Big win for small birds as feeders help finch and tit species to thrive
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#3KAAR)
The mild winter was followed by a good breeding season, boosting garden sightings of finches and tits
Finches and tits have enjoyed a golden year, according to the results of this year's RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch.
These small bird species suffer particularly badly in cold weather but in the past year benefited from a mild start to the winter that followed a good breeding season. Blackbird sightings in gardens were down - the result of plentiful food elsewhere - but a dearth of robins followed a poor nesting season.
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