WHERE HAVE THE FARMLAND BIRDS GONE!? & THE MOST PROTECTED BIRD COLONY IN WALES!

We head out to a very special beach in north Wales that holds the only Little Tern colony in Wales! I also got searching for some farmland species of birds that seem to have disappeared!

[@brighteyedbirding]

So many awesome birds throughout this video! Keep up the great work!

[@michaelwallwork7482]

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[@dm51964]

Decades of pesticide and herbicide use and different crop planting regimes in the UK have all added to the massive decline of our farmland bird species and the reason most of the farmland bird species are now red listed. In my part of rural Lincolnshire Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer and Grey Partridge are now very scarce but 40 years ago were so common people took them for granted. 40 years ago anywhere you went your crash helmet or car was covered in a oily residue from small insects but now this is uncommon and that biomass helped to feed a vast number of young birds but is now a thing of the past.

[@goofy_goober_birding]

Great video as per usual, it really is a shame about the farmland birds

[@SEObirder]

I've actually seen an increase of birds in rural France.

[@TheBackyardAviaryAdventures]

Is that due to improved farming practices?

[@SEObirder]

@@TheBackyardAviaryAdventures Partially, according to my grandpa, pesticides have generally become more expensive and are therefore used less. Not sure about environmental laws in France but I have noticed that there tends to be a lot of wild grass areas between used fields and many of the fields are not constantly in use which is also beneficial for birds.

[@ツPeter]

I went to a place call blithfield reservoir, lovely Common terns one point spotted 15!

[@deanbrookes7711]

we've got to 217 this year and the list has now stopped 😅 need some rare twitches and a ruff