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Stonehenge has been voted our worst tourist site, the Guardian reports.

No surprise there then, given the congestion on the adjacent A303. More importantly, it's a timely reminder that a tunnel remains the best way of easing traffic and improving the view.

It's also the best solution for stone-curlews - one of England's biggest conservation success stories. These birds hit rock bottom before we started helping them. By 2005 they had already beaten their 2010 recovery target and numbers continue to rise.

The A303 tunnel that the government agreed three years ago would help them too but because of a re-think, a new overground road may be built instead. Ministers should get on with the tunnel, allow the new Stonehenge visitor centre to go ahead and remove the blight hanging over Salisbury Plain's rare wildlife.

Click here for the Guardian report

And here for more on Salisbury Plain's stone-curlews