithologist David
Lindo, who is also known as the Urban Birder, is hoping to change that.
He is encouraging us to
vote for the species that we think deserves the title of Britain’s national
bird from a shortlist of 10 that were chosen by online voters from an original
list of 60.
Until the closing date of
midnight on May 7th we will be showcasing each of the 10 nominated birds in
turn, using contributions from the Springwatch Flickr group.
You have plenty of time to
cast your vote on the website; Mr Lindo is then asking the new government to
officially appoint the winner as our national bird.
This time it's the turn of
the mute swan (Cygnus olor)
by Paul Miguel
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