Be a part of 2020 Big Bird Count
He added: “We have been open since August and this is the second time this has happened. It will probably cost in the region of £2000 to fix. It will be covered by our insurance but we still have to pay the excess on it and there’s the hassle of dealing with the insurance.
“We are not a big business – we are just a small family run business.”
Mr Celiberti estimates that the cost of replacing the windows smashed there in recent months is more than £4000.
Wildlife enthusiasts across Stirling area are being urged to take part in the national Big Farmland Bird Count in February.
The citizen science project calls on farmers, land managers and gamekeepers to spend 30 minutes spotting species on their land between February 7 and 16.
Results aim to show which farmland birds are benefiting from conservation efforts while identifying the ones most in need of help.
Organising of the UK wide count this year Dr Roger
Inspector Lynsey Kidd, Stirling Police Office, said: “We are aware of it and
Draycott, head of advisory services at the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, said: “Farmers and gamekeepers are vital in helping to ensure the future survival of many of our most cherished farmland bird species.
“They are responsible for managing the largest songbird habitat in this we’re following a line of inquiry and our enquiries are ongoing.”
The second shop to be targeted was the Review II hair salon in Barnton Street.
The window of the shop front there was also smashed, between Sunday evening and Monday.
Staff there discovered the damage early Monday. The salon opened for business as usual and the window was replaced on Tuesday morning.
Police are also looking in to the incident at the Barnton Street premises but unable to say if they are linked.
Anyone who witnessed either incident or has any information is asked to contact police by calling 101. country on their land but frequently their efforts to reverse bird declines are largely unrecorded. We believe the annual GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count will help remedy this.”
Last year saw a recordbreaking count with 1,400 people taking part nationwide – a 40 per cent increase on the previous year. Participants recorded 140 species over one million acres.
In Scotland the mostcommonly seen species in the 2019 count were blackbird, blue tit, chaffinch, pheasant and robin.
Those wishing to take part should download their count sheet from the BFBC website: www.bfbc.org.uk