Starlings vanishing from gardens, says conservation charity, RSPB

Less starnings visit the United Kingdom gardens, according to the beneficial conservation organization, RSPB.

He says that his Big Garden Birdwatch, which took place during the last weekend of January, recorded the least number of starlings since the survey begged in 1979.

The longing are common visitors to the garden, but one of the fastest birds in the United Kingdom, with a strong population in decline since the 1960s.

They are known for their spectacular winter acrobatics, flying in huge flocks or murmuring.

The RSPB executive director, Beccy Speight, said that this year’s results are a reason for concern: “We can all do our time to support these threatened birds.”

Emma Marsh, executive director of RSPB, told Radio 4 Today that it is a “true pity” because the Starling is “one of our most charismatic birds.”

She said that small actions in people’s gardens can benefit from starlings and other wild lives.

These include avoiding pesticides, which reduce the number of insects around those who eat the starlings; Have a mixture of short and long grass to help the starlings to take into account the PRates; Maintain the natural grass with a lion tooth and clover so that there were more invertebrates; and placing nest boxes.

Mrs. Speight added: “While our houses and garden to provide the perfect place for individual people to help, we also urgently need and companies to unite us in the widest struggle to restore our natural world.”

Almost 600,000 people throughout the United Kingdom separate themselves in Big Garden Birdwatch this year, counting more than nine million birds during an hour in their garden or local park.

Before the year 2000, the Starling was regularly the most numerous species recorded in the survey.

This year he fell from third to fourth place behind the sparrow of the house, the blue tit and the wooden dove.

The Blackbird remained in fifth place.

The survey offers a snapshot of trends in garden birds, with data on the reflex findings of long -term studies bursts.

Fallings are a red species in the United Kingdom, considered a great conservation concern due to their number of numbers.

The United Kingdom’s breeding population decreased by 82% between 1970 and 2022.

There is not enough evidence to explain what is causing the decrease, but one reason could be that there are less grasslands and insect foods of what used to worry about intensive agriculture.

Modern housing and development have also reduced the availability of adequate nesting sites.

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