Green schemes 'boosting birdlife'
PUBLISHED: 13:47 12 January 2011 | UPDATED: 08:36 28 March 2014
JAN 19, 2011: Government-funded measures to help birds in winter are working, according to a scientific study
RSPB conservation director Mark Avery said: “This research clearly shows the value of Environmental Stewardship in providing a much greater variety of the seeds that small farmland birds need.
“The RSPB, Natural England and the industry’s Campaign for the Farmed Environment, are urging more farmers to include wild bird cover and other measures on their land to help wintering birds.”