Siren song: can a charity single save Britain's birds from extinction?

Let Nature Sing, two and a half minutes of birdsong, is being released by the RSPB to highlight the 44m birds lost since 1966 - and the many more at riskAlmost 40 years since The Birdie Song haunted the charts - and every children's birthday party for a long time afterwards - the wildlife charity RSPB is releasing a single that, while far from novelty, may just match the Tweets' infuriating oompah hit for sheer oddness.Let Nature Sing is all chorus - and not in the same way as Blur's Song 2, say, is all chorus. This is two and a half minutes of pure birdsong, featuring 25 of the UK's best loved or most threatened birds among its guest vocalists, including the common blackbird and robin and the endangered nightingale and bittern. Continue reading...