British birds are nesting earlier

A warming climate has prompted birds in the United Kingdom to begin laying eggs earlier in the spring.

References:

Crick, H.Q.P., and T.H. Sparks. 1999. Climate change related to egg-laying trends. Nature 399(June 3):423.

Further Readings:

Mlot, C. 1997. Northern birds laying eggs earlier. Science News 152(Aug. 30):141.

Sources:

Humphrey Q.P. Crick
British Trust for Ornithology
National Centre for Ornithology
Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU
United Kingdom

Timothy H. Sparks
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE17 2LS
United Kingdom

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 24, June 12, 1999, p. 383. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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