Update - February 2012

Bird Aid report February 2012

Bird Aid is expanding into new areas thanks to the involvement of the Ditchley Estate near Charlbury which is a 2500 acre arable farm with 500 acre organic grassland and 850 acre woodland.  The Trustees are hoping to help the farmland birds through the lean times of the winter by planting wild-bird seed strips and hand feeding when these are exhausted.  We are at the very early stages with this project but hope that it will be very successful.
 

Meanwhile the farm near Chipping continues to attract huge flocks of birds both on the arable strips and now with hand feeding. Flocks of over 500 linnets are seen daily, with smaller flocks of skylarks, reed buntings, pied wagtails and a few corn buntings. The yellowhammers and tree sparrows (both key species) continue to be present in vast numbers of over 500 birds daily.

A large flock of up to 100 yellowhammers is being fed near Hailey.

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