Disastrous breeding season for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers (1 Viewer)

[Andy Lakin]

https://www.birdguides.com/news/uns...eason-for-british-lesser-spotted-woodpeckers/
Unbelievable how much they have declined just in the last 30 to 40 years. Hammers home the point about not disturbing birds in the breeding season.

 

[Patudo]

Hammers home the point about not disturbing birds in the breeding season.

Er...

The report states: "In particular, the warm April meant that the defoliating caterpillars, that the birds depend on for part of the chick rearing period, would have peaked long before the LSWs were feeding their young.

"The very wet May added further problems for the birds finding food for their chicks leading to brood reduction or nest failures. It is interesting that the RSPB studies between 2005 and 2009 found a negative impact on breeding success of wet weather in May."#

Just sayin'...

 

[KenM]

https://www.birdguides.com/news/uns...eason-for-british-lesser-spotted-woodpeckers/
Unbelievable how much they have declined just in the last 30 to 40 years. Hammers home the point about not disturbing birds in the breeding season.

Probably no correlation between their decline and Great Spot/Grey Squirrel increase ?

 

[jogresh]

Cheers for posting, I'd put a request elsewhere on BF for any info on the results of the nest monitoring of LSWs which took place about 7 or 8 years ago. I see it's ongoing, interesting stuff.
Worrying stuff.

 

[WalterRayle]

A sad state of affairs, these were literally garden birds when I was a kid.