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- Lincolnshire
I’ve noticed far fewer small birds about the sheds and garden this winter. So I just wondered if anybody else had noticed the same. ( Started off in the holly berry thread but thought it might be worth a poll.)
Maybe that’s where they are so they aren’t hanging around yards and gardens. Not a single sparrow here when normally there are dozens. Mild weather, more bird feed strips, bird flu, hawks. I don’t know but wondered what others have observed.We've had some excellent wild bird covers this time with masses of Sunflowers, covered in small birds.....but don't ask me which ones.
Farmers will get the blame for planting all these stupid wasted bird mixes, have a feeling it's more to do with changing weather patterns & birds following traditional weather patterns elsewhere, we certainly have less here this year & nothing has changed here in Devon other than the weather.Maybe that’s where they are so they aren’t hanging around yards and gardens. Not a single sparrow here when normally there are dozens. Mild weather, more bird feed strips, bird flu, hawks. I don’t know but wondered what others have observed.
That's what I thought , bound to be twisted around when the public say there's no birds in their gardensFarmers will get the blame for planting all these stupid wasted bird mixes,
I think supplementary feeding with grain out of the shed was lifesaver to a lot of small birds.Best thing for small birds is to start a very modest shoot on your farm and plant strips of game crops of various types. Preferably close to lots of mature trees and grown up hedgerows which offer them some protection from raptors.
Never thought of that one , the birds could be evolved to bird tables and the "weaker ones" have survived when normally they would have died out and the more vigorous strain survived and as you say they get a dose of this sh!t and it wipes em out .The stuff on these bird strips is mouldy as hell especially after this constantly wet autumn.
"Endangered " species they areDo starlings count?
Seem to have had an exceptional breeding season , the pluckers
Same here there must be thousands on our ab9, the sky goes black when they all take up! Can’t say what they are though, seem smaller and faster than sparrows and there’s two or three different flocks/species on there as well.We've had some excellent wild bird covers this time with masses of Sunflowers, covered in small birds.....but don't ask me which ones.
I think supplementary feeding with grain out of the shed was lifesaver to a lot of small birds.