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‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record

theguardian.com‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on recordNearly half of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies have said Wild bird populations in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since records began, figures show, with nearly half of species in decline. Figures produced by leading nature conservation bodies for the government show that average populations across 132 native breeding species fell by 19% between 1970 and 2025, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit in recent years. Continue reading...

13/10/26, 3:20 pm92 reposts117 likes

cps10001.bsky.social

@cps10001.bsky.social

Pesticides and intensive farming will have an effect.

11lexie.bsky.social

@11lexie.bsky.social

human activity is having its impact….food sources, heat, shelter and habitat loss, pollutants…the birds can’t adapt fast enough

@cheezyquaver.bsky.social

It's alright though land owners will be releasing 50 million pheasants into the countryside; so more than makeup for the shortfall 🤗

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@andrewharlequinn.bsky.social

We're destroying their habitats, destroying their food and poisoning them. Maybe we should stop that.

jeremy12.bsky.social

@jeremy12.bsky.social

Keep the growing deer population reducing meadow lands to the grass heights of golf course fairway. Of course these birds are in decline. Fail to cull means fail to protect

@cbotr.bsky.social

The power lines in front of our residence are the gathering site for Swifts, Swallows & Martins, when it's time for them to leave. Four years ago, the count was 136. This year it was 32!

franciscopolis.bsky.social

@franciscopolis.bsky.social

insectivores ?