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At our meeting on 25th February, David Nobbs, the RSPB Community Talks Officer, spoke on Gardening for Wildlife. <\/span><\/p>\n

The RSPB has over a million members and manages nature reserves forests, wetlands, coastline etc. There are 250 breeding species of birds in Britain 40 of which are on the endangered list, including the Red Kite and the Avocet that are now increasing in numbers again. Over the last 50 years we have lost 50% ar farmland birds and the RSPB advises farmers on how to reverse this decline. Birds can be encouraged into gardens – hedges are excellent, providing nesting sites, attracting insects and producing berries for our winter visitors, redwings and waxwings for instance. They also provide low cover for wrens, ivy, honeysuckle, hawthorn and beech are particularly good. <\/span><\/p>\n

Oak trees attract 350 different species of insect, closely followed by the silver birch, which can support 320 species. Rowan attracts birds and has one of the first berry crops to be stripped. Native species of flowers that attract insects including foxgloves, teasels loved by goldfinches, lavender, globe thistle and buddleia for butterfiies. The caterpillars of butterflies and moths are important for birdlife. There are 22,000 different types of native insect and less than 1% are harmful. Among the good ones, are lacewings, hoverflies and ladybirds. David outlined how to attract insects and worms etc. to the garden as food for the birds. <\/span><\/p>\n

He put in a plug for peat-free products, to aid in the fight against global warmingand also for ponds in gardens as a habitat for wildlife. He finished his talk with some sobering figures (House sparrows number only 27% of the 1970 population and thrushes are no longer in the top 20) David took us on a whirlwind film trip round the world to see some beautiful birds in their national habitats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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