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    garden birds

    Explore "garden birds" with insightful episodes like "Understanding the increase in urban birds, with Simon Foster" and "Feed the birds?" from podcasts like ""Make Space For Nature" and "Back Garden Biology"" and more!

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    Understanding the increase in urban birds, with Simon Foster

    Understanding the increase in urban birds, with Simon Foster

    In this episode we chat to Simon Foster, NatureScot’s Trends and Indicators Analysis Officer, about our latest research which reveals an increase in the number of birds in Scotland’s towns and cities.

    He explains the likely reasons for the increase, how climate change is affecting our birds, and what everyone can do to help.

    More information:
    News release: Birds increase in urban areas
    NatureScot Research Report 1300 - Scoping the feasibility of developments to the Terrestrial Bird Indicator for Scotland - urban, farmland and wetland indicators

    Feed the birds?

    Feed the birds?
    What do birds like eating and what decisions do they have to make when visiting a bird feeder? Not quite tuppence a bag - Brits spent around 200 million pounds a year on bird food. But what do birds like eating and what decisions do they have to make when visiting a feeder? Lindsay visits her mum's garden to get some close-up shots, Friederike Hillemann tells us about her research in Wytham Woods and Annette Fayet explains how puffins face similar problems.
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