Weatherwatch: climate change means lots of birdsong, even in November

Unlike other birds, robins have always sung throughout the season, but now other species are joining them due to their warming environment

The Victorian humorist and poet Thomas Hood took a dim view of the penultimate month of the year: “No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! – November!”

If he meant no bird song, then, when he was writing, during the cooler climatic interlude known as the Little Ice Age, he would have been spot-on.