It's easy to see to see why native wildlife is in decline I read
the article about farmers and wildlife charities joining forces
to bring back the lapwing. Lapwings have suffered a catastrophic
decline over the last 30 years. Why another costly study? Since
2007, the RSPB has been working to maintain and strengthen the
largest remaining population of breeding lapwings of the Welsh
uplands in Hiraethog. The project aims to attract more pairs to
breed, while also learning lessons about the best ways to manage
the land for nesting adults and chicks. Thanks to the help of
farmers and partner organisations, Habitat management work has
been carried out on 15 farms. This includes targeted grazing and
creating more suitable habitats for chicks to find food. The
RSPB will not look at predators as a cause or causes of decline
in lapwings. This is why we are getting these negative results.
The RSPB should ask farmers what happens to nesting peewits and
they will tell you that if the crows don't get their eggs, then
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