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    Just been reading up on blue tits- and found this article...

    Ten million blue tit chicks died during summer - Telegraph

    I thought we'd not seen so many as they love the aphids and small insects on our plot.
    - note to self to get more bird food if this rain keeps up!
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    Interesting and sad report. It seems a combination of wet weather and fewer caterpillars are too blame.
    Concrete driveways = no insects = fewer birds
    Any fledgelings that survived floods and starvation had to also endure predation by cats - the moggy next to my plot kills nearly every blue tit that manages to leave the nest.
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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