Il faudrait interrompre le nourrissage durant l’été, puisque les sources naturelles de nourriture sont alors beaucoup plus abondantes.
- Honorary Professor of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, UCL
Summer feeding should be paused because this is a time when natural food sources such as caterpillars, bugs and flies, are much more abundant.
A torrid few years of widespread disease have pushed several species closer to extinction.
Wildlife populations continue to decline in the UK, one of the world’s most nature-deprived countries.
Insect-eating birds such as swifts and yellow wagtails are particularly vulnerable.
From a low of 11 males in 1997, Britain now has 228 booming bitterns at 103 sites nationwide.
These wetland birds were eradicated in the 17th century, but breeding pairs returned in 1979.
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