Nature is amazing, but it will not be for much longer. Did you know that some of the most common bird species are being reduced in numbers at a heavy rate, species like the skylark songbirds and tree sparrows numbers are in heavy decline, as a result in ten years time these types of birds could become non-existent. The decline has also been spotted in some of the more common garden bird wild life, such as Robins and Blue Tits.
So what can we do? Well a start would be to try to keep household pets under control, 55 million birds are estimated to be killed by domestic cats a year alone. Putting a bell on them maybe will help, so that at least the birds will have a warning when they are about to get attacked. No one likes seeing a bunch of feathers on their garden lawn, its usually a bad sign. Around 25% of our bird population breeds in our very own gardens, what we can do it further improve this number and reduce the attacks by cats is to have bird houses in our gardens. Bird Houses, or nest box's as they are also known give the birds a safe environment to nest in, thus will result in a better survivability rate for young birds and also help keep any predators out.
Giving a supply of food via bird feeders is also be a great way to keep the birds fed, this will attract a wide range of birds to your garden, what a beautiful place a garden is with birds singing. A tip is to give the birds are wide variety of food so that you attract different types of species and also try to keep the food as high as possible, not only so the birds can see it better but also again from predators trying to steal the food, or attack the birds while eating. Bird baths are also great for clean fresh drinking water for the birds, during winter seasons all their main water sources can get frozen, so birds finding drinking water is more important than ever. To stop your bird bath's water getting frozen, try putting it next to a garden light, a heat source that will help keep the water heated so it doesn't melt. Its also possible to put a light ball in the bird bath so it sways during winds, this will stop the whole bird bath getting frozen open and leave a tiny bit of water available for the birds to drink. You could also pour hot water over the bird baths once a day to melt the ice, this is probably the easiest solution. So by making sure that birds have a great supply of food and water will keep the birds coming to your garden and keep the populations on the rise, rather than the fall.
Get a bird table for your garden to perch the food upon, or combine all the tips in this article and make your garden the ultimate bird paradise. We need to keep the population steady, keep nature the way it is and the only way we can do it is by taking action now, otherwise we may be regretting it in years to come.
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