We have been speaking to a number of people recently about house martins. It has been a case of either love them or hate them with many people not too happy to be sharing their homes with house martins, balanced out by many concerned individuals who have not seen as many this year and are wondering where they are and how to encourage them back. We have been fighting the corner of these plucky little birds as they need all…

Now July is upon us we are getting lots of queries about gulls. At this time of year the parents are being very vocal and protective of their offspring. Most of them will be within a few weeks of taking to the air and will be spending more time moving around and will stray from the nest. Unfortunately for roof nesting gulls this can often result in a fall. Parent gulls will continue to feed them on the ground if they…