Recent bad weather and frozen waterways have brought animals away from their normal habitats and into the built up areas where we live, in the hunt for food and shelter. Swans from the Lancaster canal have left the waterway and headed inland, rummaging through dustbins and gardens in search of food or for something to do. Dangerous Delays in collecting rubbish … [Read more...] about Swans in the City
Birds
Big Garden Birdwatch 30-31 January 2010
Now in it's 31st year the RSPB big Garden Birdwatch is hoping to gather even more sightings of garden birds than ever before. Around half a million people are expected to be watching the garden birds this weekend (30-31 January 2010) for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. As Britain has endured its harshest winter since the launch of Big Garden Birdwatch over 30 years … [Read more...] about Big Garden Birdwatch 30-31 January 2010
Barn Owl death survey
This winter’s snow and ice is having a devastating effect on local Barn Owl populations in Northumberland, especially in the uplands which have seen deep snow cover for several weeks and face the likelihood of more to come. Barn Owls are unable to hunt successfully when there is snow cover on the ground and after three to four weeks can die in large numbers. More than a … [Read more...] about Barn Owl death survey
Record corn bunting roost in Bedfordshire
Conservationists are investigating what has caused the largest roost of corn buntings in living memory to settle in a farmer’s field in Bedfordshire. The farm in the village of Stotfold in Bedfordshire currently has 700 corn buntings – thought to be around 4 per cent of the entire UK population – occupying one field. RSPB experts are working with farmer Steve Bumstead to … [Read more...] about Record corn bunting roost in Bedfordshire
Rare birds faring better – RSPB report
Over the last decade, rare birds in the UK have been faring far better than their more common counterparts, according to the latest assessment produced by the UK’s leading conservation organisations. The research shows that almost 60 per cent of the 63 rare birds that breed in the UK have increased over the last ten years compared with only just over one third of common … [Read more...] about Rare birds faring better – RSPB report