The latest report from Michael Walter:
This spring’s bird populations have now been calculated and, of the 18 monitored species, four have increased (green woodpecker, stock dove, blackcap and jackdaw), three have declined (mistle thrush, tree creeper and bullfinch), while the remaining eleven have been about average. I didn’t start monitoring stock dove and jackdaw until 2004, so have a much shorter run of figures…