Wide awake: Light pollution keeps magpies and pigeons tossing and turning

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#Wide awake: Light pollution keeps magpies and pigeons tossing and turning

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“#Wide awake: Light pollution keeps magpies and pigeons tossing and turning” Feral pigeon (Columba livia) in flight. Credit: Alan D. Wilson/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 2.5 Researchers are urging city-dwellers to switch off their garden lights at night-time after a study of magpies and pigeons revealed the harmful impact artificial light is having on the birds’ sleep patterns….