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According to a new report by Natural England, 12% of English children didn't visit any natural environment - including an urban park - in the last twelve months.
And there was a racial divide, too: 56% per cent of children from ethnic minority households were frequent visitors to natural environments - compared to 75% of their white peers.
David Lindo, who grew up in inner-city London, is a rare species – a black ornithologist. He calls himself the Urban Birder.

(Image: A King Bird of Paradise performs an open wing display on its courtship perch. Credit: Â鶹Éç)