{"id":1121,"date":"2009-02-14T09:55:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T08:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2021-01-07T16:07:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:07:57","slug":"feed-the-birds-but-dont-forget-the-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/sustainability\/feed-the-birds-but-dont-forget-the-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Feed the Birds – but don’t forget the rest!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Getting out into the garden might not be at the forefront of your mind this weekend given the weather we\u2019ve been having, but it\u2019s been brought to my attention that as well as being Valentine\u2019s Day, today is the first day of National Nest Box Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now I know it seems that every day or at least every week on the calendar<\/a> is a national something-or-another event, but this does seem to me to be a national week worth mentioning \u2013 although \u2018Talk like a Pirate day\u2019 is a whimsical and amusing idea, encouraging and promoting biodiversity and wildlife conservation is probably rather more worthwhile.<\/p>\n

This year is the British Trust for Ornithology\u2019s 10th National Nest Box Week. Since its original launch, promotions surrounding the annual event have encouraged thousands of budding ornithologists to put boxes up in their gardens and around their local areas, which does a great job in combating the loss of natural bird habitats associated with increasing urban sprawl, and gardens and public areas becoming more manicured.<\/p>\n

Installing a nest box into your own garden can be a great way to engage with the wildlife which is all around us but is so easy to ignore. It\u2019s an easy way to get involved with a worthwhile national scheme, and I\u2019m sure the birds in your garden will be pretty pleased to get an additional nesting spot as the cold snap continues. The National Nest Box Week website gives some (fairly!) straightforward instructions for building your own nest box<\/a>, but if you\u2019re not so much into the DIY, Wildlife World<\/a> have a lovely range of bird nesting equipment, as well as other wildlife friendly habitats for your garden.<\/p>\n

So birds have earned themselves a favourable national week, but it does lead you to wonder about other creatures being squeezed out of their natural habitats due to human activity. Last weekend in Glasgow I saw a fox roaming down a residential street in broad daylight which surprised me enormously \u2013 it seemed very incongruous with what would be expected of the creature\u2019s natural behaviour, and I would say definitely the result of human disturbance.<\/p>\n

More thought needs to be put into our urban spaces to enable a mutually agreeable co-existence with our feathered and four-legged friends. As Spring is (hopefully!) just round the corner, as well as nest boxes, it\u2019s time to think about ways to encourage all sorts of wildlife. An easy step that anyone can engage in is to scatter some peanuts<\/a> on your lawn to feed hungry garden inhabitants, but we’d love to hear about other action which is being taken out there.<\/p>\n

Photo via Flickr: law_keven<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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