WORRY FOR WOODLAND BIRDS

Survey finds woodland birds are under threat, with numbers dropping by more than a quarter

Britain’s woodland birds are under threat, with the populations of some species plummeting, a new study has found. The RSPB’s State of the UK’s Bird 2020 report showed an overall decline of 27 per cent in the fortunes of woodland birds since the early 1970s, with declines of seven per cent evident over the past five years.

Among those faring worst are willow tits, showing the second biggest decline of any UK bird. Meanwhile, breeding populations of the lesser spotted woodpecker, lesser redpoll, spotted fly catcher, capercaillie and

Woodland management is impacting UK bird life

Lesser spo ed woodpecker