It's also great to see song thrushes apparently recovering from a slump in the 1990s.

BBC: Bristol - In your garden: which birds rule?

Many people spotted more blackbirds and song thrushes, and other less common species.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Fewer birds spotted in UK gardens

Some of his childhood, peacetime memories were perhaps as rare as his wartime ones: catching thrushes by hand in the rocky fields, hand-stitching his own shoes, setting up a chimney-sweep business in Nogent-sur-Marne.

ECONOMIST: Lazare Ponticelli

The residences at Sengokuyama occupy the bottom half of the 47-story building, giving residents a view of the 5-acre grounds, which include a garden specially designed to attract small indigenous birds such as woodpeckers and thrushes, as well as a tree-shaded plaza.

WSJ: Pampered in Tokyo