Article: CARMEN REID: Where's the birds? You may well ask.(Features)

Byline: CARMEN REID

THERE'S no getting away from the fact that Scots bird life isn't what it used to be.

Our countryside is too quiet, because farmers have killed off everything that flies.

And, in town, if we're not under attack from starving seagulls desperate to nick our chips - because there are no fish left in the sea - we're fending off flocks of pigeons.

Yes, pigeons - those winged rats which are all over town centres and play ...

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