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09-11-2011, 03:00 PM
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| | | Less birds on my patch
Is it just me? or have I got a point?
Several years ago a series of events seemed to precipitate a sea change in the local bird population. A flood (2007) and 2 harsh winters (2009/10, 2010/11), seem to have decimated numbers. Certain species I don`t see anymore. I know individual cases are well documented but it seems more general to me. I think wildlife was hanging on by a thread and recent events have cut it. Their habitat was shrinking year on year and I worry that if they try to make a comeback there will be nothing for them to come back to. This is my opinion based on my local experience.
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09-11-2011, 10:07 PM
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| | | Re: Less birds on my patch
you do have a point, tell me are you talking about , waders, garden birds, or moorland birds, or birds in general, habitat is shrinking all the time as more land is being built on, rossy. |
09-11-2011, 10:33 PM
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| | | Re: Less birds on my patch
If certain cash crazed politicians ever got there way future generations of birdwatchers could look forward to twitching feral pigeons cos there'd be nothing much else. |
10-11-2011, 04:52 AM
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| |  Re: Less birds on my patch
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Originally Posted by Shrike  If certain cash crazed politicians ever got there way future generations of birdwatchers could look forward to twitching feral pigeons cos there'd be nothing much else. | According to some BTO figures Feral Pigeons have shown a decline- so don't get complacent about seeing these!  | | |
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