Monday, 7 December 2020

Disappearing White Christmas?

Being a fully paid-up UK Grinch, I have an aversion to Bing Crosby's 'White Christmas' song (in spite of its current download performance). I am saddened, however, at the news that relatively soon, we are unlikely to see the white stuff, on the ground, in Southern areas of the UK (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/07/snow-may-not-settle-in-most-of-uk-by-end-of-century-study-suggests). There are, of course, always annual variations in climate. It is predicted, however, that, by the 2040's, climate change in Southern areas of the UK, will result in there being no days in the year when temperatures fall to freezing or below. The only snows the country might see by the end of the century (if it is still one country), would be at high elevations or in the North of Scotland. Snow is not just a Christmas tradition. Without it, we are likely to see more flooding and increasing numbers of pest species surviving our winters.

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Birder's Bonus 241

Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.