News 2012

Follow the links below for news items featured during 2012:

June

House Sparrows approach six-year high.

Blue Tit, Northamptonshire, nests under flowerpot.

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cumbria, adopts unusual approach towards foraging - taking earthworms from the ground.

June boom - surge in garden bird activity.

July

Siskins pile into gardens

August

Balding birds gallery

Learn Woodpigeon and Collared Dove songs

Big Goldfinch flock appears on feeders

September

Woodpigeons reach record high in gardens

Nuthatch numbers creeping up

Summer weather hits butterflies

October

Swan in the pond!

November

Woodland birds pile into gardens

Feeder cages and predators

Berries disappear fast

Woodpigeon rain-bathing

One-legged Blackbird

December

Odd couple

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BirdTrack migration blog – early spring

It may still feel like winter but for some species, the increasing temperatures and lengthening days have already kick-started spring migration, with birds starting to arrive and depart across Britain and Ireland.

Article

Biodiversity loss and the UK’s birds

Biodiversity loss is one of the biggest drivers of bird population declines in the UK. Learn what we’re doing to tackle this threat to nature and how you can support our work.

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