It’s not so long since TAYLOR SWIFT’s album “MIDNIGHT” was taking the world by storm but in Australia they are hoping to knock her off the top spot with an album of frog calls!

This is the brainchild of scientists to raise awareness of the declining frog population on the Australian continent.

The album features 43 of the most threatened frogs and the researchers behind it want to take Taylor Swift’s number one spot in the ARIA Top 50 songs.

Asked if the frogs could knock the star off the top spot, lead scientist at FrogID, Dr Jodi Rowley said: “I’m hoping the frogs can do it. It’s an amazing album for a really good cause and we’ve had a really good response so far. So, my fingers are crossed.”

“We need to get as many pre-orders as possible to knock those guys off the charts”, she added.

Speaking about the falling numbers of frogs, she said the sounds are “probably something we won’t get to hear in the wild again so I’m really hoping these calls, particularly these threatened species, might actually, ignite the spark in people to make sure that future generations can hear these calls and we don’t rob them of that opportunity.”

“The Australian Frog Sounds: Songs Of Disappearance” is compiled of 50 minutes worth of frog songs from biologists and public submission and the profits from the album will go to The National FrogID project.

The project has created an app that aims to collect these sounds from across Australia.

So over the past couple of years, we’ve had to come to terms with the COVID pandemic, but at least it was nowhere near as bad as THE BLACK DEATH, which occurred around 1348 and 1349.

And it was to the BLACK DEATH to which Margaret Mills turned her attention to for today’s historical feature.

Listen here to what Margaret had to say on this subject, especially on the effects of this plague in Essex:-

Let’s hope for a more healthy year ahead and look forward tio having your company again next week,
Scott