Pigeons

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Birds Galore
What kind of crazy world are we living in?
Natural England revoked licenses for controlling 16 species of birds this year.
TV presenter Chris Packham said he has received death threats. He also condemned facebook for not removing posts containing his address.
Packham’s campaign group ‘Wild Justice’ has challenged the general licenses that allow farmers to shoot birds including the Carrion Crow, Wood Pigeon and Magpies that damage crops or attack livestock. The National Farmers Union said it is concerned about the withdrawal of licenses
Wild Justice

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Look to the Skies’
Our long-distance migratory birds return.
Look to the skies’ our migratory birds are coming back
The incredible Arctic tern flies across the globe from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
Not all birds migrate a few like Partridges, never make more than a kilometre or so from where they were born.
Regular migrants
At least 4 thousand species of bird are regular migrants – 40% of the world’s total.
Summer visitors- these birds arrive in the spring from the south to breed, they include swallows, fly eaters, redstarts, nightingales, yellow wagtails, cuckoos, swifts, turtledoves, ospreys, terns and many seabirds too such as puffins and gannets arrive at our shores in spring. Birds, that hardly mate at all in the U.K. but may migrate in huge numbers elsewhere.
In Estonia one bird watcher counted, 7300 siskins, 6,200 great tits, 5,600 wood pigeons, 3,400 jays, 7,800 coal tits. 460 blue tits migrating in a single day.
Source RSPB
For more info go to http://www.rsbp.org.uk

“God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.”
― Jacques Deval a French playwright, screenwriter and film director 1895 1972

Do not use pesticides. ...
Tips to attract birds to the garden feeders
1. Maintain a four-season habitat. Once you attract birds, don’t stop there. Make your yard a neighbourhood hub by providing food, shelter and water year-round
2. Create a comfort zone. Birds like cover, especially near feeders, so plant evergreen trees, bushes, vines or ground covers creating a veritable paradise in your garden for birds and other little critters
3. Leave a little garden debris in winter. Instead of doing a thorough cleanup in the autumn , let the birds enjoy the seedpods, leaf piles, dropped fruit and other natural materials that usually get cleared away weeks earlier.
4. Choose garden plants that while looking pretty make a hearty meal. Seed- and berry-bearing plants will attract hungry birds to your yard. Select plants that peak at different times of year for a long-lasting enjoyment.
5. Supplement nature’s bounty with a variety of foods. Feeders full of seeds, suet and fruit will delight your feathered friends . Also, consider hanging different styles of feeders around your garden to boost the appeal.
6. Add water to your landscape Birds enjoy a nice bath and splash about plus providing vital drinking water is another must and regularly refreshing the water especially on hot days
Do not use pesticides. ...
Be insect friendly