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Farmers have been urged to take part in a new farmland bird survey as figures show numbers have declined by more than 60% over the past 53 years.

The annual Big Farmland Bird Count, organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), began in 2014.

Officials launched the 2024 survey, which runs until 18 February, at Lodge Farm, in Westhorpe, Suffolk.

The trust said farmland birds "desperately" needed help,

Farmers' union the NFU said the best part of 20,000 farmers took part in the 2023 count.

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