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Has anyone else noticed a reduction in garden birds this year? We have a few blackbirds, pigeons and a resident robin but have seen very few tits,chaffinich or greenfinch compared to previous years.
Not heard a cuckcoo round here for a couple of years now and the resident flock of sparrows we used to have have long since disappeared.
What is happening to them all?
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I have a blackbird nest outside my office window - in honeysuckle bush - new babies hatched on Sunday . We've had sparrows this year for first time for a while, also thrushes, wrens, great tits. blue tits, but I've not spotted any greenfinches this year.
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Thats funny....we were only saying that it looks like our sparrows and starlings were making a comeback this spring.
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Magpies will remove smaller birds very quickly. Foxes see off anything that nests on the ground. Then the "bird society" introduce a few red kites. Result in many areas reduced small bird population.
North Hertfordshire. I've got nesting blackbirds, robins and long tailed tits. Most of the Tit variety live around here. Dunnocks, Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Nuthatches and Goldfinches. The Cuckoo turned up three weeks ago as it has for the twenty years I've been living in this house which is surrounded by fields and woodland. We have Red Kites, Buzzards, Sparrowhawks and Ravens. The one thing I have noticed over the last 10 years is the absolute proliferation of crows, rooks and jackdaws....not my favourites at all. And the icing on the cake is when I go for a walk and hear the Skylark. I'm very lucky.
Interesting, we've noticed more too. Wrens seem happy, Robin has family, saw a Goldcrest in the garden, Sparrows seem cheerful enough. BUT haven't seen as many Starlings as usual.
Perhaps its the pristine environment of Bognor and our forward looking and Green tinged council .
only heard three cuckoo's this year so far, they do seem to be less in numbers each year I know of a Buzzard sitting on eggs, the first that I have known in my local vicinity. I have not seen our local hobbies so far this year which have nested successfully here for the last two years.
One bird that has become rare in our neck of the woods is the Bullfinch. I have only seen one in the last fifteen to twenty years around here, and that siting was last year.
Then the "bird society" introduce a few red kites. Result in many areas reduced small bird population.
Absolute tosh. Please only post facts. This is how species get a bad name. Red Kites are predominantly scavengers and carrion feeders. They will also feed on earthworms when on the ground.
The hard winters over the last two years have had a significant effect. For the first time in many years there are no blue tits nesting in our garden.
Some species have also been hit by the recent drought, for instance blackbirds find it difficult to get worms from rock hard soil.
Small birds of many species have seen significant falls in population levels, for instance there are now no chetti's warblers or stonechats breeding in Worcestershire that I know of.
Cuckoos have been in long term decline, as have house sparrows.
No doubt the population will grow again if we get some mild winters.
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. We've had sparrows this year for first time for a while, also thrushes, wrens, great tits. blue tits, but I've not spotted any greenfinches this year.
I know of a Buzzard sitting on eggs, the first that I have known in my local vicinity. 
