Thursday 6 May 2021

BREEDING SALTMARSH BIRDS AT SERIOUS RISK FROM THOUGHTLESS DOG-OWNERS

 

The signage is conspicuous  but not always respected


Most dog-walkers respect wildlife and comply with the signage at the RSPB's Tetney Marshes reserve.

Most - but not all.

Their owners mean no harm, but dogs running free on the saltmarsh have a devastating impact on fragile wildlife, especially breeding redshanks, skylarks, meadow pipits and other ground-nesting species.

Other birds are deterred even from attempting to breed.

So the RSPB is again pleading with pet-owners to keep their animals on leads so that these much-cherished birds are not lost from our patch of eastern England.

Above and below: Dogs running free on the saltmarsh are a menace to birds - including fast-declining redshank 


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