“If seabirds eat nurdles they can die from choking or starvation. At this time of the year there is also the risk that the birds return to their nests and feed the nurdles to their chicks. The plastic ...

Countless composers have incorporated birdsong into their music, from Beethoven to Ottorino Respighi to — most famously — Olivier Messiaen. But the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara went one step ...