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Nature: Great tits who meet their ‘spouses’ earlier are more likely to breed successfully 

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The sooner birds pair, the better they fair: Great tits who meet their future ‘spouses’ earlier in the year are more likely to breed successfully Researchers tracked 766 great tits living in Oxford’s Wytham Woods for six years They found earlier pairings led to earlier breeding — and more eggs being laid  This raised the chance … Read more

Great tits face extinction threat due to climate change impacting food source

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Great tit extinction threat: One of Britain’s most common garden birds could be WIPED OUT by 2100 as climate change causes insect larvae to hatch ‘too early’ leaving no food for chicks Researchers studied the population trends in bird and insect larvae populations They found that warmer climates make the insects come out earlier in … Read more