A murmuration of starlings in Scotland greatonmywall / Alamy
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To start off 2024, I’m proposing a shift in how we think about nature. I’ve been thinking a lot about bioabundance – the number of individual living organisms on Earth. Winter, typically, is a good time for a British nature-lover to get a taste of abundance. Large groups of birds from northern Europe overwinter here, and if you brave the cold you can enjoy seeing birds such as…
