Birdwatch Magazine April 2022 Edição anterior

IN THIS ISSUE

■ Britain’s next breeding bird - With species’ distributions changing all the time, birders like to speculate on which ones might successfully colonise. Josh Jones looks to the future to predict which birds might soon be nesting in the UK.
■ The lark descending - A culture shift in UK farming is needed to restore the fortunes of one of our iconic songsters, writes Tim Harris.
■ Why do we feed our garden birds? New research has shown that feeding birds might not be quite the benefit for wildlife we think it is. Two of the paper’s authors, Jack Shutt and Alexander Lees, explain why this might be the case.
■ Field ID notes - Spring migration is in full swing by April, bringing with it the possibility of scarce overshoots. Matt Eade provides all the information you need to target, find and identify such species.

Plus: more thought-provoking comment from columnists Lucy McRobert and Dominic Mitchell, the team at BirdGuides provides round-ups of January’s birding highlights from Britain, Ireland and the wider Western Palearctic, news, views and reviews, advice on building your birding skills and knowledge and our expert panel answers your questions.