Steve Allain, our resident
conservationist, turns his attention to the threats to songbirds.
By Steve Allain
Friday, 25th May 2018
If there is one group of birds
you have probably noticed declining in the British countryside over the past
few years, it is the songbirds. Songbirds are a large group of birds, which, as
their name suggests, like to sing, filling the landscapes they inhabit with the
beautiful sound of bird songs. There is a number of reasons for their decline
in recent times, such as the loss of habitats and the use of pesticides, which
has reduced the amount of prey available in an area. One factor which you may
not be aware of, however, is that of hunting. Every spring and autumn on the
islands of Malta there is a hunt, in which thousands of migrating birds are
shot over the Mediterranean islands. This is not the only place where songbirds
are at risk: a large number of species have disappeared from the wild in
south-east Asia, where birds have been collected to supply the pet trade.
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