Giving Small Bits of Unproductive Farmland Back to Nature Provides Huge Benefits /blogentry/172855 rdgrnr's Blog: Giving Small Bits of Unproductive Farmland Back to Nature Provides Huge Benefits en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator Original Blog Entry: Giving Small Bits of Unproductive Farmland Back to Nature Provides Huge Benefits /blogentry/172855 /blogentry/172855 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:48:06 GMT rdgrnr https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/giving-bits-of-farm-land-back-to-nature-does-not-reduce-crop-yields-landmark-study-shows/

There were increases of a third across populations of all bird species between 2006 and 2016, compared to an average of just under 13% at other monitored sites, and 40% among all butterflies between 2009-2017, compared to 21% elsewhere.

Populations of 12 bird species and nine butterfly species rose significantly.

Numbers of insect-eating birds like the great tit and blue tit rose around 80% on average.

This is especially great news for people who'd like to see more tits in the wild.... [ More ]

]]> Blog Entry rdgrnr https://www.lotterypost.com/blogentry/172855