Some observations on changes in the wildlife of Epping Forest since 1939
In 1943, perhaps significantly, I note in early June, "the Shrikes are later returning this year and arc,
so far, absent from some of the sites where they were present last year'. As a breeding species the
Red-backed Shrike is extinct throughout Britain. The landscapes of the Forest and Britain are
irrevocably diminished by their loss.
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