Ferret about in the long grass and the woods on the Hoo Peninsula shortly after dawn, and there is a good chance you might bump into Owen Sweeney. Mr Sweeney is one of life's enthusiasts. He has been walking the lanes and paths of Lodge Hill since the 1970s, hat on head, binoculars in hand. For all the talk of immigration in this by-election campaign, protecting the rights of one migrant is commanding rather a lot of attention. Not a person. But a bird. Around 80 pairs of nightingales breed here each summer, in just the spot where there are plans for 5000 new houses. Ornithological fervour "It is a special bird. It has got a heritage, a cultural place in Britain's history. It...
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