2010 is proving to be a record breaking breeding year for the World Owl Trust at Muncaster Castle near Ravenglass in the Western Lake District, with 21 owl species raising more than 50 chicks. MacKinder’s eagle owls, spectacled owls, white-faced owls, western screech owls, long-eared owls and European scops owls have all bred for the first time, and there have also been five … [Read more...] about Record breeding year for World Owl Trust
Adult Birds
Garden birds face food shortage – RSPB
The unusually dry September experienced in many parts of the country may be causing trouble for our garden birds this winter, according to the RSPB. The dry weather has produced a bumper crop of berries, providing one great food source for garden birds. But the accompanying parched, hard earth has forced worms and other grubs deep under ground, making them inaccessible to … [Read more...] about Garden birds face food shortage – RSPB
Seabirds on the seashore?
A report published this week by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee has revealed major declines in many UK seabirds since the late 1960s. The report by JNCC – using information from the UK’s Seabird Monitoring Programme - reveals that the UK populations of at least nine of the UK’s 25 species seabird have decreased dramatically. Since 2000: the UK kittiwake … [Read more...] about Seabirds on the seashore?