Starlings, Seaweed and painting birdsong
Birds of a feather flock together - but far too many starlings this winter for Pembrokeshire farmers. We'll have some ideas for country-themed stocking fillers including putting pen to paper for a novel way of recording birdsong
Last updated: 12 December 2010
Country Focus - Sunday 12th December at 07.00am presented by Rachael James; repeated 5.30am Monday 13th December 2010
Recent suggest the numbers of British starlings have dropped 50% in the last two decades, while their visiting Northern Europe cousins are thriving. Farmers in Pembrokeshire struggle to cope with them feeding in their cattle sheds.
We look at how to find bats for research into for their deaths.
And a couple of books for stocking fillers? There's a wealth of to discover on our shores - a handy book to discover them. And painting birdsong - two artists have created an art book from what they hear. It's rather pricey for a stocking filler though !
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