Wishing all our friends and supporters a very peaceful and happy Christmas 2023. A huge thank you for making our work possible -to leave at least a bit of the planet more bird friendly. This photo is of the big pond in Three Owls Wood. The crimson stems in the foreground are Dogswood. This year has seen us dig out five new ponds and welcome many new bird visitors. Just today I came accross a very smart male Stonechat and his mate in the Doctors Rest Reserve also three Snipe!
merry Christmas
David
Wild Bird Advice and information
Many people would help birds more, if they knew simple easy ways in which they could help wild birds, without going to too-much extra trouble. Often there are ways to help – that don’t actually ‘cost’ anything at all, but can make a huge difference to making birds welcome and safe in the environment around us.
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