The year started off extremely dry, following on from 2022 s parched summer, while parts of the South West and East Anglia remained in drought until September.
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The chough, the only member of the crow family with bright red feet, legs and beaks, has been extinct from most of England for centuries - remaining only in myths and heraldry.
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