Country diary: Return of the Manx shearwaters – this island is their home | Tim Earl
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Langness, Isle of Man: With their epic migrations, they are special birds, but especially so here, the place that coined the nameA swallow recorded at the start of March, sand martins mid-month. This year, many harbingers of spring have come early due to the warming climate, so here on the island, the question was: would our Manx shearwaters return early too?Few places have birds named after them, but the Isle of Man is one (Sardinia another, for Sardinian warblers), the name granted in 1835 tha
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