Severe winter that made thousands of birds flee

December 1978, on the Dutch polders and in the Baltic, was so cold large flocks of waterfowl and raptors left for the UKWe seem, nowadays, to have forgotten what a “proper” winter is like. A series of mild seasons, punctuated only by the freeze-ups of 2009-10 and 2010-11, have perhaps made us complacent. Related: Small birds suffered during Britain's big chill, RSPB survey revealsContinue reading...