I really don’t see any reason someone would be opposed to helpin out the birds. Birds are fucking awesome and if/when the day comes that I can’t hear them on a summer day anymore I’ll be furious and extremely depressed.
My neighbours got upset with me feeding the birds because they poo down the fence. They do the same my side, but as my garden isn't empty of all life you can't really tell.
"Stupid birds, wish they were all dead!!!" - Your Neighbours (probably)
"Stupid Birds, can't believe he is feeding these government drones!" - His Neighbour (just as probable)
Unless you are one of those weirdos a who puts out half a loaf of bread for the feral pigeons each day.
We have a lot of starlings which I know are not everyones cup of tea but I love watching them squabble
Love starlings. Those and jackdaws are some of my favourites
Same here. Bollocks to them though, I feed them anyway 😀
Note: It's the birds I feed, not the neighbours.
I have a friend with bird phobia, I don't think he'd agree.
Surely him seeing a therapist is a far more practical solution to that problem then telling everyone else they can't help out wildlife.
we have no mosquitoes here, because the bats and swifts eat them all (or at least nearly all)
This is so clever! This is the sort of thing we want to be seeing
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The change to the controversial levelling up bill is being tabled by the Conservative peer Zac Goldsmith, who resigned from government over Rishi Sunak’s “apathy” towards environmental issues.
Britain’s population of the migratory swift – whose “screaming” over house roofs is an evocative sound of summer – declined by 60% between 1995 and 2020.
A number of Tory MPs and leading Conservatives have spoken in support of mandatory swift bricks alongside some major housebuilders.
As a housebuilder, Thakeham recognise the opportunity we have to support nature recovery through the landscape-led master planning, but also within the homes we build.
The writer and campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor, who set up the petition, said: “This amendment is a golden opportunity for the government to honour its own commitments to halt biodiversity loss by 2030.
The Conservative peer Lord Randall of Uxbridge, who is supporting the amendment, said: “Hannah’s campaign has been amazing but now it’s down to us in parliament to legislate for this.
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