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Come back Peter, come back Paul Britain's sparrow population is in decline - and no one knows why. B...

Come back Peter, come back Paul Britain's sparrow population is in decline - and no one knows why. B...

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Come back Peter, come back Paul Britain's sparrow population is in decline - and no one knows why. But Ludovic Hunter-Tilney's backyard may yieldsome vital clues: LONDON 1ST EDITION

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Come back Peter, come back Paul Britain's sparrow population is in decline - and no one knows why. But Ludovic Hunter-Tilney's backyard may yieldsome vital clues: LONDON 1ST EDITION

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London (UK): The Financial Times Limited

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The Financial times (London ed.), 2007-07-14

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English

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London (UK): The Financial Times Limited

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Abandoning my previous indifference to birdwatching, I have grown fond and protective of these sparrows, even to the point of mildmegalomania. I see them as survivors of an apocalyptic disaster,the last sparrows in London. Inmy fantasies I imagine them recolonising the city under my benevolent - even god-like - patronage. "The sparrows' fightback,"...

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Come back Peter, come back Paul Britain's sparrow population is in decline - and no one knows why. But Ludovic Hunter-Tilney's backyard may yieldsome vital clues: LONDON 1ST EDITION

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0307-1766

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