Conker trees saved by tits
Daily Star Sunday|November 12, 2023
GRUBS GOBBLED
ALISTAIR GRANT
Conker trees saved by tits

GREAT tits have saved British conkers from extinction.

The birds and their blue tit cousins have gobbled billions of tiny worms killing horse chestnut trees.

They have been damaged by the grubs, which invaded 20 years ago, with warnings they could end the conker harvest by 2035.

This story is from the November 12, 2023 edition of Daily Star Sunday.

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