The RSPB has removed flat bird feeders from its website following alerts that they may be helping spread of fatal diseases among UK birds ... for the declining greenfinch numbers.

which has been blamed for the decimation of the greenfinch population. As Dr Kate Plummer from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) explained: “Birds become sick, the disease spreads through ...

The latest official statistic report of 66 Scottish terrestrial breeding bird species shows increases for 36 of them between 1994 and 2023, with ...

This disease has been identified as a factor in the severe decline of the greenfinch numbers. A statement to their customers read: "We know so many of you love feeding your garden birds and some ...

Adult male European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris). These highly-social songbirds are particularly at ... [+] risk from Trichomoniasis infections when fed from bird feeders. (Credit: Caroline Legg ...

RECENT statistics have shown a promising rise in the majority of Scotland's breeding bird populations are on the rise.

Households are being warned to look for the signs of a deadly disease spreading among songbirds in the UK. Trichomonosis ... the rapid decline in the British greenfinch population, first observed ...