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<blockquote data-quote="Dave645" data-source="post: 7954747" data-attributes="member: 55822"><p><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/conservation/conservation-and-sustainability/farming/near-you/farmland-bird-declines/" target="_blank">https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/conservation/conservation-and-sustainability/farming/near-you/farmland-bird-declines/</a></p><p>While I have no problem encouraging better wildlife support for birds etc, I often wonder with migratory species what effect we can have when we are only One area in which they live.</p><p></p><p>how effective has the uk environmental schemes been so far in improving bird numbers for non migratory birds that live in the uk.</p><p>if we are to belive the website I shared not much, and they are at a loss to know why, so why are these programs continuing to push ahead when the results are not showing?</p><p></p><p>if over winter stubbles is not working when set aside didn’t work why press for those as options, when dedicated options may give better results?</p><p>Often birds have areas they use every year, a farm near me gets geese coming over winter on set fields every year, mine only 100 meters away never get bothered.</p><p>An expansion of areas already getting birds visiting seems a better more targets system.</p><p>I have land surveyed every year and it has good bird populations because we have trees long term pasture and natural regeneration that’s a long way or at least a good way from housing so a long way from cats.</p><p>Just putting down random areas of bird food has not worked so why perpetuate it why spend money on random farm land areas when expanding areas around existing bird populations would give better results.</p><p>So those small farms that have these areas are supported in simple scheme that don’t require finding 500ha of land to also go into the scheme.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave645, post: 7954747, member: 55822"] [URL]https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/conservation/conservation-and-sustainability/farming/near-you/farmland-bird-declines/[/URL] While I have no problem encouraging better wildlife support for birds etc, I often wonder with migratory species what effect we can have when we are only One area in which they live. how effective has the uk environmental schemes been so far in improving bird numbers for non migratory birds that live in the uk. if we are to belive the website I shared not much, and they are at a loss to know why, so why are these programs continuing to push ahead when the results are not showing? if over winter stubbles is not working when set aside didn’t work why press for those as options, when dedicated options may give better results? Often birds have areas they use every year, a farm near me gets geese coming over winter on set fields every year, mine only 100 meters away never get bothered. An expansion of areas already getting birds visiting seems a better more targets system. I have land surveyed every year and it has good bird populations because we have trees long term pasture and natural regeneration that’s a long way or at least a good way from housing so a long way from cats. Just putting down random areas of bird food has not worked so why perpetuate it why spend money on random farm land areas when expanding areas around existing bird populations would give better results. So those small farms that have these areas are supported in simple scheme that don’t require finding 500ha of land to also go into the scheme. [/QUOTE]
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