Don't Worry If Birds Aren't Visiting ; Afew Readers Have Expressed Concern That the Birds That Came to Feed, Drink and Bathe in Their Gardens During the Autumn and Winter Have Suddenly Declined in Numbers. It Needs to Be Remembered That Most Will Be Busy with What We Call the Breeding Season, so, in a Way We Should Not See so Many Birds During This Time As They Will Be Holding Territories, Nesting, Laying Eggs and Raising Young.

Western Morning News, The › May 06, 2009

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Afew readers have expressed concern that the birds that came to feed, drink and bathe in their gardens during the autumn and winter have suddenly declined in numbers. It needs to be remembered that most will be busy with what we call the breeding season, so, in a way we should not see so many birds during this time as they will be holding territories, nesting, laying eggs and raising young.

Some, such as tits and finches, often choose sites early in spring, then come back to gardens for a brief while before getting down to the serious business of breeding.

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Don't Worry If Birds Aren't Visiting ; Afew Readers Have Expressed Concern That the Birds That Came to Feed, Drink and Bathe in Their Gardens During the Autumn and Winter Have Suddenly Declined in Numbers. It Needs to Be Remembered That Most Will Be Busy with What We Call the Breeding Season, so, in a Way We Should Not See so Many Birds During This Time As They Will Be Holding Territories, Nesting, Laying Eggs and Raising Young.

For example blue, great and coal tits here established the...

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