I try and make my garden as wildlife friendly as possible. I live in a town in the UK but there are still things you can do to help. I have a hole in my fence for my hedgehogs and I put out water for them in summer and hot days. I leave my grass long for the grasshoppers and don't get rid of any weed flowers (in fact I spread their seeds) and I plant bee friendly flowers. I put out fat balls for my families of sparrows and starlings that live in my bushes. My garden is messy but it is bustling with beautiful life.
It's quite worrying that British wildlife is declining in the massive numbers that it is; we need to bring in laws to prevent nature-depletion, such as protecting their habitats and changing the way we farm our foods. Unfortunately, with an ever increasing population, those laws cannot be future-proofed and would be difficult to enforce, resulting in the U.K. becoming devoid of its wildlife and a much less pleasurable place to live.
I really enjoy your channel. I find you informative and not condescending. This clip has made me realise your love and enthusiasm about wildlife is greater than I thought. It would be great if you get the chance to travel further afield with your interest. Thank you
Starlings mimic human voices, my nan had one that used to visit her garden in the morning and it mimicked her voice calling her cat in for breakfast. The cats name was Mitzi and when she was called the Starlings would copy, it's hard to believe until it's heard. I think the entire family heard it eventually then phone calls saying I heard that bird the other day !
Another beautifully-paced, well -researched video. I live in Colombia Liam and, of you list, I have seen only House Sparrow here - in Tumaco in the SW coast and also in La Guajira (almost within the Vermilion Cardinal territories!!!!). No crabs or starlings. Are starlings not in Argentina too? No red fox either - we only have Crab-eating fox and Culpeo here as far as I know.
I feed my foxes every night and they make a crying noise for there food . bless em. I really love animals and wild life. It’s a shame the world is messing up things
New Zealand. Here's an island nation with a sensitive and unique range of fauna. Western settler: here's an idea. Try this animal. Oh, and this one. And how about this one.
The Antipodeans never met an animal they didn't like . They brought in Locusts to deal with the grasshopper problems . And what did the Podeans do to them to piss them off ?
Maori brought the rat and pig in 800 years ago, which really saw off all the ground-nesting birds after 20 million years of no mammalian predators. European 'lets make this place like home and introduce ...' was the icing on the cake, with rabbits and then the various (bird-killing) predators brought in to control rabbit numbers.
I'm pretty sure I recognize these starlings, as being just everywhere where I live in Toronto. Are they in Canada as well, or is that some vaguely different starling? So odd to think of what bird life in Canada must have been like before Europe and it's birds got established here. Our most numerous and ever-present birds here in Toronto are pigeons, seagulls, sparrows and starlings. If three of the four come from elsewhere, what was the super-common bird here before that? Maybe seagulls in proximity to water and crows everywhere else in the wild space that became my city? American robins are also wildly common. But it's hard to imagine not seeing and hearing hoards of starlings and the neutral bird call to my ears being defined by European sparrow twitter. Of course urbanization and agriculture change what birds dominate as much as anything. But if no foreign birds had come here right up to today, what would that even BE like?!
I was shocked when I did one of my newest bike riding places because it has swans there! maybe if I was a duck hunter I would see a lot more places where they hand around...
When I went to Western Australia in the 1960's "English Sparrows" as the farmers called them with disdain. If one was spotted it was announced on local radio and all the farmers armed with guns would go out to get the poor things. I must ask my cousin what it is like now as I am back in the UK. I see there is currently a Biosecurity Alert out for Sparrows in the Kununurra and Wyndham in the East Kimberley region. Amazing as that is tropical far removed from English weather.
Hi Sylvia. If you look on the channel, there is a video titled "things you need to know about carrion crows" you might enjoy it and find it interesting :)
Not just invasive in other countries - well-meaning but seriously misguided individuals introduced hedgehogs to various Scottish islands to control slugs, but they had a major impact on ground-nesting birds. When control/eradication measures were proposed many so-called animal lovers protested vigorously.
Ahh yes, I wasn't sure if I should nention the Scottish Island hedgehogs but decided not to. There are also stoats on some I believe. Maybe I'll find a way of including that in a future video. Cheers
They will soon be starting a cull of them on the Isle of Barra due to the destruction they have caused, and hopefully they will carry on with the cull throughout the rest of the western Isles of Scotland
House Sparrows were driven out of the UK by years of a Thatcher regime. Particularly when she introduced the right to buy and many House Sparrows simply couldn’t afford the soaring property prices…😔 😂💀
Nice channel! These are actually very valuable foreign workers. They benefit the ecosystem much more than any harm they may cause. The ecosystems of the earth are dynamic and ever changing. Attempts to freeze a local ecosystem or restore it to an imagined state result in disaster.
When will they learn that releasing none native species is never a good idea, even domestic dogs and cats are destructive to local wildlife populations
I didn't include rabbits because they are also an introduced species here. Although now they are desired in wild places because how they graze and burrow creates a suitable habitat for some of our rarer species.
Funny how alot of the creatures on here are declining here but seem to thrive in other countries I wonder if climate change could be argued. Or lack of habitation
Someone needs to come tell the Sparrows & Starlings around my house that they are meant to be declining in numbers, because each day when I put bird food out, they seem to at least double in numbers!
What a load of tosh ! They are all European species and nothing to do with exporting them from the UK as your title suggests. These species just happen to live in the UK as well as other places round the globe.
Hello Mr Bean, all if the species in this video are introduced and invasive in other places around the world. If you disagree, pick a species and provide any evidence to support your statement.
