The four part documentary series was shown last year on BBC. I found it very interesting and thought of sharing it here. There are clips available which can be viewed outside the UK hopefully, let me know if you can or cannot.
1. Garden Birds
Though branded as babykillers, magpies are innocent of causing a garden bird decline.
Feeding garden birds creates an unintended feast for opportunistic sparrowhawks.
Parakeets have taken to the British climate and the artificial habitat of suburbia.
An inexplicable westward surge brought collared doves to Britain from Asia.
Britain’s inquisitive blue and great tits taught each other to peck into our morning milk.
Scientific research pulls the rug from beneath our rosy idea of the amiable robin.
Considered a threat to the wartime food supply, sparrows had a price on their heads.
A long and rich folklore, dating back thousands of years, surrounds the robin.
Drab and sobre-looking, the dunnock indulges in just about every sexual strategy there is.
The house sparrow’s dependence on us has been both curse and blessing.
Once more likely to eat a blackbird than feed it, Brits are now a nation of garden bird lovers.
