Rare birds’ arrival an ‘unmissable sign’ climate emergency has reached Britain Tags:United Kingdom 5 comments Will we get parrots at some point? Or am I showing my ornithological stupidity? and all I’ve got outside my window is a sketchy looking pigeon >Bee-eaters did not breed in Britain between 1956 and 2001 but this is now the sixth nesting attempt this century So I’m wondering what was the reason for them breeding in the UK prior to 1956 when I assume climate change was it a factor ? We saw a couple of Hoopoes in Scotland last year. They looked as surprised as we did to see them. I mean, they say that like it’s a bad thing Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
>Bee-eaters did not breed in Britain between 1956 and 2001 but this is now the sixth nesting attempt this century So I’m wondering what was the reason for them breeding in the UK prior to 1956 when I assume climate change was it a factor ?
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Will we get parrots at some point? Or am I showing my ornithological stupidity?
and all I’ve got outside my window is a sketchy looking pigeon
>Bee-eaters did not breed in Britain between 1956 and 2001 but this is now the sixth nesting attempt this century
So I’m wondering what was the reason for them breeding in the UK prior to 1956 when I assume climate change was it a factor ?
We saw a couple of Hoopoes in Scotland last year. They looked as surprised as we did to see them.
I mean, they say that like it’s a bad thing