“The whole municipal district of Fuentes de Ebro found itself invaded by a terrible plague of locusts which covered all the irrigated and dry fields so that as far as the eye could see appeared to be dyed brown, since you couldn’t see the earth”
A ministry official tells me that is not done to leave Big Macs out for hungry vultures and other carcass-clearers, now under threat as a result of EU rules (see Nick Lloyd’s piece). Wild boar are said to be very fond of the odd burger, and London foxes and Delft herons have been living on…
